FBI releases investigation documents on OJ Simpson

The FBI has released 475 pages of documents related to the investigation into OJ Simpson in connection with the double murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994.

Former NFL star Simpson, who was acquitted of murder charges in a sensational trial that dominated the headlines for months, died of prostate cancer in April. He was 76 years old.

The documents had been released previously under new Freedom of Information Act requests – but this is the first time the collection has been made available to the general public. A significant portion of the released documents consist of evidence collected by the FBI’s Miami field office in cooperation with the Los Angeles Police Department. Several released pages dealt with the purchase of a pair of Italian luxury men’s shoes from Bruno Magli in 1991 or 1992.

There were photos of size 12 shoes and details of various stores that sold this type of shoe, including a distribution list and information about sellers who might remember who sold the shoes and where they were shipped to.

The FBI files contained handwritten notes about the shoes, including one that read: “Bought many pairs of shoes for children, son-in-law…”

The FBI traveled to the Bruno Magli factory in Italy in 1995 and obtained shoe molds and soles to turn over to the Los Angeles Police Department. Lab results included in the documents stated that bloody shoe prints found at the crime scene were from Bruno Magli shoes, either the Lorenzo or Lyon style.

The LAPD sent the FBI samples of their evidence, including fibers from the infamous white Ford Broncowhich Simpson used to escape from police after he was served with arrest warrants in connection with the murders.

He and a friend led police on a chase that lasted about an hour and a half while Simpson held a gun to his head – and the whole thing was watched live on television by at least 95 million people. A copy of Simpson’s driver’s license was also included in the collection.

Detailed handwritten pages listed various fibers, fabrics and hair collected from Simpson and victims Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. There was also an extensive list of photographs, but copies of these were not included in the released files.