Los Angeles police tests knife found in former house of OJ Simpson

The Los Angeles police said on Friday they are testing a knife allegedly found at the former home of O.J. Simpson, whose “Trial of the Century” transfixed Americans two decades ago.

The elite robbery-homicide division will determine whether the knife has any connection with the 1994 stabbing murders of the former football star’s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, LAPD spokesman Andrew Neiman told a news conference.

The knife was turned over to an LA police officer several years ago by a construction worker at the Rockingham Avenue residence, he added.

“Within the last month, LAPD became aware of an item that was allegedly recovered by a citizen at the Rockingham property, possibly during the demolition of the site,” Neiman said. “We need to vet that. We still don’t know if that’s an accurate account of how this item came into our possession.”

Neiman refused to comment on what kind of knife was found, saying that its description “could be germane to determining whether or not this actual piece of evidence is, in fact, evidence or it’s just a facsimile or made-up story.”

Fred and Kim Goldman, the father and sister of Ron Goldman, said in a joint statement that until the LAPD had completed its investigation, the knife’s relevance remained “purely speculative.”

Simpson, 68, endured one of the highest-profile trials in US legal history for allegedly murdering Brown and her friend Goldman on June 13, 1994.

Detained four days later, after an infamous car chase that viewers across the country watched live on television, he was acquitted the following year in a trial that riveted millions of Americans.