Can He Get a Fair Trial?
The answer will depend on many things. But given O.J. Simpson's celebrity, jury selection will be a bigger factor than ever before
ABOUT 11:00 P.M. Kaelin goes outside to check for the source of the loud noise.
11:00 P.M. O.J. comes out of the house, saying he had overslept.
11:10 P.M. Gity Radmand is walking her dog when she sees a large dog barking furiously in front of Nicole's house.
11:15 P.M. O.J. leaves for Los Angeles International Airport
11:35 P.M. O.J. arrives at LAX and boards 11:45 flight to Chicago.
MIDNIGHT. Nicole's dog leads her neighbors, Shukru Boztepe and his wife, Bettina Rasmussen, to the bodies.
MONDAY, JUNE 13
4:05 A.M. First detectives arrive at Nicole's condo.
4:30 A.M. O.J. arrives at O'Hare Plaza Hotel in Chicago.
5:00 A.M. Mark Fuhrman and other Los Angeles Police Department detectives arrive at O.J.'s estate and ring intercom. No answer.
5:15-5:30 A.M. Fuhrman sees blood on the door of the Bronco parked outside the estate, scales the estate wall and opens the gate for the other detectives.
5:30 A.M. Police wake Kato Kaelin, then O.J.'s daughter, Arnelle Simpson.
5:45 A.M. Arnelle takes police inside O.J.'s house and phones his assistant, Cathy Randa.
6:15 AND 6:30 A.M. Fuhrman discovers a bloody glove outside Kaelin's guest house.
6:30 A.M. O.J. comes down from his room in hotel in a panic and demands cab to airport.
7:30 A.M. Blood is found on a towel and sheets, along with a broken glass, in O.J.'s Chicago hotel room.
7:41 A.M. O.J.'s flight leaves for Los Angeles.
11:10 A.M. O.J. arrives in Los Angeles. He later is questioned for three hours by police and released.
[Map labels]: Brentwood; O.J. Simpson's home; Nicole Simpson's home; Site of murders; Riviera Country Club; Brentwood Country Club; Mezzaluna Restaurant; Paul Revere Middle School; McDonald's; Santa Monica
[Street labels]: San Vicente Blvd.; Bundy Dr.; Sunset Blvd.; Dorothy St.; Santa Monica Blvd.; Allenford Rd.; Rockingham Ave.; San Diego Frwy.
[Route labels]: 405; 2
[Inset map labels]: Brentwood; Los Angeles International Airport; Santa Monica; Pacific Ocean
Chronology of a troubled relationship O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown married in the '80s and divorced in the '90s.
1977. Nicole meets O.J. at the Daisy, where she is a waitress. Within a year they are living together.
1979. Simpson and his first wife, Marguerite, divorce.
1985. Simpson marries Nicole under a tent at his Brentwood estate.
1985. O.J. shatters the windshield of Nicole's car with a baseball bat.
1989. 3:30 a.m. During a fight after a New Year's Eve party, Nicole calls 911. When police arrive, she tells them O.J. is going to kill her. She has been injured so severely she requires hospital treatment. He avoids police but is later arrested.
1989. O.J. pleads no contest to battery, is fined and undergoes court-ordered psychiatric counseling.
1992. Nicole files for divorce. Keith Zlomsowitch dates Nicole briefly, later tells a grand jury that Simpson followed them and once spied on them "having an intimate encounter" at Nicole's house.
1993. A tape of a frantic 911 call made by Nicole reveals how an enraged and violent O.J. broke down her door and screamed at her.
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