FBI Releases Trove of Documents Regarding Famed Double-Murder Probe

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The FBI has released 475 pages of documents pertaining to the investigation of O.J. Simpson and the 1994 slayings of his ex- wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman.

The documents don't appear to contain any major revelations regarding the case, which led to Simpson being charged with the killings but ultimately being acquitted in the "Trial of the Century."

Simpson died April 10 in Las Vegas from prostate cancer at age 76.

Parts of the documents are redacted, and many of them appear to focus on Bruno Magli shoes, and the "Lorenzo" and "Lyon" varieties of the Italian footwear. A shoeprint from a Bruno Magli Lorenzo shoe was found at the murder scene.

Other documents reference collection and testing of various pieces of evidence, such as clothing swatches and fibers collected from the white Ford Bronco in which Simpson and friend Al Cowlings led Los Angeles police on one of the most famous pursuits in history.

Nicole Brown Simpson and Goldman were found stabbed to death on June 12, 1994, outside Brown Simpson's home in Brentwood. Days later, Simpson was identified by police as a suspect in the killings.

Simpson, with Cowlings behind the wheel, led police on a chase in a white Bronco through Southern California five days after the killings. An estimated 95 million Americans watched the chase on television though Los Angeles that lasted for two hours.

While Simpson was ultimately acquitted in the criminal trial, he was found liable for the deaths in a civil trial in Santa Monica in 1997 and ordered to pay $33.5 million. Much of that judgment is believed to have never been paid. With accruing interest, the outstanding amount has likely grown to roughly $100 million.