Times re-examines O.J. Simpson case
The gist
The New York Times published a re-examination of the O.J. Simpson murders, citing records unsealed after 30 years.
The report centers on a claim that a mafia-linked informant helped dispose of evidence.
How it unfolded
- May 1994Joseph "Joey" Ippolito, a convicted drug trafficker and mafia associate, escaped from a Florida prison a month before the murders.
- Jun 12, 1994Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were killed outside her Los Angeles home. Sam Ippolito claims his brother Joey returned to a Los Angeles apartment around midnight with apparent blood on his hands and a bag containing a heavy object, and asked him to discard it.
- 1995O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders; the government had argued he alone killed his ex-wife and Goldman.