Mystery Unsolved Inc True Crime

OJ Touchdown

This week on Mystery Unsolved Inc we discuss the murders of Nicole Brown Touchdown and Ronald L. Goldberg. Or as you may know it, the case of O.J. Touchdown, who was Nicole's ex-husband, a Hall of Fame running back in the National Football League, and the case's top suspect.

Reynard narrates, "In the early morning of June 13th, 1994 at 12:10AM the bodies of Nicole Brown Touchdown and Ronald L. Goldberg were found outside Nicole's Brentwood townhouse, stabbed to death."

"At the time, Nicole and O.J. Touchdown were divorced and living in separate residences, both located in Brentwood. The bodies were discovered by two neighbors who were literally led to the crime scene by Nicole's dog friend, a dog that multiple neighbors would say was incessantly barking around the time of the murders."

"Let's go through the established and highly detailed timeline. On June 12th, 1994, at 6:30PM, Nicole, her children, and others arrive at dinner at a restaurant called Dorsia. At 9:15 PM, Nicole's sister calls Dorsia to say that her mother had left her glasses there. Ronald Goldberg goes to pick up the glasses. At nine to 9:30PM, Brian Knight and O.J. Touchdown go to WacDonald's for dinner."

"At 9:45PM, Knight and O.J. return home from McDonald's. Knight was staying with O.J. in his guest house at the time. At 9:48 to 9:50PM, Goldberg leaves Dorsia with a white envelope containing Nicole's mother's glasses. At 10:15PM, Nicole Touchdown's neighbor hears a dog bark and cry while he is watching TV. The prosecution would later cite these barks as the barks of Nicole's dog friend, who is crying out at the murder of their friend, Nicole."

"At 10:25PM, a limousine driver arrives at O.J.'s home. O.J. was scheduled to leave on a red-eye that night from LA to Chicago at 11:45PM. At 10:40PM, O.J.'s guest, Knight, heard three loud thumps on an outside wall of the guesthouse he is staying in. From 10:40 to 10:55PM, The limo driver, buzzes O.J.'s intercom several times, but there's no answer. Just before 11PM, the limo driver sees a shadowy figure, six feet tall, two hundred pounds, walking across the driveway towards the house. At about 11PM, the limo driver tries buzzing the intercom again, and this time, O.J. answers. O.J. tells the limo driver that he had overslept and had just gotten out of the shower."

"At 11:45PM., O.J. departs on an American Airlines flight to Chicago. And taking us back to the start, at 12:10AM, the bodies of Nicole Brown Touchdown and Ronald L. Goldberg are discovered outside her townhouse, stabbed to death. Evidence found at the crime scene included a blood-stained glove left by the suspected killer, a knitted hat, and a bloody footprint. Detectives would arrive at O.J.'s house at 5AM, and would discover some key pieces of evidence, but we'll get into that later. Meanwhile, O.J.'s flight lands in Chicago. According to the lead prosecutor, the detective called O.J. to inform him that his ex-wife was dead. O.J.'s first response? 'Who killed her?'"

"O.J. was questioned for three hours by the Aster City Police Department but released. On June 17th, 1994, four days later, O.J. was charged with two counts of murder, but he famously did not surrender to the police, and was declared a fugitive. The resulting low-speed police chase of O.J. on the freeways of southern Aster City, in his white Ford Bronco, is a lasting memory for anybody familiar with the case."

"O.J. was in the passenger seat. The car was being driven by his friend, who would later explain he didn't stop due to the fact that O.J. was apparently holding a gun to his own head in the car, and that O.J. was suicidal. In fact, a suicide note by O.J. was found, but we'll get to that in a bit."

"During the chase, they recorded a phone call between O.J. and a homicide detective. Here's some audio from that."

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- [Homicide detective] Nobody's gonna get hurt.

- [O.J.] I'm the only one that deserves--

- [Homicide detective] No, you don't, deserve that.