Killing Time: The First Full Investigation into the Unsolved Murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman - Hardcover

Freed, Donald; Briggs, Raymond P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028613406 ISBN 13: 9780028613406

Publisher: Macmillan General Reference, 1996

Synopsis

This compelling investigation into the unsolved murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman focuses on the time-frame when the murders occurred - the "killing time," sometime between 10 PM and 11 PM, June 12, 1994. In a groundbreaking scientific forensic investigation, material from the crime scene is analyzed to produce different scenarios of the murders, each with its own timeline of evidence and players, some involving O. J. Simpson in the murders, some not.
The narrative begins with a review of the trial, the evidence, and the partisan theories of the Prosecution and Defense; then moves minute-by-minute through new retellings of the murders. Woven throughout are interviews, explosive information, and signs of both conspiracy and cover-up, from what the lawyers didn't tell you and the press didn't report, to insights from a "deep throat" source within law enforcement, to evidence of organized crime in Brentwood.
Only after you have considered all the scenarios will you be able to decide for yourself whether the case is open or closed. For those wanting to develop their own scenarios, new leads and a blank timeline are provided.

About this title

About the Author

Donald Freed is a Visiting Distinguished Professor of Humanities at Loyola Marymount University and also teaches at the University of Southern California.

Reviews

The authors of this provocative inquiry into the O.J. Simpson double-murder case maintain that "[t]he prosecution was shackled by their obsession with O.J. as a berserk Othello," a jealous lone killer. In their estimate, "Simpson's alibi certainly has 'the ring of truth.'" Using detailed time lines and maps, they propose several alternative scenarios for the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Some scenarios posit two killers, with Simpson as a co-conspirator or bystander. In other scenarios, Goldman was the primary target, and the authors point to a pattern of drug- and mob-related violence surrounding Goldman and O.J. Simpson. Another theory advanced is that a professional assassin employed by a drug cartel committed the murders. The authors sift numerous details that their own investigative team reportedly uncovered, plus evidence that, in their opinion, has been unexplored by the LAPD. Their presentation, however, relies too much on anonymous sources, which weakens their case considerably. Freed, historian and screenwriter, wrote The Killing of RFK. Briggs is director of research at the Southern California College of Optometry. Author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Macmillan General Reference
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0028613406
• ISBN 13: 9780028613406
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320