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LAPD: Knife found at
O.J. Simpson’s home
not murder weapon ALANNA RICHER
JOHN ROGERS
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After
nearly a month of testing,
Los Angeles police detec-
tives have concluded a
knife found at the former
estate of O.J. Simpson was
not the weapon used to kill
Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole
Brown Simpson and her
friend Ronald Goldman in
1994. Investigators ruled
out the knife after weeks of
forensic tests, Police Capt.
Andy Neiman said Friday.
“We have confirmed, we
have determined, there is
no nexus,” he said.
Police revealed last month
they had recently discov-
ered the knife had been in
the possession of a retired
Los Angeles police officer
for more than a dozen
years. The officer said he
received it from a con-
struction worker who told
him he had found it while
working on a crew tearing
down Simpson’s old Brent-
wood estate. Simpson was
acquitted of stabbing to
death his wife and Gold-
man on June 12, 1994,
outside her condominium,
which was not far from the
estate.
Over the years, police
have examined several
knives, but have never
found one they could con-
nect to the killings. Simp-
son, meanwhile, has stead-
fastly maintained that he
did not kill his wife and her were expected to recover.
friend. He is serving a sen-
tence of nine to 33 years
in a Nevada prison for a
bungled 2007 Las Vegas
hotel robbery in which the
former football star tried to what happened moments
retrieve sports memorabilia
he said had been stolen
from him. After the items
were seized from memo-
rabilia dealers held at gun-
point, he was convicted of
robbery and kidnapping.
Saturday 2 April 2016
Ex-girlfriend: bus station gunman hated the police
Virginia State Police spokesperson Corrine Geller, left, speaks during a news conference outside
ALAN SUDERMAN a Greyhound bus station in Richmond, Va. An ex-girlfriend of the gunman at a Virginia bus station
Associated Press said Friday he frequently expressed his hatred toward police.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — An
ex-girlfriend of the gunman (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
at a Virginia bus station said
Friday he frequently ex- near the front entrance of prison. on police forces in Jack-
pressed his hatred toward the station and encoun- The injured women’s names son, Michigan, and New-
police and once nearly tered Dermyer, who may haven’t been released, but port News, Virginia.
choked her to death after have made some small a spokesman for Bingham- Friends and family fondly
she broke up with him. talk, and Brown pulled a ton University in New York recalled Dermyer as a
James Brown III was killed handgun and started firing. said that one of them was devoted family man and
Thursday by two Virginia Flaherty said the gun was a member of the school’s consummate professional.
state troopers after au- legally purchased more track team. The team was More than a 100 supporters
thorities say he fatally shot than a year ago, but not by headed Thursday to a gathered Friday evening at
Trooper Chad P. Dermyer Brown. He had more than meet at the College of Wil- the Siegel Center at Virgin-
at a Richmond Greyhound 140 rounds with him. liam and Mary in Williams- ia Commonwealth Univer-
station. Brown had an extensive burg, about 50 miles from sity to honor Dermyer with
Brown, 34, who had a criminal record in his home Richmond. a prayer vigil.
lengthy criminal record, state, including charges of The Binghamton student “He was a gentle, outgo-
previously said he would attempted murder, unlaw- was released from the hos- ing person who would do
rather die fighting police ful possession of a firearm pital Friday, spokesman anything for anyone,” his
than return to prison, the and body armor as a fel- Ryan Yarosh said. brother John Dermyer Jr.
ex-girlfriend said. on and threatening to kill The police identified the said in an email.
“He wanted to be one of someone by phone. He of- student as a 21-year-old Earlier this year, Dermyer
those guys that just died ten pleaded guilty to lesser woman from Wingdale, and another trooper be-
killing police officers be- charges or a single charge New York. The other wom- came mini celebrities when
cause they are not taking after being charged with an hurt was a 47-year-old they helped rescue a lost
him back to jail,” she said. several crimes. from Jacksonville, North dog running through inter-
She spoke to The Associ- Brown’s most recent con- Carolina, who was also state traffic in Hampton.
ated Press on the condition viction there was from 2012, passing through. Her injuries He also made one of the
of anonymity because she when he pleaded guilty were not life-threatening. department’s most high-
said she fears for her safety. to domestic battery and The slain trooper is survived profile recent arrests after
Authorities said Friday aggravated battery of a by his wife and two chil- he pulled over woman over
they’re still trying to piece pregnant woman and was dren. He was a former Ma- last year on Interstate 64 for
together what exactly sentenced to 2 1/2 years in rine who previously served expired license plates.
happened at the busy bus
terminal and what Brown’s
motive was.
Dermyer had been partici-
pating in a counterterror-
ism training exercise at the
bus station with about a
dozen other troopers, spe-
cial agents and supervi-
sors when he was shot. Two
women were also shot but
State Police Superinten-
dent Col. Steven Flaherty
said surveillance footage
from the bus station helped
authorities pull together
before the shooting. Brown,
at the terminal for a stop
on his way to Chicago,
was seated in a restaurant.
He walked toward his bags