OJ Simpson & Glen Rogers
The recent uproar over claims that convicted serial killer Glen Rogers was the actual murderer of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in Brentwood, California, in 1994 demonstrates what’s wrong with our collective attitudes toward criminal justice. We certainly believe in returning to and studying past crimes, but only if the exercise can move us closer to truth, which this one certainly does not.
The assertion about Rogers’ involvement comes from his older brother Clay, and it was made in connection with a documentary on the Investigation Discovery cable channel, My Brother the Serial Killer. Glen Rogers in currently on death row in Florida, having been convicted of murdering women in several states. According to Clay, Glen had worked at O.J. and Nicole’s home as a house painter and O.J. hired him to rob Nicole of a pair of earrings, adding the warning that “You may have to kill the bitch.”
Our response to this specious and irresponsible claim is: Show Us the Evidence!
John Douglas worked on the Brown-Goldman murders, consulting for Goldman family attorney Daniel Petrocelli in the civil wrongful death suit, which O.J. lost. John has seen all of the evidence and all of it – physical, biochemical and behavioral – points in one direction: to Orenthal James Simpson. To suggest otherwise is to turn away from evidence-based investigation, and as our forthcoming book, LAW & DISORDER, graphically demonstrates, the consequences of this can be perilous.
As Petrocelli led John through the evidence, John told him, “When I was in the FBI, I never would have been asked to profile a case like this one.”
When Petrocelli asked him why, he said, “Because there is so much good forensic evidence linking the accused to a double homicide.” But even on top of that, there was no question from John’s behavioral analysis that this was a personal cause homicide rather than a criminal enterprise killing and that Nicole Brown was the primary target and Ron Goldman died because he happened into the wrong place at the wrong time.
Why do we say that? Because the crime scene showed that Goldman had been fighting in a defensive pugilistic position, resulting in slashing wounds in addition to the stab wound to his femoral artery that killed him. Brown, on the other hand, was nearly decapitated by repeated stabbing wounds to her neck. This is indicative of personal rage on the part of the killer, who would not have been a stranger.
He had to dispatch Ron before he could deal with Nicole as he wanted to. This was the element of the crime he had not planned on. When John went to the scene, it was obvious that Ron had been trapped in a very small space. The attacker initially struck Nicole in the head, neutralizing her, then confronted Ron. When he collapsed due to blood loss from his stab wounds, the attacker turned back to Nicole to finish her off.
We need not enumerate all of the evidence here. Suffice it to say that none of it, including DNA left at the scene, pointed to a sexually oriented killer like Glen Rogers. It all pointed to O.J. Even his post-offense behavior was as indicative as in virtually any crime we’ve studied. The notorious “low-speed chase” was only the tip of the iceberg.
It is not uncommon for criminals on death row or serving life sentences to claim credit for other violent crimes they did not commit. They’ve got nothing to lose and possibly something to gain. Sometimes it is for the added notoriety. Sometimes it is because they are bored. In this instance, Rogers might figure he can buy more time by “helping” police to uncover additional crime details, as Ted Bundy tried to do as his own date with the Florida death house drew nearer.
But for others, particularly a television network, to promulgate and promote far-fetched theories that are not based on evidence is not only irresponsible, it is exploitative. And they can’t get off the hook by saying they are “letting the audience make up its own mind.” That’s what inadequate prosecutors say about juries when they bring a case that has no real merit.
Either you’re dedicated to the truth or you’re not. As those of us who remember the 1960’s used to say: You’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem.
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My son has a spumoni dog. He’s really tall, but he stands up on his hind legs before he ever puts his paws on your shoulders. He’s a good hunting dog. The first time he retrieved a duck he put the duck’s head in his mouth and brought the duck to my son. It was really amazing. He’s a very gentle dog. And he has dog whiskers to help track the smell.
I still don’t think O.J. would kill the mother of his children. And I’m white. I really think it was the drug dealer and Ron Goldman got caught in the melee. There was evidence left in the trunk of the car all day. I think there was planted evidence. It’s not hard to plant evidence.
It’s neat that you Chad, are sort of a dog whisperer, lol. That’s cool. you certainly have a way with dogs. Keep it up.
That Akita knew which way the murderer went…he smelled him. Until the scent dissipated.
No the dog went through the blood on the porch and did it 60 feet or more down the sidewalk. The children were upstairs. I can’t believe the Akita did not stay with the body. And why would Nicole even answer the door if O.J. were there?
The dog most likely would have been let out the back by the police or other responders for several reasons. Primarily, to keep the dog away from first responders who have too search the rest of the house for more victims. Then for investigators to look at the house for any evidence relating to what happened outside. IE was it a robbery etc? I have let dogs out into the back yards of several victims of violence myself. Dogs can get very defensive if you are trying to give aid to its injured owner. They don’t understand what it is that I am doing. The owner might be crying out to me holding pressure on a wound. The dog might also get aggressive from my aggressive demeanor while I search the house. Better to hop a fence, open up the back door and let the dog out if you know one is inside. If anything it will let the dog relieve itself out side and not make the inside messy. I know some officers will lock them up in a bathroom for hours at a time. I don’t think highly of that tactic. I have never had to shoot a dog. In fact, for some reason dogs seem to really like me. Maybe its the way I talk to them. But not all officers love dogs like me. Some are terrified of them. Hence another reason to put the dog out… To protect the dog from harm.
I owned a large dog breed myself(one of the largest in the world actually). A Russian Mountain Sheppard. She was over the 4 and a half feet tall, almost 6 foot long and weighed a little over 200 lds. She’s was the biggest lap dog you ever seen. I love my Jersey. She died of cancer last month after 6 wonderful years. The thought of being forced to use force on such a loyal animal is the stuff of my nightmares. It wouldn’t take much for an Akita to jump a small city fence to get out. Dogs can get scared too. Dogs will sometimes flee if the dog find its owner, provider, best friend, and Alpha member of its pack has died from a great threat to the pack.
Sometimes dogs will run to a neighbor and try to get the neighbor to follow them back. I can think of an Alaskan State Trooper episode where a Shepperd did just that during a garage fire that burned the dogs owner badly. You’d have to have seen that episode to know how incredible that was. I hear they deputized the dog and gave him a silver plated etched bowl for bravery.
Akita’s are very powerful dogs. I would have thought the murderer would have been torn to shreds had he gone in the house to get the earrings if this murderer had killed Nicole and Ron. Have you ever seen an Akita? Those dogs can weigh from 75 to 110 pounds. 26-28 inches.
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How did the dog get outside?
The Akita are very protective – and I would have thought the dog would have been right at Nicole’s body.
Did the dog do paw-prints in the house?
Were the earrings gone?
I figured the drug dealer who was coming to the house
who was connected to Nicole’s friend (who just got out of TX)
was the person who killed Nicole and the boy who returned the
sunglasses. Why didn’t the dog go back to the house. He was found wandering around by a neighbor. All these are questions
I have from the trial. Did the drug dealer ever make it to the house?
Did the girl who was coming over make it to the house? Did she report the crime?
Thanks for these comments, which are certainly on point. Our response is that in every major case, there are bound to be anomalies that don’t seem to fit in with the overall pattern or forensic findings. That is just the way it is and is analogous to the “fog of war” in combat. It is therefore important for investigators to look at the big picture and follow the evidence – physical, biological and behavioral – and see how it fits together. In this case, there are just too many decisive and compelling elements from each of these categories for us to reach any other conclusion than O.J. Simpson was the sole killer of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
Wow. I watched the trial every day – laid up in bed with a broken leg. lol. Even in the Lacy Peterson case, the dog was the deal to me. Thanks for the reply. :))
Was the blood found in the house?
Wouldn’t the blood have been trasped into the house?
Were the earrings gone that the guy was supposed to have gotten for O.J.?
Was I not supposed to leave a reply?
pk
And there was too much screwed up evidence, left in the trunk, etc.
pk
I never did think O.J. did it. Look at the DOG/AKITA. If O.J. had done it, the dog would have followed him out the back gate. But the dog went out the front gate. That’s where they should have followed the bloody trail as far as they can.
pk