Report: LAPD Conducting Investigation on Knife Found Buried at O.J. Simpson Estate [Updated]
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As of very early Friday morning, TMZ is reporting that “a construction worker found a knife buried on the perimeter of the former OJ Simpson estate,” and that it’s “currently being tested by the LAPD in a top secret investigation.” They cite their sources as “law enforcement.”
We’re told a construction worker found the knife years ago — we have heard several different stories, ranging from “several years ago” to 1998, when the house was demolished.
The weapon is a folding buck knife.
Our law enforcement sources say the construction worker took the knife to the street, where he saw an LAPD cop. He told the officer where he found the knife and the cop took it.
Turns out the cop — who worked in the traffic division — was off duty at the time, working security for a movie shoot at a house across the street on Rockingham. Our sources say the officer took the knife home and kept it … kept it for years.
So, according to this story, a construction worker found a BURIED KNIFE at OJ Simpson’s former property at some point between a few years ago and 1998; he turned it over to an off-duty traffic cop, who “kept it…kept it for years.” OK. And then: