o.j. simpson remains a fugitive from justice tonight. whereabouts went out to border patrol, u.s. customs, airlines, the mexican police and soon many people spotted simpson, or thought they did. dozens and dozens of calls came in, put him all over the country. u saw him at a motel. a french restaurant in west l.a. none of those tips land anywhere. cops had no idea where simpson was but believed he was with his pal, al, a.c. couldings who was also missing along with his late ford bronco. the lapd waited. hours ticked by. still, no simpson. o.j. simpson is not at this location. some four hours after simpson was supposed to have surrende d surrendered, an angry district attorney took to the air waves. mr. simpson is a fugitive of
in the law. i have o.j. in the car. okay. where are you? please, i m coming up the 5 freeway. okay. right now you got to tell the police to just back off. he s still alive but he has a gun to his head. a gun. those two words transformed the story. to police, o.j. simpson was now armed and even more dangerous. what s the state of mind? is he going to start shooting? now it s about the gun. is he going to commit suicide or not? i don t know. whether he was actually despondent over his dead wife or simply feared arrest, when deposed, simpson claimed he was suicidal, with a 357 magnum at his side. what was your purpose in taking the gun out of the bag and putting it in your hand? using it. to kill yourself? yes. i was feeling a lot of pain and it wanted it to stop. what was the cause of that pain? losing nicole.
welcome back to dateline i m natalie morales. after leading los angeles police on a meandering car chase, o.j. simpson announced he was heading to his tony estate in brentwood. the suspect in a double murder, simpson was armed and officers believed dangerous. soon the drama would take a surprising turn, putting more lives at risk. once again, here s josh mankiewicz with chasing o.j. simpson the untold stories. the race to rockingham was on. a s.w.a.t. team convoy versus a ford bronco carrying al cowlings and o.j. simpson just minutes apart. information, advising not to close in on the vehicle. most of us who think we know the simpson story believe that what happened after that surreal
yes. as the deadline for o.j. simpson s surrender, approached, the lapd was prepping for a live press conference to tell the world that simpson was now in custody. and then 11:00 comes and goes. and no okay simpson. a man hunt was now under way all over los angeles. one of the places police went was the home of nicole simpson s best friend, chris jenner. the detectives came over and i said, what are you guys doing here? and they said, well, do you know where o.j. is. no. what do you mean where is he? o.j. simpson had simply vanished. an urgent man hunt for a high profile suspect begins. coming up mr. simpson is a fugitive of justice. how do i explain that we let him get away. i think i just saw o.j.
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