Based on the information available in Biography, Nicole Brown Simpson was born on May 19, 1959 in Frankfurt, West Germany. She moved with her family to Garden Grove, California when she was still a toddler, and adjusted to the new environment well. Nicole began working at The Daisy as a waiter at the age of 18. It was an upscale club in Beverly Hills, where she met O. J. Simpson in 1977. At that time, Simpson was still married to his first wife, Marguerite Whitley. Two years later, Simpson and Marguerite finalized their divorce in 1979.
Relationship with O. J. Simpson
According to ABC News, Nicole was a community college student, model and an aspiring photographer when she first met Simpson. But despite Simpson’s celebrity status, both as an NFL player and an actor, Nicole had never heard of him before the meeting. The relationship between the two pretty much hit the ground running. After seven years together, they became officially husband and wife in February 1985. They were divorced in 1992, two years before Nicole’s death.
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Body Found
ABC News provide some great details about the events leading to the beginning of the investigation surrounding the circumstances of her death. How was Nicole Brown Simpson discovered? Who found her body first?
Nicole’s dog was barking relentlessly around the time of the murder and actually followed a neighbor as he was walking home. This neighbor, Steven Schwab, then asked yet another neighbor, Boztepe, to take care of the dog for the night. Since the animal kept on barking, Boztepe and his partner Bettina Rasmussen decided to take it for a walk. Little did they know the dog would actually return home and lead them to a murder scene. There were two bodies; one was Nicole’s and the other belonged to her friend Ronald Goldman.
The autopsy report showed that Nicole had been stabbed repeatedly in the neck and head. As a matter of fact, the stab wound in the neck was so deep that it left a gaping cut across the throat. She was almost decapitated. The medical examiner also found some blunt force injuries to the head and defensive wounds on her hands. Goldman had suffered more than 25 stab wounds, many of them penetrated his vital organs.
Murder Trial
Her ex-husband was the primary suspect. But after a lengthy and complicated murder trial, Simpson was found not guilty. However, the court found him liable for the wrongful deaths of the two victims in a civil trial in 1997. He served no prison time, but the judge ordered him to pay $35 million in damages to the victims’ families.
Takeaway
O. J. Simpson married Nicole Brown Simpson married in February 1985. They were divorced in 1992. About two years later, Nicole’s body was found lifeless at her home, which started a high-profile investigation and one of the most notorious murder trials in history. Her ex-husband was the prime suspect, but he was acquitted in the criminal murder trial in 1995. A separate civil trial in 1997 found him liable for the wrongful deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
