Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman

On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were murdered outside Brown's condominium in Brentwood, Los Angeles. O. J. Simpson, Brown's former husband, was charged with the murders and after failing to turn himself in to police on June 17, he became a fugitive. A low-speed chase was broadcast live on television as Simpson fled in his white Ford Bronco SUV with his friend Al Cowlings before surrendering to authorities at his Brentwood estate.

Brown met Simpson in 1977 when she was 18 and working as a waitress. Simpson and Brown married on February 2, 1985, and had two children together. Their marriage was described as involving domestic violence, with Brown writing that Simpson had beaten her on multiple occasions.

The case garnered immense media coverage and public interest, especially the events surrounding Simpson's attempt to avoid arrest. The subsequent criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court, saw Simpson tried and acquitted for the murders. The trial and verdict were divisive. A later civil trial found Simpson liable for the deaths and awarded the Goldman family $33.5 million in damages (equivalent to $66 million in 2025 dollars), though little has been paid.