Death Row inmate claims he killed Nicole Simpson, not O.J.

[Deberg_1990]

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/20/justic...html?hpt=hp_c3



A death row inmate told relatives and a criminal profiler he killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman while O.J. Simpson waited nearby, a new documentary claims.

O.J. Simpson was tried and acquitted in the June 12, 1994, stabbing deaths of his ex-wife and her friend, although the actor and football legend was found liable in a civil wrongful death trial.

Glen Rogers, who has been sentenced to death for murdering women in Florida and California, was arrested in November 1995 -- a month after Simpson's murder trial ended -- and charged with killing five women in several states. He told investigators at the time that he had killed at least 70 women, police said.

"I'm absolutely certain that my brother Glen killed Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman," said Clay Rogers, who narrated the film "My Brother The Serial Killer," which will debut on the Investigation Discovery channel Wednesday. "I know my brother did it because I've seen proof that he was there."

Fred Goldman, the father of Ronald Goldman, immediately rejected the film's contention.

"The overwhelming evidence at the criminal trial proved that one, and only one, person murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman," Goldman said in a statement to CNN. "That person is O.J. Simpson and not Glen Rogers."

"The fact that O.J. Simpson was acquitted was a travesty of justice that tarnished the criminal justice system," he said. "Now every guilty person prays to the altar of O.J. Simpson for deliverance from their crimes. A [hundred thousand] screaming Glen Rogers, packed in the Los Angeles Coliseum, all confessing in unison, would not absolve O.J. Simpson of the murders he committed."

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Ronald Goldman's sister lashed out at the Investigation Discovery channel and film producers.

"I am appalled at the level of irresponsibility demonstrated by the network and the producers of this so-called documentary," Kim Goldman told CNN. "I'm disappointed at the way this story was handled. Is this a confession?"

David Monaghan, the film's producer, did not immediately respond to a CNN request for comment on Goldman's criticism.

A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said the department would investigate Rogers' claims but does not believe he was involved in Simpson and Goldman's killings.

"The LAPD is quite confident that we know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved," Commander Andrew Smith said. "Nevertheless, in the interest of being thorough in this case, our robbery homicide detectives will investigate his claims."

Much of the documentary's support for the claim that Rogers killed Simpson and Goldman came from statements he purportedly made to his brother.

Glen Rogers was a drifter in 1994 when he arrived in Los Angeles after the Northridge earthquake to work on a repair crew, according to the film. One job took him to Simpson's house as a painter, it said.

"Glen told me, when he called, 'Guess who I'm partying with? Nicole Simpson,'" Rogers said, describing a call he said happened just a few days before the killings. "Actually, what he told me, he says, 'They got money, they're well off and I'm taking her down.'"

The brother also claims that Glen Rogers took a gold angel pin off of Simpson's lifeless body and mailed it to his mother in Ohio the next day. Their mother wore the pin, at her son's request, at one of his murder trials, Rogers said.

Criminal profiler Anthony Meoli, who exchanged dozens of letters with Glen Rogers and visited him on death row, said Rogers explained to him that O.J. Simpson had hired him to break into his ex-wife's condo to steal diamond earrings he had given her.

"Glen told me that O.J.'s instructions were that 'You may have to kill the bitch,'" Meoli said. "Those were his exact words."

Simpson told him about a spare key to the condo hidden outside the door, according to Meoli's description of Rogers' account. The attack happened on steps outside, though, when Goldman unexpectedly arrived, he said.

The documentary includes a graphic re-creation of how Rogers described the attack to Meoli.

Simpson, who was waiting in his car nearby, walked onto the bloody sidewalk to check Rogers' work, thus leaving his footprints at the crime scene, Meoli said.

Los Angeles prosecutors matched a shoe print taken from the scene to the sole of an expensive Italian shoe they contended O.J. Simpson owned.

Rogers began a cross-country killing spree that included about 70 female victims after the Simpson and Goldman murders, the film said. He was captured in Ohio in November 1995, weeks after O.J. Simpson was freed from jail.

Rogers was sentenced to death in Florida after a jury convicted him of killing a woman in a Tampa motel. He was later convicted of murdering a California woman, which resulted in a second death sentence. No other states have tried him.

He is awaiting execution in Florida and has no more appeals, according to the film.

Assistant District Attorney Pat Dixon, who prosecuted Rogers in the 1990s, said Glen Rogers may have an ulterior motive for claiming to have killed Simpson and Goldman.

"Rogers is on death row in Florida and California. If he's close to execution in Florida, he may be hoping that California will bring him back here which would postpone the execution," Dixon said.

The Simpson and Goldman killings did not match Rogers' other killings, Dixon added.

"Rogers and O.J. Simpson's cases don't match except that all the victims were stabbed. Rogers was a good-looking guy. He would go to bars, pick up women, court them, sometimes live with them a while, then kill them. The one victim he murdered in L.A., he killed the night he met her. I'm not aware of any instance of violence outside that pattern. What happened to Nicole Brown was totally different."

O.J. Simpson is serving a 33-year sentence with the possibility of parole after nine years after being convicted of 10 charges related to an armed confrontation over sports memorabilia in a Las Vegas hotel room. He was convicted in 2008.

CNN was unable to immediately reach Simpson or his lawyer for a response.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by FAX

I call it the FAX Age, but that's just me.

FAX

I must admit, fax machines are really cutting edge with their ability to transmit text and even pictures across long distances. There's really nothing else like them.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop

Wasn't OJ found not guilty in criminal court? Next.

Not Guilty doesn't equal innocent

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by The Iron Chief

Thats a face with zero remorse for anything whatsoever.

All these years later, its still weird to know that such a well liked guy was capable of it.

How does one go on playing golf and living the party life after that, like he has?

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by scott free

Thats a face with zero remorse for anything whatsoever.

All these years later, its still weird to know that such a well liked guy was capable of it.

How does one go on playing golf and living the party life after that, like he has?

Dude, I've recanted how I met him at the premiere of "The Phantom Menace" when he "cut" in line with his daughter Sydney, and it is second creepiest moment of my life.

Standing in the outside foyer of the Bundy home where Nicole and Ron were murdered is number one. That was ****ing creepy and felt "evil", for lack of a better word.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Dude, I've recanted how I met him at the premiere of "The Phantom Menace" when he "cut" in line with his daughter Sydney, and it is second creepiest moment of my life.

I do vaguely recall that, but another synopsis would be great.

[DTLB58]

33 years for armed confrontation (10 counts). 9 years for a chance of parole.
Sounds like somebody said this guy is gonna pay one way or the other.

Holy crap! People have committed murder and gotten off in less time than that.

We had a teenager here beat another teen to death with a baseball bat over a gay slur and the dude got less than 10 years.

[TimeForWasp]

This makes me want to run through the airport ,hurtling suitcases.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by scott free

I do vaguely recall that, but another synopsis would be great.

My wife and I (girlfriend at the time) were at the opening night of TPM over at the Century City/ABC Entertainment building theater. The atmosphere was a amazing, with Darth Maul and Obi Wan Kenobi doing live lightsaber battles, people dressed in full Rebel and Stormtrooper regalia, etc. Excitement was in the air.

Out of the blue, O.J. shows up with his daughter Sydney and the courtyard went silent. It was like the air was sucked out of the place. Just bizarre. Fortunately, a few minutes later, the focus was back on Star Wars.

About 20 minutes later, Robert Shapiro appears in the courtyard and O.J. went over to greet him. They stood there chatting in the middle, while Darth Maul's were fighting each other. It was nothing short of surreal.

A few minutes later, our line began moving and out of nowhere, O.J. comes up and asks if we wouldn't mind allowing him to "cut" in line. I was speechless. I don't even think I said anything other than to nod my head. My wife and I just kind of looked at each other with our jaws on the ground.

All I can say is that it was 5 years after the murders and the dude was still huge and ripped. Any of this stuff about him being frail or weak or bad knees and whatever is complete and utter nonsense.

[Lumpy]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

A few minutes later, our line began moving and out of nowhere, O.J. comes up and asks if we wouldn't mind allowing him to "cut" in line.

I'm pretty sure I would have after hearing OJ say something like that to me.

[Rain Man]

Did he actually say, "Can I cut?"

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Did he actually say, "Can I cut?"

Yeah, he actually did. And he kept talking to me after that, all the way to the popcorn line but I was in such a state of shock that I can't remember a word he said.

It was surreal, to say the least. Probably the most surreal experience I've had in Los Angeles because of his past.

[tk13]

At least you're not his pizza guy.

"Hey man, I could kill for some pizza right now. I'd like a slice."

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Lumpy

I'm pretty sure I would have after hearing OJ say something like that to me.

Well, here's the thing: I was in such a state of shock that I couldn't even speak.

I grew up watching O.J. and LOVED him. Loved him with the Bills, loved him in the Hertz commercials, in Capricorn One, in those silly Police Squad movies and on NBC as an analyst. I was in absolute denial when he was arrested for murder.

I'll admit it, for the first time on Chiefsplanet: When the Knicks game was interrupted in 1994 because of the White Ford Bronco Chase, I was half-tempted to jump in my car in Hollywood and head down to the 405 to watch would happen and cheer him on. I mean seriously, at that point, NO ONE thought he was guilty. It was impossible.

O.J. Simpson a murderer? No way. It's just not possible.

Seriously, I listened to the trial every single day on my radio at work. I was WAY into it. I'd watch the legal experts in the lunch room on TV, and watch everything associated with it at night.

When the verdict was read, there was silence in the conference room at Universal. I don't think any of us thought he'd be found not guilty.

So seeing him in person and talking to him was just, bizarre.

[Easy 6]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Yeah, he actually did. And he kept talking to me after that, all the way to the popcorn line but I was in such a state of shock that I can't remember a word he said.

It was surreal, to say the least. Probably the most surreal experience I've had in Los Angeles because of his past.

Yeah, remember that story now... he must get off on teasing people with it, he's well used to that sensation of the air being sucked out of a room/area and gets some kind of twisted giggles with it.

Crashing some golf course or bar, he enjoys the attention, he enjoyed the crime.

Like the reports of him "loving" this current distraction, the man is clinically insane, the ultimate sociopath.

[Bane]

Well....Bye.