Murder in Brentwood by Mark Fuhrman

Author:Mark Fuhrman [Fuhrman, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: True Crime, Murder, General, Biography & Autobiography, Criminals & Outlaws, History, United States, 20th Century
ISBN: 9780821758557
Google: Jn2MBAAAQBAJ
Amazon: 0821758551
Publisher: Zebra Books
Published: 1997-12-02T00:00:00+00:00

Was this letter a suicide note, or simply the incoherent rantings of an emotionally distraught man? It really doesn’t matter. Either way, his guilt is obvious s. Vince Bugliosi pointed out that the letter was written on June; 15, not the 17th, when he took off with Al Cowlings. Before he was even charged, O.J. Simpson knew he was going to jail.

Early on in the case, I asked Cheri Lewis why the prosecution didn’t try to get a court ordered psychological profile of Simpson. Cheri asked what good that might do. I thought it might give us some idea of the personality disorders or other psychological problems the (defendant might have, if any. Perhaps there was a psychological profile that would account for a popular, successful, well-liked celebrity committing a brutal double homicide. Wasn’t this one of the challenges of the case?

Cheri said that it was too Mate, and besides she didn’t think that Marcia would want to do it. From our conversation I got the feeling that Cheri agreed with me that such a profile would be helpful, but there was nothing she could do about it.

Clinical psychologist Dr. Stanton Samenow, who co-directed an extensive study of criminal offenders in North America and served on a presidential task force on victims of crime, told reporters for People magazine I the following:

“Publicly many people who commit murder are talented, accomplished. They may call themselves religious. They can be gregarious, charming, good at drawing people into their webs. In private they often have troubled personal relationships. Often it’s the partner in the day-to-day relationship who eludes their control. They respond with threats, intimidation and violence.”

In a comment that eerily describes the split between the cheerful persona of O.J. and the violent murderer of two people, the same person who can ^ write “Peace + Love O.J.” at the bottom of a suicide note days after he killed his ex-wife, the doctor said:

“Some people who have committed savage crimes have \cry sentimental minds. They wouldn’t step on a bug. But they can go from tears to ice just like that.... Some people who commit a murder can shut off the violent side of their personality, almost like a light switch.”

When asked whether the murderer would feel remorse, Dr. Samenow responded: “They may feel terrible that a child is left without a parent, but more often they see themselves as the victim.... Their basic regret is for themselves, that life as they knew it is over.”

Sound familiar?

Simpson has a narcissistic, possessive, and jealous personality. He was obsessed with Nicole. That obsession resulted in beatings, stalking, spying, harassment, and ultimately murder. These are documented facts, not speculation. Whatever imagined fantasy life Simpson lived, it surely involved Nicole.

I also asked Cheri why we were not using some witnesses who seemed to have important testimony. For instance, Jill Shively, a Brentwood resident, had told the prosecutors that she was driving along San Vicente Boulevard at around 10:45 on the night of the murders when she saw a large white car heading north on Bundy.

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