(If) He Did It

What comes to mind when you first hear the name O.J. Simpson? Is it that he used to be an NFL football player? Or is it that he was accused of murdering his wife and her friend? For those of you who don't know about the infamous trial, O.J. Simpson was the prime suspect when his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were found murdered at Nicole's house. There was many evidence that pointed towards O.J. but somehow he got away with it. For starters, Nicole and O.J.'s marriage was never perfect. She had accused him of domestic violence a few times, there is actually a 911 phone call that she had made while he was breaking into her home and he was trying to attack her. This audio is available to the public, which you can take a look at here:


Nicole Brown Simpson 911 call

Although there weren’t any witnesses that could testify that O.J. was seen at the crime scene on the night of the murders and there were no weapons found either, the prosecutors did have two very important pieces of evidence that the they could use against him. One of the biggest pieces of evidence they found was blood from both of the victims and from O.J. Simpson at the crime scene. Investigators also found Nicole and Ron’s blood in O.J.’s white Ford Bronco. When police arrived at the crime scene, the two fatally stabbed bodies were found along with one bloody black glove. As they continued their investigation at O.J. Simpson’s house. another identical glove was found in his property with blood that ended up being a match to both Nicole and Ron as well. This was one of the biggest trials in history, and the final verdict left some people watching cheering to see O.J. Simpson walk away an innocent free man, and others appalled that he had possibly gotten away with murder.

The victims Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman

Where is Kyron Horman?

The disappearance of Kyron Horman is one of the biggest cases in Oregon. Kyron was last seen at his school, Skyline Elementary on June 4th, 2010. He was taken to the school by his stepmother Terri Horman. She stayed with him before the first bell to attend a science fair in which Kyron's project would be displayed. This is a picture that she took of him next to his display:

This is the last picture of him before he disappeared that day. When this first happened, I was too young to really get to deep into this case. All I knew was that a boy had disappeared and no one knew where he was. I remember hearing that his stepmom had tried to change her name and moved away right after his disappearance and this is when things got sketchy. She was the last person who saw him, so how couldn't she be a suspect? I started to look around to see if I could find anything else about her, this is when I found her interview with Dr. Phil. She had gone on his show just last year to speak about his disappearance. I watched interviews from her side as well as from Kyron's parents and even the investigators that were handling the case, these are some of the things that made me suspect even more that Terri could be responsible with Kyron's disappearance:

1.     Right after Kyron's disappearance, it was revealed by police that the family's landscaper came forward and told them that Terri tried to hire him to help her kill her husband, Kyron's father, Kaine Horman. When asked, about the attempt,  he couldn't believe it at first but afterwards he filed for divorce and got a restraining order against her.

2.     Just three weeks after Kyron's disappearance, it was revealed that Terri was sexting one of Kaines friends. This is not normal behavior for a mother who is grieving the loss of their child. In the interview, she claims that she only did it to get back at Kaine for infidelity from his part. 

3.     Kyron's parents and stepparents were all ordered to take polygraph tests; Terri actually had to take 2 and failed both.

4.     She tried to change her name to Claire Sullivan, which is actually a name out of a murder story.

5.     Kyron's mom says that there are a few witnesses including one of  Kyron's friends that say they saw him walk out with Terri that day.

6.     A police chief handling the case said that one of his teachers were told by Terri that Kyron had a doctor's appointment that day. He states that this was why the school never questioned why he was not in class that day. When Terri was questioned about this, she said that she meant the following Thursday, the 11th. The chief then went on to explain that this is irrelevant because the day Kyron went missing was the last day of school, so it would not matter to the school if he had an appointment the following week.

Although they have all these clues, Terri has never been officially named a prime suspect or even a person of interest. Getting deeper into this case has convinced me that Terri is responsible for Kyron’s disappearance. It has now been almost 7 years since Kyron has been missing, I hope for his parent's sake they get the answers that they are looking for. The Kyron Horman case is still currently open.

Famous Cold Case: Tupac Shakur

   Tupac Amaru Shakur was a musician, actor and poet. He was a rapper from California and starred in several movies before he was fatally shot. Till this day, no one really knows who actually killed Tupac Shakur. Some don't even believe that he is dead, but that it was all set up by him because he was tired of the fame. Tupac was shot 4 times on September 7th, 1996 while on a trip to Las Vegas where he had gone to support His friend Mike Tyson in a boxing match. He was at a red light sitting in the passenger seat of his manager's car when a white Cadillac  pulled up next to the car and fired 9 times into the car and sped off. Four of those shots hit Tupac in the lung so it had to be removed to stop internal bleeding. He then spent 6 days in a medically induced coma before he passed away on September 23rd.

  Tupac had a lot of enemies. Although he never claimed a gang, some gangs hated him simply because of how he was portrayed. Another famous rival that he had was fellow rap artist Biggie Smalls. Their feud started when Tupac released a diss track called "Hit Em Up" aimed at Biggie. Biggie then released his own diss track called "Who Shot Ya" aimed at Tupac. There feud was never resolved.  A lot of people thought it could've even been Tupac's manager, Suge Knight that set everything up. Tupac was not happy with what he was getting from the label and felt that Suge was being unfair so he was planning on leaving Suge's Record Label, Death Row Records.

 I watched an interview with Tupac's bodyguard and he claims that he never left Tupac's side until that fatal night. Suge Knight had asked Tupac to ask his body guard to ride in seperate cars so he could talk to Tupac privately. His body guard thinks that Suge Knight, being a very violent person, was responsible for Tupac's death. It is interesting that even though Suge was also in the car the night of the murder, he was only left with a bullet grazing his head.

 Another Theory as mentioned before is that Tupac isn't really dead, but that he faked his own death himself. These are some of facts that I found to support this theory.

• Tupac was very interested in a 16th century philosopher named Niccolo Machiavelli. Niccolo advocated the staging of one's death in order to evade one's enemies and gain power. While in Jail Tupac read Machiavelli's book "Discourses Upon the First Ten Books of Titus Livy. in Book 2 Chapter XIII he says "a prince who wishes to achieve great things must learn to deceive." 
• Tupac's last and final album was released under his other stage name Makaveli. (Sounds a lot like Machiavelli.) 
• His final album was called The 7 Day Theory. On the cover there is a picture of Tupac being crucified kind of like Jesus was before he reincarnated. This fits with the idea that Tupac "died" so he could be reincarnated as Makaveli. 
•  It's actually legal to fake your own death in the state of Nevada! 
• Tupac was shot on September 7th. He surived the days 7th through 12th of September before passing on the 13th, which kind of ties to the title of  his album The 7 day Theory.
• Tupac never had a funeral. His body was immediately cremated after his death. Some think that's suspicious.  

After learning about these different theories, I'm not sure what to believe.