Crime | OJ Simpson TMZ: Knife Found on OJ's Property Is a Dead End Sources tell the site that there was no usable DNA on it By Newser Editors Posted Mar 15, 2016 8:50 AM CDT Copied In this Oct. 3, 1995, file photo, OJ Simpson, center, reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman. (Myung J. Chun/Daily News via AP, Pool) TMZ broke the story, and now it's back with the non-story: Though the LAPD has yet to comment, the gossip site says the investigation into the knife found years ago on OJ Simpson's former property is over. TMZ's sources say no usable DNA was recovered from the knife, with any DNA that may have been there apparently "degraded" by soil microbes. With no hair or other forensics present, it's case closed on the knife, which reportedly sat in a retired LAPD officer's toolbox for years. More on how the buck knife came to light here. Read These Next RFK Jr. suggests antidepressants to blame after shooting. Isolated tribe members show up in an unexpected place. Trump just used a spending maneuver last seen nearly 50 years ago. Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. Report an error