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 University does 180 on professor fired for Charlie Kirk post. News outlets parse the fatal shooting in Minneapolis. Christian author Philip Yancey admits to a long-term affair. Snow is sinking boats in Alaska. Report an error