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Not so fast: LAPD rejects report on knife linked to O.J. Simpson

John Bacon
USA TODAY
O.J. Simpson sits during a hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas on May 14, 2013.

Los Angeles police on Tuesday rejected a report from TMZ claiming that tests on a knife linked to O.J. Simpson failed to detect any DNA that could shed light on the spectacular murder case that gripped the nation more than two decades ago.

The emergence of the knife two weeks ago fueled speculation that it might hold clues to the fatal stabbings in 1994 of Simpson's former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and friend Ronald Goldman. Simpson's trial and subsequent acquittal drew worldwide headlines as the "trial of the century."

The murder weapon was never found, although numerous knives were tested. The latest knife had purportedly been found buried on the grounds of Simpson's former Los Angeles home years after the murders. It was given to a retired police officer who considered it unimportant and tossed it in a tool box, until he recently took it out to have it framed.

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The website TMZ, citing "sources close to the situation," reported Tuesday that no DNA was found on the knife.

"Microbes in the soil degraded any DNA to the point it was impossible to get a meaningful result," TMZ reported.

LAPD Officer Jane Kim disputed TMZ's report, telling USA TODAY the knife is still in the process of being tested, and that results could be a week or more away.

TMZ held its ground: "Our inside sources say the tests have been done and no DNA was found."

Stay tuned.

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