{"id":1182,"date":"2026-05-19T20:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=1182"},"modified":"2026-05-19T20:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:35:28","slug":"mark-fuhrman-former-la-police-detective-convicted-of-lying-during-oj-simpson-murder-trial-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denvermovingchronicle.com\/?p=1182","title":{"rendered":"Mark Fuhrman, former LA police detective convicted of lying during OJ Simpson murder trial, has died"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>BOISE, Idaho<\/strong> | Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the O.J. Simpson murder trial, has died. He was 74.<\/p>\n<p>Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson\u2019s ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles. He reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson\u2019s home but his credibility came under attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias.<\/p>\n<p>Under cross-examination, Fuhrman testified that he had never made anti-Black racial slurs in the past decade, but a recording showed he had done so repeatedly.<\/p>\n<p>Lynn Acebedo, the chief deputy coroner in Kootenai County, Idaho, said that Fuhrman died May 12. The county does not release the cause of death as a rule.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Alan Dershowitz, a prominent lawyer and law professor who was a legal strategist on Simpson\u2019s defense \u201cDream Team,\u201d said Fuhrman was a \u201cmuch better detective than he was a witness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s very smart, and you know, a very, very aggressive detective. Ultimately his actions helped us win the O.J. case because of his use of the \u2018n\u2019 word,\u201d Dershowitz said Monday evening. \u201cI got to know him later, after it was all over, and we had a cordial relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fuhrman retired from the Los Angeles Police Department after Simpson\u2019s 1995 acquittal. He subsequently moved to Idaho with his family and set up a 20-acre (eight-hectare) farm, raising chickens, goats, sheep and llamas.<\/p>\n<p>In 1996, Fuhrman was charged with perjury and pleaded no contest. He later became a TV and radio commentator and wrote the book \u201cMurder in Brentwood\u201d about the killings.<\/p>\n<p>A criminal-court jury found Simpson, a former star NFL running back and actor, not guilty of murder in 1995, but a separate civil trial jury found him liable in 1997 for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million to relatives of Brown and Goldman. He served nine years in prison on unrelated charges and died in Las Vegas of prostate cancer in 2024 at the age of 76.<\/p>\n<p>Kato Kaelin, a friend of Brown who also testified in the murder trial, wrote in a post on X that he wanted to respectfully acknowledge Fuhrman\u2019s death and that he hopes Fuhrman\u2019s loved ones can find peace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we were never close personally, our lives were indelibly linked through our roles in the O.J. Simpson trial over thirty years ago. It was a deeply complex and painful chapter for everyone involved, but any loss of life is a time for reflection and solemnity,\u201d Kaelin wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Fuhrman\u2019s father left when he was 7 years old, and Fuhrman often cared for his younger brother while his mother worked. As an adult, he joined the Marines and then the Los Angeles Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>This story has been updated to correct the last name of Brown\u2019s friend who testified in the murder trial. 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