OJ Simpson Frenzy Back in Full Force After Surprising Discovery

Knife Found In OJ Simpson’s Backyard

Transcript for OJ Simpson Frenzy Back in Full Force After Surprising Discovery

We move on to new questions in the murder case that captivated a nation, Los Angeles police confirming they are examining a knife found buried on O.J. Simpson"s former estate. But even if it turns out not to be the missing murder weapon, as ABC"s Matt Gutman reports tonight, the O.J. Frenzy is back in full force. Reporter: Sometimes a knife is just a knife. Tonight, law enforcement sources telling ABC news the mud-encrusted folding knife -- held by a LAPD officer for nearly two decades -- is likely not connected to the O.J. Simpson case. Still, police say they"ll continue with DNA testing on the knife. We will look at anything that we believe has any validity to either assure people that this investigation was done appropriately. Reporter: The blade, investigators believe, is too small to have savagely butchered Nicole brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994. A lawyer for George maycott, tells ABC news a construction worker handed his client the knife in 2002 or so when he was working security on a movie nearby. Maycott allegedly alerted the LAPD about the knife, but was told the case is closed. It wasn"t. This is a double homicide that it is still open and ongoing. Reporter: The murder weapon has never been found. Police scouring the neighborhood in 1994. We did a search from the Rockingham home to the Bundy home with 150 people. We searched all the streets, the gutters, the trash, the lawns. Reporter: So, the case remains in limbo. On one side, it remains open. On the other investigators tell me, they arrested the only plausible suspect back in 1994 -- O.J. Simpson and they can"t charge him because of double jeopardy. Is Cecilia.

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