Mark Fuhrman, LA detective convicted of lying at OJ Simpson trial, dies

Published on 5/18/2026, 11:57:12 PM

Mark Fuhrman, LA detective convicted of lying at OJ Simpson trial, dies

Key points

  • Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died.
  • Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 killings of Simpson’s e wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles.
  • He reported finding a bloody glove at Simpson’s home, but his credibility came under attack during the trial as the defense raised the prospect of racial bias.
  • Under cross-examination, Fuhrman testified that he had never made anti-Black racial slurs in the past decade, but a recording made by an aspiring screenwriter showed he had done so repeatedly.
  • Lynn Acebedo, the chief deputy coroner in Kootenai county, Idaho, said that Fuhrman died on 12 May.

Quick context: Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died.

Published May 18, 2026.


📌 Source: The Guardian

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