The double murder case against O.J. Simpson, who died Thursday at age 76, was tied closely to a few hours the former football star and actor spent in Chicago. On the night of the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, Simpson flew overnight to Chicago to play a corporate golf outing in suburban Northbrook and checked into a hotel near the airport. O.J.
It was right after the call, according to Simpson's attorneys, that Simpson claimed that he cut his hand when he broke a glass in anguish about the news. Just after 8 a.m., Simpson made ten calls, including to a woman named Kathy, American Airlines, United Airlines, and Hertz Rental Car. According to police records of those calls, he arranged for a flight on American and asked a Hertz representative to send a car to take him to the airport.