O.J. Simpson Murder Trial: Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman killed 25 years ago

On June 13, 1994, the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found dead in the entryway of Brown Simpson’s Los Angeles condominium.

Nicole Brown Simpson was the ex-wife of former NFL star O.J. Simpson and Goldman was a friend of Brown Simpson who came that Sunday evening to return property.

O.J. Simpson became the prime suspect in the case and was arrested on June 18, 1994, in his driveway after leading police on a slow-speed chase across 60 miles of California freeways in a white Ford Bronco. 

Simpson pleaded innocent to the murder charges and on Oct 3, 1995, a jury cleared Simpson of the murders after an eleven-month trial that captivated the nation.

A civil jury later held Simpson liable for the killings and ordered him to pay the victims' survivors $33.5 million.

The selection of archive photos, below, tell the story of the O.J. Simpson trial, 25 years ago.

O.J. Simpson and his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, celebrate the opening of the Harley-Davidson Cafe in this October 19, 1993 photo. (AP Photo/Paul Hurschmann)

Police tape surrounds the Bundy Drive home of Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of former NFL great O.J. Simpson after she apparently was murdered late Sunday June 12, 1994. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

An unidentified police investigator walks past blood-stained towels in the entry way to a Los Angeles condominium belonging to Nicole Brown Simpson, 35-year-old ex-wife of former running back O.J. Simpson. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

The family of Ronald Goldman, Kim Goldman, 22 years old, left; Fred Goldman, father; and Patti Goldman, stepmother, comfort each other during a conference in Ventura County Calif., Wednesday, June 15, 1994. (AP Photo/Tara Farrell)

O.J. Simpson, with daughter Sydney, 8, and son Justin, 6, arrives at a private funeral for his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles Thursday, June 16, 1994. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

A white Ford Bronco, driven by Al Cowlings and carrying O.J. Simpson, is trailed by police cars as it travels on a southern California freeway in Los Angeles on June 17, 1994. (AP Photo/Joseph R. Villarin)

Members of the news media watch live television coverage of the O.J. Simpson driving on Los Angeles freeways during game five of the NBA finals Friday night, June 17, 1994, at New York's Madison Square Garden. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm)

O.J. Simpson, center of rear seat, rides into Parker Center, the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters, Friday night, June 17, 1994 after his arrest following a low-speed freeway chase which ended in the drive of his Brentwood estate in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)

Former NFL star O.J. Simpson, center, and his attorney Howard Weitzman, right, are besieged by the media as they leave police headquarters in downtown Los Angeles Monday, June 13, 1994, after Simpson was questioned in connection with the apparent murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Lyle Goldman, 26, at the woman's Los Angeles condominium. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)

Thomas Johnson, from San Diego, Calif., autographs one of many signs in support of O.J. Simpson at the front gate, of ex- football hall of famer's, house in Brentwood section of Los Angeles, Tuesday June 21, 1994. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

O.J. Simpson confers with his attorneys Carl Douglas, left front, and Johnnie Cochran Jr., partly hidden, after he waived his right to visit the Bundy Avenue crime scene, in a court hearing before all parties in the case toured four prominent sites in Simpson's double-murder trial Sunday, February 12, 1995, in Los Angeles. 9AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

John Hobbs, of Los Angeles, reads one of the many publications featuring stories on O.J. Simpson on sale at a newsstand in Los Angeles Tuesday, June 12, 1994. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

An emotional Denise Brown, sister of murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson, reacts during questioning by the prosecution on the stand in the O.J. Simpson double murder trial in Los Angeles, Feb. 3, 1995. She will return to the stand Monday. (AP Photo/Pool/Mark J. Terrill)

O.J. Simpson rests his head in his hand as he talks with friend Robert Kardashian and attorney Shawn Snider Chapman during a sidebar in his hearing in Los Angeles, July 29, 1994. (AP Photo/Pool/Nick Ut)

Prosecutor Christopher Darden points at a chart during his closing arguments as co-prosecutor Marcia Clark looks on in a Los Angeles courtroom during the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial, on Sept. 29, 1995. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, Pool)

Marcia Clark talks with co-prosecutor Christopher Darden during arguments about defense exhibits in the O.J. Simpson double-murder case in Los Angeles, on Sept. 8, 1995. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, Pool)

Los Angeles Police Detective Phillip Vannatter, second from left, points to the trail of blood at 360 N. Rockingham, O.J. Simpson's estate, during testimony on Friday, March 17, 1995 in Los Angeles Criminal Courts. Watching on, from left, are: Marcia Clark; Robert Shapiro, and Christopher Darden. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Mall shoppers in Tampa, Fla., watch banks of televisions in an electronics store as the arraignment of O.J. Simpson is televised from Los Angeles, on June 20, 1994. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. holds up a pair of golf gloves while questioning glove expert Richard Rubin during the O.J. Simpson double murder trial in Los Angeles, June 16, 1995. The golf gloves, one of three pair taken from a golf bag belonging to Simpson and all sized extra large, were used for comparison in size with an extra-large pair of leather gloves thought to have been used in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. (AP Photo/Pool/Reed Saxon)

Attorney Johnnie L. Cochran puts his hand on the shoulder of O.J. Simpson as he and co-counsel Robert Shapiro, left, wait to join the prosecution team at an off-the-record sidebar conference just before the close of a pretrial hearing Thursday, January 5, 1995, in Los Angeles Superior Court. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Guy Magnera stands at right. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Lance Ito yells in court during the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial in Los Angeles, on Sept. 29, 1995. (AP Photo/Eric Draper, Pool)

Los Angeles County coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, left, demonstrates on prosecutor Brian Kelberg in court how murder victim Ronald Goldman's throat may have been slashed during the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial proceedings in Los Angeles Friday, June 9, 1995. Simpson defense attorney Robert Shapiro, right, watches the demonstration. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, Pool)

Prosecutor Marcia Clark points to an evidence chart during her closing arguments to the jury in the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial in Los Angeles Friday, Sept. 29, 1995. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, pool)

Fred Goldman, center with glasses, comforts his wife Patti, right, and daughter Kim during closing arguments in the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial in Los Angeles Friday, Sept. 29, 1995. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, Pool)

Double-murder defendant O.J. Simpson declares "I did not, could not and would not" commit murder as he addresses the court in Los Angeles, Sept. 22, 1995. The jury was not present. Both sides then rested, finishing the presentation of evidence in one of the most sensational criminal trials in American history. Behind Simpson is attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. At far right is attorney Robert Shapiro. (AP Photo/Pool/Reed Saxon)

Sylvia Woods, in red, owner of the famed Sylvia's Restaurant, reacts after hearing the not guilty verdict of the O.J. Simpson trial at her restaurant in the Harlem section of New York Tuesday, October 3, 1995. (AP Photo/ LM Otero)

Robert Graham holds the latest edition of the Pasadena, Calif., Star-News announcing O.J. Simpson being found not guilty of two murders, outside the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles, on Oct. 3, 1995. (AP Photo/Eric Draper)

Supporters of O.J. Simpson react outside the Criminal Courts Building to the verdict of not guilty in Simpson's double-murder trial in Los Angeles, Oct. 3, 1995. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Kimberly Goldman, sister of murder victim Ronald Goldman, sits and weeps at Ronald's gravesite in Agoura, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 3, 1995. Kimberly came to the gravesite after the jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial came back Tuesday morning with a "not guilty" verdict. (AP Photo/Olga Shalygin)

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