Alaina Kelley
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You know, he retired in 1995 the next day, the next day, the very next day, the next year.
And he did write Murder in Brentwood about the Simpson murder in the trial.
Murder in Brentwood had really impressed Dominic Dunn.
And so when he came across the Sutton report, Furman was the first person that came to Dunn's mind because he was like, he knows how to do this shit.
Now, after reading the Sutton report, Furman placed a call to Dorothy Moxley, who by then had moved to New Jersey to live near her son.
Unlike Dunn, who'd written a fictional account of the case, Furman wanted to write a nonfiction account.
And not only intended to emphasize the countless mistakes made by law enforcement, but he also wanted to identify Martha's killer in this book.
He later said, I felt like I had a heavy burden on my shoulders.
I just told this woman who's been waiting 23 years for some solution to her daughter's homicide that I could solve it.
I actually had to go out and solve it.
Now with Dorothy's consent.
It's a lot to task yourself with.
Now with Dorothy's consent, Furman got to work digging into the case, but immediately ran into problems when word of his intentions reached the local police.
Sensing that Furman was planning to smear them in the investigation with his book, Furman was shut out by local law enforcement and claims he, he claims that he was threatened with arrest if he went near any residents of Belhaven.