Former Los Angeles Police Department detective Mark Fuhrman, best known for finding a key piece of evidence during the O.J. Simpson murder investigation, has died at the age of 74.
Fuhrman became one of the most recognizable law enforcement figures in the United States during the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial, where he testified about discovering a bloody glove at Simpson’s Brentwood estate.
However, the detective’s credibility collapsed during the trial after audio tapes surfaced in which he repeatedly used racist slurs and discussed police misconduct. The tapes became central to Simpson’s defense strategy.
Mark Fuhrman’s cause of death
According to TMZ, Fuhrman died on May 12 in Idaho. The Kootenai County Coroner’s Office confirmed his death.
A close friend of Fuhrman told TMZ that the former detective had been privately battling an aggressive form of throat cancer.
