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O.J. Simpson trial: Night of the murders timeline

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(Court TV) -- The following is the sequence of events on the night of June 12, 1994 and early morning hours of June 13, based on the testimony of witnesses. O.J. Simpson has said he was at his Brentwood home waiting for a limousine at the time the victims were fatally stabbed. All times are Pacific Time.

6:30 p.m. - Nicole Brown Simpson, her children and several others go to dinner at the Mezzaluna restaurant.

8 p.m. - Nicole Brown Simpson and her children leave Mezzaluna, and stop for ice cream on the way home.

9:15 p.m. - One of Nicole Brown Simpson's sisters calls Mezzaluna to say that Nicole's mother had left her glasses at the restaurant. Ronald Goldman volunteers to return the glasses.

9 p.m.-9:30 p.m. - Brian Kaelin, a friend staying in a guest house at O.J. Simpson's home, and Simpson go to McDonald's for dinner.

9:45 p.m. - Kaelin and Simpson return home.

9:48 p.m. - 9:50 p.m. - Goldman leaves the restaurant with a white envelope containing the glasses.

10:15 p.m. - While watching television, Pablo Fenjves, a neighbor of Nicole Brown Simpson, hears the cries and constant barking of a dog.

10:25 p.m. - Limousine driver Allan Park arrives at Simpson's home.

10:40 p.m. - Kaelin hears three loud thumps on an outside wall of his room.

10:40-10:50 p.m. - Park buzzes intercom several times but does not get any response.

10:55 p.m. - Park calls his boss and tells him Simpson is not home. He is told to wait until 11:15 since Simpson is always late.

Shortly before 11 p.m. - Park sees a black person, six-feet, 200 pounds, walking across the driveway towards the house.

About 11 p.m. - Kaelin goes to the front of the house to check on the noise. He sees the limousine driver at the gate. Several seconds later, Park again buzzes the intercom and Simpson answers. He says he had overslept and just gotten out of the shower.

11 p.m. - 11:15 p.m. - Simpson puts his bags in the limousine.

11:15 p.m. - Limousine leaves for Los Angeles Airport.

11:35 p.m. - Limousine arrives at airport.

11:45 p.m. - Simpson leaves on an American Airlines flight to Chicago.

12:10 a.m. - The bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman are discovered outside her townhouse.

About 5 a.m. - Detectives Mark Fuhrman and Philip Vannatter arrive at Simpson's house.

5:15-5:30 a.m. - The detectives examine an apparent bloodstain on Simpson's Ford Bronco.

5:40 a.m. to 5:50 a.m. - Detective Fuhrman decided to jump the wall in order for police to get inside the estate. Once on the grounds, the detectives awaken Simpson's daughter, Arnelle, who is staying in a guest house. She takes the police to the house and telephones Cathy Randa, her father's longtime assistant.

7 am-7:30 a.m. - Detective Vannatter declared the area a crime scene and goes to get a warrant to search the house. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

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