Mark Fuhrman, former LAPD detective who investigated O.J. Simpson, is dead

Mark Fuhrman, the former Los Angeles Police detective who became infamous as one of the leads investigating O.J. Simpson after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend Ron Goldman, has died. He was 76.

Fuhrman’s death was confirmed Monday by Lynette Acebedo, the chief deputy coroner in Kootenai County, Idaho.

“There will be no other information provided through this office,” Acebedo said in a brief statement.

Fuhrman had found a bloody glove on Simpson’s property the night of the 1994 slayings.

But Fuhrman’s testimony was called into question during the murder trial, and his credibility took a hit after the defense produced recordings of Fuhrman making racist statements.

When Simpson was acquitted after a contentious trial, Fuhrman was blamed in part.

Fuhrman was later convicted of lying on the witness stand and barred from law enforcement.