When Nicole Brown Simpson was murdered along with her friend Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994, her two children were 8 and 5 years old.
After neighbors found the bodies in Brown's townhouse in Brentwood, California, police woke the sleeping children and escorted them to the back door to spare them the gruesome sight.
Her father, former NFL player OJ Simpson, was famous for being arrested for her murders and then acquitted after what many called the “trial of the century.” More than 100 million people in the United States alone watched his televised not guilty verdict.
Before welcoming Sydney and Justin into the world with Brown, Simpson had three children (Arnelle, Jason and Aaren) with his first wife, Marguerite Whitley. Aaren drowned in the family pool before his second birthday in 1979.
Simpson died of metastatic prostate cancer at age 76 in April of this year, Fox News Digital previously reported.
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OJ Simpson, Nicole Brown Simpson, Jason Simpson, Sydney Brooke Simpson, Justin Ryan Simpson pose at the premiere of “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult,” starring OJ, on March 16, 1994, in Los Angeles. (Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images)
Wednesday marks 30 years since Brown Simpson and Goldman were murdered, OJ Simpson's surviving children are now adults. Since Simpson was granted full custody and moved to Miami, Brown Simpson's family has lost contact with the four children, her sister, Denise Brown, told the filmmakers of “The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson.” on Lifetime, premiering last week in anticipation of the anniversary.
Sydney and Justin's aunt, Dominque Brown, told People in May of this year that Brown Simpson's children would “prefer to stay low-key and raise their families.”
Fox News Digital was unable to reach any of the Simpson children for comment – here's what we know about their lives today.
Arnelle Simpson
Arnelle Simpson, now 55, was born when her footballer father was 21, on December 4, 1968.
Before her stepmother's death, Arnelle “tolerated Nicole,” Denise Brown said in the Lifetime documentary.
“Being a girl, Arnelle was more on the side of [her] Mom,” Brown's older sister recalled. “'You broke my mom and dad,' that kind of thing.”
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OJ Simpson and his daughter Arnelle Simpson pose at Forge Restaurant on June 20, 2007 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images)
Simpson divorced his first wife, Whitley, in 1979, two years after starting dating Brown.
Arnelle was an ardent supporter of her father and testified at his 1995 trial that the news of Brown Simpson's death left him “emotional,” “out of control” and “distraught.” She said how much his father's family missed him and wanted him to come home.
Later, at Simpson's 2017 parole hearing for a 2007 armed robbery at a Las Vegas hotel, she asked that her father be released.
“As a family, we recognize that he is not the perfect man, but as a man and a father he has done his best to conduct himself in a way that speaks to his overall nature and character,” he said, CBS reported.
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OJ Simpson listens as his daughter Arnelle Simpson testifies during her parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Facility on July 20, 2017, in Lovelock, Nevada. (Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Images)
USA Today reported in 2017 that Arnelle Simpson lived in Fresno, California. She was placed in charge of her father's pension, interest and NFL assets after her arrest in Las Vegas.
He remained close to his father and managed his estate until his death.
Arnelle Simpson has appeared in several documentaries about her father's trial, including “OJ: Trial of the Century.” She told Georgia Newsday that it has been difficult to maintain a career with her family's reputation, but that she worked for a rapper named Hash and produced a few fashion shows.
jason simpson
OJ Simpson's second son with Whitley, Jason, lived a private life as a chef at Atlanta restaurant St. Cecilia, the Los Angeles Times reported in 2016.
Born in 1970, Jason was at his father's side when he was inducted into the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame in 1980. He was also at the premiere of “Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult” alongside Brown Simpson and its two halves. -brothers three months before the murder of his stepmother.
After the infamous police chase in which officers followed Simpson's slow-moving white Bronco, Jason Simpson was reunited with his father at his Brentwood home. He tried to talk to his father, but the police handcuffed him and led him back to the house.
Jason Simpson, OJ Simpson's son, gets married at Geisa's Tropical Gardens, Miami, Florida. Jason hosted guests at OJ's home, and brother Justin and sister Sydney helped with the preparations, on May 14, 2005. (Alamy)
The eldest Simpson son has never been involved in the murders of his stepmother and Ron Goldman. However, private detective William Dear has spent the last 30 years trying to prove that Jason was actually the killer, according to a CBS report. He published a book about his theory in 2012, which spawned the documentary series “Is OJ Innocent? The Missing Evidence.”
sidney simpson
OJ Simpson's first daughter with Brown Simpson, Sydney, was born on October 17, 1985 and was only 8 years old when her mother died.
In the just-aired Lifetime documentary about Brown Simpson's life, Denise Brown gave insight into Sydney's confusion at the time.
“One night, as I was putting her to bed and we were talking, she said, 'Denise, is my dad in jail?' He said yes,” Brown's older sister recalled. “She said, 'Is my dad going to die?' I said, 'No, why?' She said, 'People who kill other people, don't they kill them?' and I said, 'They already said they weren't going to do that, Sydney.'”
OJ Simpson's daughter Sydney Simpson is seen running errands on April 20, 2024 in Miami. (MEGA/GC Images)
She and Justin moved with her father to Miami in 2000, six years after her mother's death, when her father was granted full custody.
In 2001, the FBI raided Simpson's home for drugs because of his connection to drug dealer Andrew Anderson, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
Anyway, Sydney graduated from Boston University in 2010 with a degree in sociology, according to People, and spent some time in Atlanta before moving to St. Petersburg, Florida.
There he bought several properties that he rents and supervises, the Tampa Bay Times reported in April 2016.
Sydney and Justin were photographed in 2016 at the wedding of Denise Brown's son, Sean Brown, according to People.
Days after her father died in April and was cremated in Las Vegas, Daily Mail photographers spotted Sydney outside her Florida home, carrying a car seat to her apartment.
Details about Sydney's family are unclear; In the Lifetime documentary, Dominque Brown said that her sister's children have “their own families” and “her sister's children” have hers.
“They just want to live a normal, happy life,” he said. “They don't have both parents. It's hard for them. It's sad. I don't know if it's hard, but it's sad for them. And I think their privacy is important to them.”
Justin Simpson
Born on August 6, 1988, Justin Simpson was just 5 years old when his mother was murdered outside their home while he slept upstairs.
Days after their father's death in April, Justin's godfather, David Brobeck, told People that Brown Simpson's children had found the “good life.”
“They have grown up, now they have their own families and they are doing very well,” he said. “They are solid people and parents, and we just wish them all the best and give them a lot of love.”
OJ Simpson's son Justin Simpson is seen the day his father is released from prison on parole. (Splash)
In 2016, Justin worked as a real estate agent at Coldwell Banker in St. Petersburg; He told the Tampa Bay Times that it was “a great place to live.”
“Why not Saint Peter?” he told the outlet. “He is beautiful here.”
In February 2022 he announced that he and his wife were expecting a daughter.
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“We are very excited, scared, nervous and in love,” he wrote. “In just a few months we will be welcoming little Lana and we can't wait for you to meet her!”
