What happened to OJ Simpson's infamous Bronco after 1994 chase? How the mystery of its whereabouts was unraveled

Star football player and notorious murder suspect O.J. Simpson shocked the world 30 years ago when he led LA cops on a car chase in a now infamous white Ford Bronco.

The whereabouts of the car, which was discontinued by Ford soon after before being brought back, remained a mystery for years until its new owners finally spoke out only a few years ago.

O.J. Simpson, whose death was announced Thursday just two months after a cancer diagnosis, was wanted by the LAPD over the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman.

On June 17, 1994, just days after the fatal stabbings, O.J. led the police on 90-minute pursuit in the back of his former teammate Al Cowlings' white Ford Bronco as crowds lined the freeway. 

He was seen sitting in the backseat of Cowlings' car, holding a gun to his head before surrendering and being arrested at his home in Brentwood. But what happened to the car?  

Known as a star football player and a notorious murder suspect, O.J. shocked the world on June 17, 1994, by leading LA cops on a 90-minute car chase in his infamous white Ford Bronco

The Bronco is now on display at the Alcatraz East Crime museum

O.J. Simpson, whose death was announced today following a battle with cancer , was wanted by the LAPD suspected of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman

He was seen driving the car holding a gun to his head before surrendering and being arrested at his home in Brentwood

Although Simpson owned the exact same make and model of vehicle, his car had been seized as evidence after it was located outside his home on the night of the murders with traces of blood of both victims inside, according to Alcatraz East crime museum. 

The vehicle driven during the police chase in fact belonged to Cowlings who had purchased his Bronco to match O.J - and claimed the football star had forced him to drive the vehicle during the chase by threatening him at gunpoint. 

In an exclusive interview with Mike Gilbert, Simpson's former agent and one of the three owners of the car, told the story of what became of the car to ESPN.

After the chase, but before the trial, founder of a company called Startifacts, Michael Kronick, offered to buy the car for $75,000. 

Cowlings initially agreed to the deal until he discovered Kronick's intentions.

'We found out that the company was going to rent the vehicle to a company in L.A. called Grave Line Tours, that visited famous graves,' Gilbert told ESPN. 

'They were going to re-enact the chase with the Bronco and then take people to Nicole's grave. The trial hadn't taken place yet, and we didn't want people thinking anyone associated with O.J. did this.' 

Cowlings backed out and instead settled a deal with Gilbert along with two of Cowlings' friends, Michael Pulwer and a man Gilbert referred to as 'Stan'. All three men took ownership of the infamous car.

The Bronco later resurfaced and appeared on The Strip in Las Vegas, and again six months later at a Connecticut exhibit. 

Because the original deal was to put the car inside the hotel exhibit, which the Luxor couldn't do without taking the car apart, it was moved to a Las Vegas parking lot before Gilbert took it back to his home in Hanford, California.

There it was hidden under a tarpaulin sheet in a garage with the tires and even the gas from that day removed. 

'We didn't like that because we always wanted to make sure the car was in running condition,' Gilbert said. 

His 1993 Ford Bronco XLT's came with a 5.0-liter V8 engine that could generated around 185 horsepower

Given this model was considered luxurious at the time, the car most likely came with optional leather seats

Although the Bronco initially belong to Cowlings, Simpson's agent got a hold on the car for a number of years after the infamous car chase

It was last seen at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

The car later cropped up at the Alcatraz East Crime Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, where it was put on display other controversial vehicles including Ted Bundy's Volkswagen Beetle, a car used in the production of a Bonnie and Clyde movie, and one owned by gangster John Dillinger. 

A relic of pop culture and crime history, Simpson's Bronco was custom made, had a 5.0-liter V8 engine that could generate around 185 horsepower and only has about 32,000 miles on the clock.