Det TOM LANGE: (on phone) And nobody's going to get hurt.

OJ SIMPSON: (on phone) I'm the only one that deserves ...

Det TOM LANGE: No, you don't deserve that.

OJ SIMPSON: I'm going to get hurt.

Det TOM LANGE: You do not deserve to get hurt.

OJ SIMPSON: Ahhh ...

Det TOM LANGE: You do not deserve to get hurt. Don't do this.

OJ SIMPSON: All I did was love Nicole. That's all I did was love her.

Det TOM LANGE: I understand.

OJ SIMPSON: I love everybody. I tried to show everybody my whole life that I love every body.

Det TOM LANGE: We know that, and everybody loves you.

ELIZABETH VARGAS: Mr. Simpson says on this tape, "I'm the only one who deserves to get hurt. I loved Nicole too much." To detectives Lange and Vannatter, they say that sounds like a grieving guilty man.

BILL PAVELIC: Well, he is a grieving not-guilty man. What he is referring to is obviously not the crime itself, but the fact that he eluded authorities, and went to the grave, and was suicidal. The interpretation that the -- Lange and Vannatter are putting out is that somehow this has to do with the crime itself, and that is totally incorrect.

ELIZABETH VARGAS: Any question why Mr. Simpson didn't say, "I'm innocent of these crimes"? Why he didn't say -- talk more about Nicole's death?

BILL PAVELIC: In fact, he did say that. Not only did he maintain his innocence, but he also said, in various discussions that same day, that he was being framed by the police. I would like to submit to you, why didn't Vannatter and Lange put the contents of all -- the entire tape in a follow-up report or a supplemental report? You're not going to find that. And the reason you're not going to find it is because there's a problem with this tape. First of all, what probable cause did they have to tape record this conversation? Second of all, they're totally contradicting their initial premise, which was that he was fleeing again, trying to leave the public with the impression that he was somehow -- with the goatee and the mustache, that he was going to run away.

ELIZABETH VARGAS: But it does bring up an interesting issue. Why, in fact, if he was just going to his wife's grave, or why, in fact, he was only going to commit suicide or contemplating that horrible thought, would he have a disguise and $8,000 cash with him?

BILL PAVELIC: Well, first of all, he had a disguise. Why would he take his passport with no disguise? I mean, it's ludicrous to assume that he was trying to disguise himself in order to flee, but yet he took the passport that doesn't have the disguise. I mean, it just doesn't make sense.

ELIZABETH VARGAS: All right. They also introduced detectives Lange and Vannatter, they say there was new evidence that was never introduced at the criminal or civil trial, and they talked about it yesterday on our show. I've got another clip I'd like you to listen to.

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