Is The Murder Of Michael Nigg Related To The Murders Of Nicole Simpson And Ron Goldman?

Michael Nigg was a friend of Ron Goldman and like Goldman, Nigg's murder was never solved. Besides both being victims of unsolved murders, they both were 26 year old waiters and inspiring actors. They also appeared on game shows. Ron's sister Kim met Nigg first and the two dated. She never introduced Nigg to Ron nor knew how they met. Ron And Nigg died 15 months apart from each other. Nigg had formerly worked at the Mezzaluna restaurant in Brentwood with Ron. That restaurant is the one were Nicole's mother left her glasses and Ron had picked them up from. He was taking the glasses to Nicole, who lived close to the restaurant, when they were murdered.

It was September 8th, 1995 and a Friday evening when Nigg and his girlfriend Judy Long were on their way to a restaurant in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles. restaurant and traveling in his Mercedes. At approximately 10:30 p.m. they had to stop by a ATM at the 300 block of North Poinsettia Place where Nigg withdrew $40. As he was doing so two men walked up to him demanding the money and when Nigg refused, they shot him in the head. Both robbers walked away and got into a waiting car. Long, who witnessed the entire incident, was not harmed. The men didn't take anything either, despite seeming desperate for money. 

Why didn't they take his money?

There was a candlelight vigil held for Nigg and among those in attendance was actor Mickey Rourke who spoke to news crews and pleading for information. 

Three months later the LAPD arrested three suspects, including the alleged getaway driver. However, they were quickly released for lack of evidence. Nigg's murder remains unsolved.

Of one of O.J. Simpson's claims of innocence, he had said that he believed than Ron and Nicole were killed for their alleged involvement in drug dealing in the area. He also claimed that other murders at the time, such as Niggs, were carried out for the same reason.  O. J. speculated that Nicole had been planning to open a restaurant of her own using proceeds from cocaine sales. 

There are claims that while Nigg had lived in Colorado, he was involved in the narcotics culture in Aspen  and Denver. Coincidentally, Aspen has a another branch of the Mezzaluna. According to journalist Joseph Bosco, Nigg "lived beyond his apparent means", and besides having a Mercedes, he was living in a luxury condominium.  

He could have awesome tips or maybe he was secretly an escort?

Two other waiters that had worked at the Mezzaluna were missing, and a third had his car destroyed by fire in Corona del Mar in 1994.

That is very curious.

Could O.J. really be innocent? Or maybe, since he was a connected guy at the time, maybe he knew about a drug ring and he was trying to use that as a scapegoat?