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Detective, author, an investigator of crime scenes, and a forensic expert are just a few of the designations of Mark Fuhrman. He has tasted the success in all what he has set out to accomplish in his life.

Born February 05, 1952 in Eatonville, Washington U.S.A Mark Fuhrman was born to American parents who divorced when he was only seven years old. Staying with his Mother, she only remarried for a short time. After his attendance and graduation at the High School of Peninsula in Gig Harbor, Fuhrman joined the Marine Corps of the U.S.A at the age of 18 in 1970 where he received training as a machine gunner and military policeman. While he claims he served in Vietnam, there is no actual proof of his service overseas and no records can be found to state differently. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Butterfield">Fox Butterfield</a> of the New York Times claims that the closest Mark Fuhrman got to Vietnam was his position with the USS New Orleans stationed underwater offshore.

After attaining the rank of Sergeant, Fuhrman was honorably discharged in 1975 and it was in this year that he moved to California. He entered and completed his graduation from the Police Academy of Los Angeles as a distinguished Cadet ranked as second in his class. Soon after in 1977, he divorced his first wife, Barbara L. Koop whom he had married four years ago, November 24, 1973, and in the same year took up a stressful assignment as part of a new team geared towards cracking down Latino street gangs in Eastern Los Angeles.

Later that same year he took Janet Ellen Sosbee as his wife on December 17, 1977. Already a sufferer of depression, in 1978 Fuhrman lost a good friend who too was a fellow police officer of San Clemente to murder. This loss created a deep sense of disillusionment with law enforcement and a kindled disgust for the neighborhoods in which he worked. With this mindset, he sought out help through the Behavioral Science Services Section, the department’s psychological counseling unit for treatment.

After Divorcing Janet on December 24 of 1980, in 1981, Fuhrman requested leave for workers compensation supposedly for psychiatric reasoning due in part to the ongoing problems he incurred from his friend's death and his disgust for his work. During counseling and interviews regarding his claim for the insurance, he expressed racist sentiments. His reasons being varied using many racial slurs to describe other cultures than his own, it was after this that Fuhrman received paid leave until 1983.

Fuhrman attempted to leave the police force altogether and acquire a stress disability pension during these years. During 1982, in a psychiatric interview, Fuhrman admitted to torturing suspects and having conned internal affairs detectives. Dr. Koegler wrote that his torture entailed the breaking of bones, choking, and beating in faces while subduing suspects. Fuhrman then admitted because of his actions that he was afraid of killing someone while out on parole.

Fuhrman lost his case for pension, the court deemed the stories falsified in an attempt to win. When Psychiatrist were consulted on which course to take, some suggested his removal from duty while others had recommended for him not to carry a gun.

For this time Fuhrman was briefly placed on leave, once returned, however, he was reassigned to the West Los Angeles division in order to move him away from the main streets of East Los Angeles. He was moved to a higher class neighborhood known for its fame and high social standing where it was said he thrived and it was here in 1989 where he was promoted to detective in 1989.

In 1980, he married to Caroline Lody. Through this marriage, he became the father of Cole and Haley. In 2000, he divorced Janet rumors that his first two marriages did not go well because he had extramarital affairs and girlfriends. Despite this statement of extramarital affairs, there is a lack of evidence to prove this to be anything more than a hoax.

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In 1985, Fuhrman responded to a domestic violence call for the football player O.J. <a href="/biography/o-j-simpson">Simpson</a> and his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Brown_Simpson">wife</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Brown_Simpson">Nicole Brown Simpson</a> which in 1989 resulted in O.J.’s arrest for spousal abuse. This was the beginning of the case Fuhrman would be best known for.

Mark Fuhrman has the famous <a href="/biography/mark-fuhrman">Furhman</a> tapes accredited under his name. These tapes are 13 hours of taped interviews by him to writer Laura Mckinny between the years of 1985 and 1994. These tapes were later used as evidence against Fuhrman with his use of racial slurs and remarks he describes police brutality towards other ethnicity and intimidation tactics used by male police officers on their female subordinates. It was here that Fuhrman admitted to planting evidence on scenes as had been common practice in the Los Angeles Police Department.

When asked under oath to state the truth, he used his 5th amendment right and did not reply. This response is unclear at the time of whether it was the result of his racist feelings or truly protecting himself from incrimination by using the 5th Amendment. After years of trial in the same case, he accepted the charges. The court fined him with $200 and 3 years of probation. The prosecution even denounced Fuhrman in their closing arguments, calling him a "bad cop." Mark was known to have a history of racism towards <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans">African-Americans</a> during the 1980s. The defense team produced evidence as recorded interviews with Fuhrman and also witnesses who documented that he had used racist language repeatedly during the period, Having further stated that he is not a racist and has apologized for the same, his junior co-workers have stood by him at this crucial juncture. Following the trial, Mark said, "I want my private life back and I'm never going to have it."

Serving as a forensic and crime scene expert for FOX news he is also a frequent guest of FOX commenter <a href="/biography/sean-hannity">Sean Hannity</a>. Having worked for both CBS and ABC <a href="/biography/mark-fuhrman">Mark Furman</a> grabbed the attention of the U.S. and the world being known as the investigator of the murders of both <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Goldman">Ronald L.Goldman</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole_Brown_Simpson">Nicole B.Simpson</a>. At the crime scene of <a href="/biography/o-j-simpson">Simpson</a>’s case, he found a pair of gloves with strains of blood without first having a search warrant. This big controversy kick-started the highest point in his career. The defense team of <a href="/biography/o-j-simpson">Simpson</a> stated that Furman had planted this evidence at the crime scene which is where his tapes did him in.

It was through Laura Hart McKinney's interest in writing a screenplay and novel about women in the police force did she first correspond with Fuhrman after learning about his strong views of employing women in his field. It was after she had engaged him as a consultant for background information of the reality experienced by police officers that started their meetings and recordings. It was through these tapes that she learned just how shunned female police officers are for refusing to use excessive force like their male counterparts.

Fuhrman wrote his own books as well. Having written seven books, he has focused on the cases he has worked on as a detective. Three of which were later selected by filmmakers to be made into movies. Other than this, Fuhrman serves as a host for a radio program making his net worth to be about one million dollars.

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