O.J. Simpson: Lost Phone Message Reveals Secret Escape Plan

O.J. Simpson made headlines when he went on the lam with pal A.J. Cowlings in a white Ford Bronco — but the original plan had the accused murderer sailing to freedom from Miami!

Law enforcement sources told The National ENQUIRER that they believed Simpson had made plans to sail to an unknown destination from Florida. Detectives had even flown down to the Sunshine State to investigate the claims — after finding a voice mail to Simpson from a fellow football legend!

Insiders claimed former Buffalo Bills star Bobby Chandler had called his old teammate right after the brutal murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994 — and left a revealing voice mail that mocked Simpson for flying to Chicago on the night of their deaths!

Insiders claimed former Buffalo Bills star Bobby Chandler had called his old teammate right after the brutal murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman on June 12, 1994 — and left a revealing voice mail that mocked Simpson for flying to Chicago on the night of their deaths!

"Juice," said Chandler, who passed away from cancer in Jan. 1995. "Unbelievable, dude. Chicago. You should have hung out. You should have bailed. You should have been on the boat by now...Should have just got away."

Instead, Simpson hit the road in his Bronco with Cowlings (pictured) — after writing a suicide letter where he thanked Chandler for "always being there."

But authorities were convinced Simpson really wanted Cowlings to drive him to the Mexican border, where he planned to disappear with the $7,000 in cash that he was carrying.

Simpson also had his passport and a fake beard and mustache in the car. Thanks to Chandler's bizarre voice mail, said the police insider, cops were ready to go in pursuit when the disgraced football star failed to surrender to authorities on the morning of June 17, 1994.