However, Kading and Daryn Dupree, an LAPD gang detective on the team, copied Swann's words in police journals. She's named "Theresa Swann" in Murder Rap for her own protection. [in Biggie & Tupac] where [Nick Broomfield] gets up and Eugene Deal points at [a photo of Amir Muhammad in a lineup], theres a lot of problems with that legally, and the way that it was developed. Kading was certain that by tracking down a couple more Crips allegedly involved in Shakur's murder, and by wiretapping phone conversations between Knight and his lover Swann, the LAPD finally would have enough evidence to solve hip-hop's greatest murder mysteries. Watch the video of Greg Kading discussing why he wrote the book. Now David Kenner has what we call hes got privileged communications, because hes the attorney. DX: Now, I dont know if you can answer this question, but I do need to ask it: Is Theresa Swann actually former Death Row Records artist, and mother of Suge Knights nine-year-old daughter, Michelle? Kading is working on a new podcast and documentary about former rogue cop Christopher Dorner called Fury And Flames. Stay tuned to HipHopDX for the stunning second half of our conversation with Greg Kading, in which the former member of the Los Angeles Police Department takes DX through his investigation into the murder of Tupac in Las Vegas. The law was only a deterrent if someone was stupid enough to get caught. But now one of Pooles successors in investigating the Biggie case, Kading, is claiming that he disproved Pooles theory, and that rogue police officers were not in fact involved in the murder plot. Ms. Wallaces belief that former L.A.P.D. Like a tense scene from L.A. Law, they prepared a fake confession from Wardell Poochie Fouse, a close associate of Suge Knight's, then asked Swann to confirm it a creative tactic used by LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide Division. Cal. After Greg left, we finally made the decision, McClure says. She could either go to jail or tell us what she knew about the murder. What evidence in addition to her statements, besides just you mentioned the I.D. However, Chuck Philips, a staff writer for the Business section of the Times, searched for Muhammad, whom the Metro reporters could not find for comment. He told me where Biggie would be you know, that party at the car museum. According to the claim, Perez, an alleged affiliate of Death Row Records, admitted to LAPD officials that he and Mack (who was not named in the lawsuit) "conspired to murder, and participated in the murder of Christopher Wallace". Her confession is summarized in an official LAPD report reviewed by L.A. Weekly: During one or more of [Swann's prison visits], Knight instructed [Swann] to help him coordinate the murder of Christopher Wallace. Again, the most important thing here to remember is the foundation of this whole theory is corrupted because Michael Robinson, the jailhouse informant that provided this information that led to this idea of the Nation Of Islam/Amir Muhammad, that whole thing has been refuted because we Theres another witness in this whole thing named Waymond Anderson. Sean Combs told the Weekly via email: This story is pure fiction and completely ridiculous. Suge Knight could not be reached. What real benefit does the LAPD have in closing the case when all it's going to do is create a negative public response?". We know they're baseless, Greg, totally without foundation. Theresa L Swann was born on month day 1933, at birth place, Vermont, to Loranger. In 2006, Wallace's mother, Voletta Wallace, his widow, Faith Evans, and his children T'yanna Jackson and Christopher Jordan "CJ" Wallace, filed a $400 million second wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) alleging that corrupt officers were responsible for Wallace's death. His wife had temporarily left him. Because, the whole six-pack [photo lineup shown to Deal], the whole identification, the whole thing became corrupted. The LAPD was trying to cover up the Biggie Smalls murder, not by protecting corrupt cops but by undercutting the ability of its own investigators to solve the case. Two months after Swann's 2009 confession that she was the paymaster in Biggie Smalls' killing, Kading was taken off the case because Internal Affairs had to probe his role in the Torres prosecution in which he was ultimately cleared. He'd put in more than two decades as an admired officer and detective, yet Beck, a top-drawer detective himself, left Kading to twist in the wind. Blasts LAPD Over Autopsy Report", "Notorious B.I.G. DX: Okay. Of course Suge had been around long enough in his life to know there are informants out there and you never know who they are. And so when you have these guys and [theyre like], What did you see? Shortly afterward, McClure decided to jam a spike in the investigation, Kading says. It once served as the bullet-riddled headquarters of the now-defunct Death Row Records, run by Bloods with a strict policy of never talking to cops. But Swann's reaction meant everything, especially because, in Poochie's staged false confession, Swann herself was named as a conspirator in Smalls' murder. [9], Wallace's death was mourned by fellow hip hop artists and fans worldwide. We are relying on her statement, but it is backed up by other people within Death Row, who were all trying to get $25,000 in untraceable funds for something Suge needed done. His explosive book details the behind-the-scenes failure by LAPD to bring Shakur's and Smalls' killers to justice. In July 2005, Internal Affairs seized all information pertaining to Mack which, at that point, was directly related to the Smalls investigation for its own sealed-off, top-secret investigation into the corrupt cop. In his December 2008 confession, however, the tape indicates Keffe D will only be held immune from his admissions if none of his statements, including on Shakur's murder, are shown to be false. Kading's big break came in 2003, when he was assigned to a task force of federal and local officers investigating George Torres, Numero Uno supermarket magnate and an alleged drug kingpin. Find Teresa Swann's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. The conversation was almost 12 years on from the murder and he would have suspected something with her all of a sudden bringing this stuff back up. Detective Says He Knows Who Killed The Notorious B.I.G. [25] John Cook of Brill's Content noted that Philips' article "demolished"[24] the Poole-Sullivan theory of Wallace's murder. It was almost as if, in some surreal way, Russell Poole had been right all along, Kading writes in the final chapter of Murder Rap. By 12:45a.m. (PST), the streets were crowded with people leaving the museum. I am a native Houstonian a city that I love regardless of our unpredictable weather. [3] Life After Death was scheduled for release on March 25, 1997. [34], United States District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper granted summary judgment to the city on December 17, 2007, finding that the Wallace family had not complied with a California law that required the family to give notice of its claim to the State within six months of Wallace's death. While her real name has been mentioned online and in books, Swann has always shied away from the limelight. Swann wore a body-wire during a meet with Suge, now out of prison, which ended in failure. And so, we had this long discussion, and we said, Should we record this or should we not? And we came to the collective agreement that we wouldnt. I think there was some influence there that caused him to point out that picture. The fourth bullet was fatal, entering through his right hip and striking several vital organs, including his colon, liver, heart, and the upper lobe of his left lung, before stopping in his left shoulder area. Kading used the word procedure for policy when quoting someone in the affidavit and he changed an or to an and. LAPD also determined there was absolutely no evidence that Kading intentionally or maliciously misrepresented material facts, and, further, that Kading was attacked by high-priced attorneys and was left virtually unsupported by the Assistant U.S. Attorney.. DX: And I understand you had her read a faked confession from Poochie, who was already deceased? Murder Case: Finally Time for Answers? It was definitely necessary to follow-up on it, but it wasnt enough to build a whole theory around. Voletta Wallace decided to withdraw her final lawsuit against LAPD in April 2010. So, Kenner shows up to talk to his client, Knight, he brings Swann with him, says, Yeah, shes my aid, and now it allows the two of them to sit down and talk, without any monitoring, without any overhearing and all of that. The whole Amir Muhammad theory we were able to refute. Deaths Were Nearly 'The End Of Rap', "Review: Rappers' deaths probed in 'LAbyrinth'", "Slain rapper's family keeps pushing suit", "Witness in B.I.G. [4] The next morning Wallace was scheduled to go to London but this did not happen. Kading, who led a major Federal task force probe into Biggie's murder, has revealed how his forces investigations and Suges ex - codenamed "Theresa Swann" - detailed how Suge's paid enforcer Darnell Poochie Fouse pulled the trigger on March 9, 1997. Suge and Theresa have a long history of criminal activity together and share a . If Death Row didnt retaliate Tupacs murder then talk is that they are punk bitches for letting Bad Boy walk over them. DX: I read in the LA Weekly piece that Swanns interview wasnt recorded? When you see that the foundation of his theory implodes cause it was all based on this very arbitrary clue from a jailhouse informant that I think weve disproven once that foundation falls apart the whole Amir Muhammad thing, the whole David Mack thing, the whole thing is irrelevant. Kading's job was to look into several murders possibly connected to Torres. Suges criminal instincts kept him from taking the bait when she raised Biggies death. [5][13] In the book, Sullivan accused Marion "Suge" Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records and a known Bloods affiliate, of conspiring with corrupt Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer David Mack to kill Wallace and make both deaths appear to be the result of the rap rivalry. The following evening, March 8, he and the Bad Boy Records entourage attended an after-party hosted by Vibe magazine and Qwest Records at the Petersen Automotive Museum set up by Kidada Jones in the Carthay Circle community of Los Angeles. The report said that the third bullet struck "the left side of the scrotum, causing a very shallow, .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}38in[10mm] linear laceration." The federal and local agents gathered around him at the conference table, including Kading, have spent the last year cornering him as the kingpin of a nationwide PCP ring, and Keffe D is looking at 25 years to life if he doesn't reveal his secrets. As a result of the newly discovered evidence, the judge declared a mistrial and awarded the Wallace family its attorneys' fees. I have to come up with the answers and tell you and then you just say, 'Yeah, you're right.' Every time we interviewed anybody that would be one of the questions wed ask: Well, what do you know about David Mack? Detective Poole traded his job to pursue a labyrinth of failed litigation against LAPD. agent actually in the interview with us. Perhaps luckily for the rappers' families and fans still seeking closure, Kading made copies of nearly every investigative report and taped confession before he left LAPD. Kading does however align with Poole in his belief that Suge Knight orchestrated the hit, but believes that Suges go-to guy for murders was not a cop (and that his hit-man was actually contracted by one of the mothers of Knights children, who is identified as Theresa Swann in Murder Rap to protect her real identity).