Much of the holes that youre gonna find in this is simply because there was nobody there to follow-up on the investigation once I got ripped out. In April 2002, Wallace's mother Voletta filed a wrongful death claim against the City of Los Angeles based on the evidence championed by Poole. Everybody that we would talk to and bring that up and ask those questions it was always the same answer: Well yeah How do you know? Well, its what I read in the newspaper. Well, why do you believe that? I read it in the newspaper. So everything about those guys was stuff that was hearsay information. Speaking on the 25th anniversary of Biggie's death, Kading told The Sun: Suge indirectly told Poochie to kill Biggie through Swann. Kading feels that the task force, as reconstituted under Beck, jeopardized the cooperation promised to the LAPD by Keffe D by turning over Keffe D's confession to Las Vegas police. [5] The accuracy of the article was later challenged in a letter by the Assistant Managing Editor of the Los Angeles Times, who accused Sullivan of using "shoddy tactics." Theresa L Swann was born on month day 1933, at birth place, Vermont, to Loranger. In Greg Kading's book murder Rap he refers to her as Theresa Swann. He had previously testified to knowledge of involvement between Knight, Mack, and Muhammed, but later said that the Wallace attorneys had altered his declarations to include words he never said. [4] The next morning Wallace was scheduled to go to London but this did not happen. We would ask, and if anybody tells us, Hey, it was David Mack, well we would immediately draft up a report, [and] wed give that to the Internal Affairs division, which was handling the lawsuit against the city. The piece was almost entirely based on anonymous sources. Now Eugene Deals looking at Amir Muhammad but hes also now seeing Cause you know there were two [sketches of the suspected shooter], right? Two minutes later, a dark-colored 19941996 Chevrolet Impala SS pulled up alongside Wallace's Suburban. As his net worth has skyrocketed to nearly $500 million, his image has softened at the same rate: He's a mentor to tween heartthrob Justin Bieber and an MTV reality-show regular. Either Beck or Beck's underlings decided to replace Kading one of Southern California's top-notch investigators with a detective lacking a strong background in narcotics or informants, Kading says. Greg Kading: No, absolutely not. They included: In one snippet, Kading was made to sound as if he had helped Del Real's brother, Albert, evade spousal-abuse charges. Suge was in county jail and used Swann to make the solicitation and get at Biggie. Although Kading was one of the focal points of the defense's argument, the outrageous misconduct referred to in [Judge Wilson's] motion was related to items of discovery that the government did not provide to the defense, the report states. Murder Case: Finally Time for Answers? This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. officers David Mack and Rafael Perez? What have you heard about this conspiracy to murder [Biggie]? We made a point of that. Swann wore a body-wire during a meet with Suge, now out of prison, which ended in failure. 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. On Monday (October 3rd), the LA Weekly published a jaw-dropping article regarding the revelations made by former Los Angeles Police Department detective Greg Kading in his just-released book, Murder Rap: The Untold Story of the Biggie Smalls & Tupac Shakur Murder Investigations. 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. Greg Kading: No, I dont, actually. He says he kept handing her tissues to sop up the mascara streaming down her face as she begged cops not to tell Suge Knight they had spoken with her. Journalist Randall Sullivan devoted both a sprawling Rolling Stone article and a popular novel to Poole's allegations. DX: [Were] there any eyewitness reports of this conversation by prison employees? About Teresa Swann. What real benefit does the LAPD have in closing the case when all it's going to do is create a negative public response?". It's nothing.' With that crushing figure hanging over the city, almost simultaneously, Voletta Wallace filed a second lawsuit in the summer of 2006, and the order came down under then-Chief Bratton: Find Biggie Smalls' true killer. I am a native Houstonian a city that I love regardless of our unpredictable weather. Sean Combs told the Weekly via email: This story is pure fiction and completely ridiculous. Suge Knight could not be reached. 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? Former L.A.P.D. DX: Okay. The LAPD retiree is hoping that, despite the lawsuits he will potentially face for accusing Sean Combs and Suge Knight in Murder Rap, the high-profile probe he began and wanted so desperately to finish will finally get its day in court. Name: Theresa Kay Swann: Credentials: Real Estate Broker: Experience: 34 yrs: Complete Address: 13062 Hwy 190 W, P O . But Kading says the big money was an official $50,000 reward being offered in an entirely different case that Smith knew something about. Kading has no faith in the case ever being closed following Poochies death and the silence of Swann and Knight, who is serving 28 years for voluntary manslaughter after running down two men on a film set. It may be hard to understand that sum for taking someones life, but to those guys it was a different mentality.. For the third time, Wilson determined that a discovery violation had occurred. On the eve of the trial, a key witness who was expected to testify, Kevin Hackie, revealed that he suffered memory lapses due to psychiatric medications. But investigators on the special task force determined early on that the two cases were as inseparable as the street-gang rivalries that ran through them. And then later on when the detectives come back, he incorporates Eugene Deals details into his own statement. And I think maybe he was trying to help too much, as opposed to just being perfectly honest. [33], On April 16, 2007, relatives of Wallace filed a second wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. But I dont believe that some guy in the Nation Of Islam was the shooter. So much so, says Kading, that in July 2006 he was handpicked to lead the Biggie Smalls murder investigation. Swann met with Knight in jail on more than one occasion. He cited the prosecution's failure to disclose evidence to the defense, such as phone calls between Kading and Smith and between Kading and Del Real, as well as his police notebooks. According to the report, three of the four shots were not fatal. Searight declined to comment to the Weekly. Wallace's SUV stopped at a red light on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and South Fairfax Avenue[8] just 50yd (46m) away. Unsolved case Kading added: "Suge would have figured out she spoke, but the reality was that he was not going to kill or harm the mother of his child, especially if she is working with law enforcement. - also known as Biggie Smalls -was killed 25 years ago in a drive-by shooting, Greg Kading, a retired detective, lead an investigation into Biggie's murder, Suge Knight is currently serving 28 years for voluntary manslaughter in a separate case, Biggie was shot in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997, aged 24, Suge allegedly set up Biggie's murder in retaliation for his friend Tupac's death, Tupac was killed in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, Funeral cars filled with floral tributes for Biggie in Brooklyn in a farewell drive-by, Former detective Kading does not believe the LAPD will ever close Biggie's case, 1996 murder of his money maker Tupac Shakur, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). We put her in a corner to make those hard decisions, he said. Detective Says He Knows Who Killed The Notorious B.I.G. The Metro section of the Times reported that police suspected a connection between Wallace's death and the Rampart police corruption scandal, consistent with Sullivan and Poole's theory. And we have these reports of Poochie doing these other shootings for Suge. Sure enough, just five months after Keffe D alleged he'd watched his nephew, Baby Lane Anderson, kill Shakur on orders from Sean Combs, Kading's investigative team hit a second home run when one of Suge Knight's baby mommas fingered Knight as having handed her the money to pay for Smalls' murder. The hit was allegedly orchestrated by Death Row Records boss Marion "Suge" Knight in response to the 1996 murder of his money maker Tupac Shakur and to maintain his hardcore gangster status, according to former LAPD detective Greg Kading. - also known as Biggie Smalls -was killed 25 years ago in a drive-by shooting, Greg Kading, a retired detective, lead an investigation into Biggie's murder, Suge Knight is currently serving 28 years for voluntary manslaughter in a separate case, Biggie was shot in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997, aged 24, Suge allegedly set up Biggie's murder in retaliation for his friend Tupac's death, Tupac was killed in a drive by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996, Funeral cars filled with floral tributes for Biggie in Brooklyn in a farewell drive-by, Former detective Kading does not believe the LAPD will ever close Biggie's case, Notorious B.I.G.s killer shot him for just $14k & Suge Knight ordered his baby mama to orchestrate the hit, I'm a nurse but I have tattoos ALL OVER my body - I looked totally unrecognisable before I was inked, Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees will come to Britain as Boris vows to open new route 'in next few days', I was a 70-a-day builder after teachers wrote me off at school - now I'm a crypto millionaire on 500k a year, Desperate Putin could deploy mini-nukes in warning to Nato if 'clusterf**k' invasion continues, warns US intelligence, Man, 28, killed after plunging 1000ft as he climbed Ben Nevis after 17 people rescued from peak, Diner slams pub's 'dry and overcooked' roast dinner after uni student pays 11.79 for 'depressing' meal, My boss asked me if keeping my baby was a 'good idea' then I was made redundant - now I've won 25,000, 1996 murder of his money maker Tupac Shakur. I have no problems with Greg, McClure says. Reach the writers at [emailprotected] and [emailprotected]. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Notorious B.I.G. Kading recalls in Murder Rap that his direct supervisor, Cmdr. And so when you have these guys and [theyre like], What did you see? That's what I meant. Read about the Internal Affairs report clearing Kading's name in the George Torres case. Kading also told Smith in a recorded phone call, It's always this way, man. Kading believes Knight hired Fouse to kill Wallace to avenge the death of Shakur, via his girlfriend, Theresa Swann. He says Swanns description confirmed and expanded on evidence his team gathered in their probe. A barrel-chested black man with a front tooth missing, relaxed yet instinctively cautious, is seated across from four spellbound cops in a glass-walled conference room at 8200 Wilshire Blvd. 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. Do you accept Eugene Deals identification of Amir as being credible? Greg Kading: No, I never did actually. doesnt want the And there was an F.B.I. "[23] The story cleared Muhammad's name.[21][24]. Theresa Swann See Photos Lives in Eight Mile, Alabama Theresa Swann See Photos Works at Happily Retired Lives in Alexandria, Louisiana Theresa Swann See Photos Theresa Swann (Terri Shoemaker Senesac) See Photos Works at MTS Ventures Design and Manufacturing Lives in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania Theresa Swann See Photos Sullivan, in response, quoted the lead attorney of the Wallace estate calling the newspaper "a co-conspirator in the cover-up. They werent able to keep that identification clean. After losing Biggie Smalls, he expanded his hip-hop empire newly titled Bad Boy Entertainment Worldwide to encompass the film, restaurant and apparel industries. In a taped confession fully reviewed by L.A. Weekly, Keffe D says, [Combs] took me downstairs and he's like, 'Man, I want to get rid of them dudes.' This is a very key element, because its this clue that takes the entire investigation down that rabbit hole of Russell Pooles. Including 662. . Kading was branded a dishonest cop, as any Google search will confirm. The consequences were also overshadowed by the benefit and reward in their minds.. And, its your assertion in Murder Rap that Suge Knight instructed Swann to contact Poochie to arrange the hit on Biggie while Mr. Knight was speaking on a prison phone that he knows was being recorded? Theresa L Swann was born on May 15 1933. HipHopDX: I wanna start off by asking you about the crucial elements of The Notorious B.I.G. She's named Theresa Swann in Murder Rap for her own protection. All Im trying to say here is that, that I.D., the video I.D. Smalls, a 400-pound Brooklyn native, was slain in a March 1997 drive-by shooting while rolling out of a star-studded party at the Petersen Automotive Museum in L.A.'s Miracle Mile. Until this month's release of Murder Rap, the only real opposition to Detective Russell Poole's conspiracy theories about corrupt cops was a series of Los Angeles Times articles written by Pulitzer Prizewinning reporter Chuck Philips. ", Loose Women star lined up to be Strictly's first contestant in wheelchair, GMB's Kate Garraway reveals crippling cost of caring for her husband Derek, Mum identified after dead baby is found on heathland, Radio star rushed to hospital after suffering brain haemorrhage, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. But the point is this, there may have been a guy there that was in the parking lot that matched the description of that person, but thats nothing like what Lil Cease sees and the other witnesses see of the person thats behind the wheel of the car. So once you realize that, and you start to really question now the viability of their clues, then the whole thing begins to fall apart. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. . DX: And I understand you had her read a faked confession from Poochie, who was already deceased? We were kind of bifurcated away from the civil investigation. What real benefit does the LAPD have in closing the case when all it's going to do is create a negative public response?". It now appears that Kading was unfairly blamed by Judge Wilson and the media. Kading now says the blame fell squarely upon the U.S. Attorney's Office and prosecutor Tim Searight. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. after killing B.I.G. And so were like, Okay, well this seems to be his kinda go-to guy when hes having these kind of problems. And so thats all the stuff thats discussed in the book, and it will compound the girls statement. Detective Poole traded his job to pursue a labyrinth of failed litigation against LAPD. 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. They remain secret as the murder case is active. According to that Internal Affairs report, Kading's alleged misstatements on a search affidavit in the Numero Uno case were trivial and unrelated to Wilson overturning Torres' conviction. Greg Kading: No, absolutely not. And in a bizarre twist, one of Suge's baby mamas acted as the go-between for the infamous hit against Biggie - real name Christopher Wallace - before breaking rank and revealing the entire plot to cops, Kading said. The son of an honest-to-goodness 1960s flower child, Kading may have been the most unlikely man imaginable to extract confessions in two seemingly unsolvable celebrity homicide cases. If true, this means the LAPD has only in the past couple of months revived the probe. It was expedient for them to cripple the case in the interests of avoiding a potentially difficult prosecution. A police report quoted in the book says that "Theresa Swann" (an alias), one of Suge Knight's baby mothers, confessed to taking money from him in order to set up the hit: "During one or more of. In Kading's Murder Rap, he paraphrases Swann as explaining why she believes the Death Row honcho ordered the kill: He was really mad about [Shakur's murder]. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Amir? Christopher Wallace traveled to Los Angeles, California, in February 1997 to promote his upcoming second studio album, Life After Death, and to film a music video for its lead single, "Hypnotize". There was a real possibility that the suit would end up being among the most expensive the department had ever had to pay out, Kading writes in Murder Rap. 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.. Hackie took full blame for filing a false declaration. They remain secret as the murder case is active. As a matter of fact, we did the exact opposite. Remember, theres a scene in there where theyve got these two guys in there that theyre interrogating, and they convince the one guy in one room that the other guy is ratting out on him, and then they start to that opens the door for them to then [be like], Oh, okay, well if hes ratting him out then Im gonna do it. Well, its kinda that same psychological technique that we use a lot in law enforcement. I think there was some influence there that caused him to point out that picture. Estate of Wallace v. City of Los Angeles, 229 F.R.D.