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). 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. Greg Kading: Yeah, we have Theres we We had a good case. It may be hard to understand that sum for taking someones life, but to those guys it was a different mentality.. 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. DX: So who do you believe was that lone person in that car who did the shooting? "[23] The story cleared Muhammad's name.[21][24]. Knight is having a tougher time. Theresa L Swann in Vermont Death Index, 1985-2012. Read an updated list of characters in the Tupac and Biggie murder cases. [16], Several days into the trial, the plaintiffs' attorney disclosed to the Court and opposing counsel that he had received a telephone call from someone claiming to be an LAPD officer and provided detailed information about the existence of evidence concerning the Wallace murder. During the yearlong internal LAPD probe of his actions, Kading felt betrayed and heartbroken. Not only did Suge love Tupac, but he was his money maker. DX: Okay. Wilson admonished Searight, not Kading, for failing to collect all available recordings of phone calls between Kading and Derrick Smith at a Santa Ana jail. 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. Theresa has been a resident of six cities, including Navarre, FL and Gulf Breeze, FL. The contact address for Theresa Kay Swann is 13062 Hwy 190 W, P O Box 1827, Onalaska, Texas, 77360 and contact number is 936-646-5253. . "[17] Moreover, the motive suggested for the murder of Wallace in the documentaryto decrease suspicion for the Shakur shooting six months earlierwas, as the Times put it, "unsupported in the film. Theres no way to go, Well, who was the deputy on charge that day? In a 2002 book by Randall Sullivan, called LAbyrinth, information was compiled about the murders of Wallace and Shakur based on information provided by retired LAPD detective Russell Poole. Kading is working on a new podcast and documentary about former rogue cop Christopher Dorner called Fury And Flames. I have to come up with the answers and tell you and then you just say, 'Yeah, you're right.' He says that he heard that it was Amir, or Ashmir, or Kenny, or Keke. So when hes interviewed, and hes giving information to the detectives, he says this is what he heard, is that, It was a guy named Amir. It was a guy named maybe Amir or Ashmir. Hes not even sure. DX: So you have proof of a money transfer? [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." 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". 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. He only gives that description after hes gone and talked to Eugene Deal. Hackie took full blame for filing a false declaration. Two years later, Kading moved north, where he became a rising star at LAPD. In the three years he worked that case, he was keeping tabs on Smith and Del Real in preparation for Torres' trial in 2009. Suges criminal instincts kept him from taking the bait when she raised Biggies death. They robbed Suge on a personal and professional level. 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. Greg Kading: Well, no, theres no I.D. I was the commander over Robbery-Homicide, McClure says. That's what I meant. to not identify former L.A.P.D. That article was later retracted by Times editors because it quoted FBI court documents that turned out to have been faked by a rap-scene gadfly. Now David Kenner has what we call hes got privileged communications, because hes the attorney. This is for the best. (Knight would survive that night's shooting with a bullet wound to the head.). Im just drawing that conclusion based on all of the other collective information: the fact that Theresa, the girlfriend, confesses, she tells us that she had paid Poochie at the direction of Knight, [that] Poochie had an Impala that Knight had bought him, and then we have these other people that were in the inner circle, the other Death Row [Records staff]/gang members who all told us about this relationship that Suge had with Poochie. 's killer was paid just $14,000 to shoot the rap legend on this date 25 years ago, the detective on the case has claimed. of him on video, so sorry if I misrepresented that. So much so, says Kading, that in July 2006 he was handpicked to lead the Biggie Smalls murder investigation. Reach the writers at [emailprotected] and [emailprotected]. In other words, LAPD found it was not Kading's behavior but that of the U.S. Attorney's Office that botched the Numero UnoGeorge Torres case. 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. Prior to leaving, the Los Angeles Fire Department closed the party early because of smoking and loud music. [35] The Wallace family refiled the suit, dropping the state law claims on May 27, 2008. Greg Kading: Well, we dont know. Ms. Wallaces belief that former L.A.P.D. It was definitely necessary to follow-up on it, but it wasnt enough to build a whole theory around. And you dont see that Eugene Deal brings up the fact that theres this guy in the parking lot who he identifies as a Nation Of Islam-looking guy who approached them that stuff doesnt get brought up until a second interview, at which time Lil Cease and Eugene Deal have had a chance to kinda compare notes. I had no idea there were such powerful forces involved in all of this.. 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. Steven Katz, the lead detective in the Wallace investigation. Mack and Muhammad (a.k.a. Theresa kept the remaining $12,000 for being a lookout to give info to Poochie of Biggie's location when he was leaving the party. [21] The Metro section also ran a photo of Muhammad, identified by police as a mortgage broker unconnected to the murder who appeared to match details of the gunman, printing his name and driver's license. Gradually, Kading says, all leads dead-ended. Without his years of nuanced insight into the vast array of characters involved, he says, the investigation began to peter out as he watched helplessly. In December 2012, the LAPD released the autopsy results conducted on Wallace's body to generate new leads. They robbed Suge on a personal and professional level. As a matter of fact, we did the exact opposite. Blasts LAPD Over Autopsy Report", "Notorious B.I.G. Name: Theresa Kay Swann: Credentials: Real Estate Broker: Experience: 34 yrs: Complete Address: 13062 Hwy 190 W, P O . And thats where the solicitation and the conspiracy was fostered. officers helped coordinate the shooting of her son outside of the Petersen Automotive Museum in the early hours of March 9, 1997. Believe me.. [19], On January 19, 2007, Tyruss "Big Syke" Himes, a friend of Shakur who was implicated in Wallace's murder by the Los Angeles Fox affiliate KTTV and XXL magazine in 2005, had a defamation lawsuit regarding the accusations thrown out of court.[37]. Cooper declared a mistrial in Voletta Wallace's civil suit against LAPD and fired a stern warning shot at the department, awarding Voletta Wallace more than $1 million in legal fees. 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. Because, the bottom of thats already been taken out and refuted. 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. Pooh Shiesty Ordered To Pay Restitution To Victims Of 2020 Shooting, Larry June & The Alchemist Announce Joint Album The Great Escape, Nicki Minaj Returns With New 2000s-Sampling Single Red Ruby Da Sleeze, Kodak Black Pays Heartfelt Tribute To XXXTENTACION: We Lost A Legend, J. Cole Contemplates Retirement On New Collaboration With BTS J-Hope, The Best Hip Hop Albums of 2023 (so far), Jadakiss Believes Labels Should Be Held Responsible For Violent Lyrics. 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.' I had to prioritize and it's not like I had unlimited resources.. Read the response from Voletta Wallace's attorney. Autopsy Report Released", "Nas Interview: Tupac, B.I.G. 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. By the time Kading graduated from high school, he was calling his friend's father Dad, and at 18 he signed up with the Sheriff's Department. The suit also named two LAPD officers in the center of the investigation into the Rampart scandal, Perez and Nino Durden. Suge and Theresa have a long history of criminal activity together and share a . Keffe D gave the FBI a different story in 1997, denying his nephew was involved. But it never happened.. Sullivan, in response, quoted the lead attorney of the Wallace estate calling the newspaper "a co-conspirator in the cover-up. Do you accept Eugene Deals identification of Amir as being credible? Kading describes the woman as a well-kept beauty in her early 40s with a slim figure and trademark hoop earrings although the stress of being one of Knight's ladies-in-waiting, through the rise and fall of his L.A. rap empire, had begun to take its toll, physically. His wife had temporarily left him. I dont believe that he was there completely alone though. 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. He says his supervisors quietly informed him that he could take any assignment he wanted but was being removed from the Biggie Smalls murder case while a secret Internal Affairs investigation was conducted into his actions in the Numero Uno case. Fouse, a Mob Piru gang member and an associate of Knight, died on July 24, 2003, after being shot in the back while riding his motorcycle in Compton. Film 'City of Lies' Pulled From Release Schedule", "Mark Saylor dies at 58; former Times editor oversaw Pulitzer-winning series", "Man No Longer Under Scrutiny in Rapper's Death", "Informant in Rap Star's Slaying Admits Hearsay", "Hip-Hop Homicide "Worth More Dead Than Alive" Crime Library on", "LAPD launching new Notorious BIG task force", "Interview: Suge Knight paid Poochie $900 before killing B.I.G. And if you look at the initial statements of Eugene Deal, and Lil Cease, if you look at the eyewitnesses statements [from the people] that were actually in the car, theyre very vague, and theyre very contradictory. 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. It's nothing.' No, I never got a chance to talk to Russ. And maybe there was this lone Nation Of Islam guy, that Eugene Deal pointed out, that was acting as a spotter, or somehow tried to help coordinate it. I am a native Houstonian a city that I love regardless of our unpredictable weather. Now Eugene Deals looking at Amir Muhammad but hes also now seeing Cause you know there were two [sketches of the suspected shooter], right? He reported that Perez had told him about his and Mack's involvement with Death Row Records and their activities at the Petersen Automotive Museum the night of Wallace's murder. 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]. Kading had properly handed his notebooks of interviews to the prosecution. DX: Just bringing the investigation up to more currently What evidence did you collect in addition to the statements of Theresa Swann to tie Wardell Poochie Fouse and Suge Knight to the murder of Biggie Smalls? Sanders says he can't remember which LAPD official under Beck made this promise, but definitely recalls it being made. Greg Kading: No, I dont, actually. doesnt want the And there was an F.B.I. Greg Kading: Yeah, absolutely. But Kading says the big money was an official $50,000 reward being offered in an entirely different case that Smith knew something about. | music at popturf", "Notorious B.I.G. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. Money that was immediate was what they worked for. Swann wore a body-wire during a meet with Suge, now out of prison, which ended in failure. If true, this means the LAPD has only in the past couple of months revived the probe. I was like, 'We'll wipe their ass out, quick. And we have these reports of Poochie doing these other shootings for Suge. While her real name has been mentioned online and in books, Swann has always shied away from the limelight. It took only three days to find Muhammad, who had a current ad for his brokerage business running in the Times. Found more than one record for entered Email. Theresa Elizabeth Swann. 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. In April 2009, a jury convicted Torres on 50 counts, including conspiracy to commit murder, racketeering and bribery. And Russell Pooles theory of course leads to the inevitable lawsuit about the police being involved because Russell Poole finds out that a guy named Amir had visited David Mack at the Montebello City Jail after his bank robbery arrest. heirs sue LAPD, officials, city", "Notorious B.I.G. And, we were always recognizing because we had taken this to the federal investigative level including [having] the F.B.I. Yet this is when the investigation was inexplicably derailed. In 1998 I found love in selling & promoting Real Estate by helping families sell or find their dream home! NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Theyre much more likely to open up and begin to discuss things that present their own culpability in crimes when they think that somebody else has already opened the door, that somebody else has already ratted. The piece was almost entirely based on anonymous sources. Theresa L Swann was born on May 15 1933. Detective Poole traded his job to pursue a labyrinth of failed litigation against LAPD. Well these two guys that were both talking to law enforcement about the same time This is one of the key mistakes that the L.A.P.D. [27][28] Retired LAPD detective Greg Kading, who worked for three years on a gang task force that included the Wallace case, alleged that the rapper was shot by Wardell "Poochie" Fouse. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. I was sitting there pulling out my hair saying, 'Searight, defend my fucking honor,' says Kading. 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. Most of Judge Wilson's key attacks upon the prosecutors did not blame Kading, even if much of the media coverage (including this paper's) tended to paint Kading as a villain. Wallace's autopsy report was released to the public in December 2012, fifteen years after his death. Christopher Wallace, an American rapper known professionally as the Notorious B.I.G., was murdered in a drive-by shooting in the early hours of March 9, 1997, in Los Angeles, California. 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 on this surreal morning on Dec. 18, 2008, Keffe D is going to snitch. ", "Sean Combs Ordered Tupac Murder: LA Cop:And Suge Knight had Biggie Smalls killed in revenge, says book by former LAPD detective", "Lawyer For Notorious B.I.G. In the decade and a half since the two most famous homicides in hip-hop history, police have made no arrests. member Lil' Cease, and driver Gregory "G-Money" Young. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. In the 2000 book The Murder of Biggie Smalls, investigative journalist and author Cathy Scott suggested that Wallace and Shakur's murders might have been the result of the East CoastWest Coast feud and motivated by financial gain for the record companies, because the rappers were worth more dead than alive. Poochie was not a guy who was afraid to go out and pull the trigger. It was described by The New York Times as "one of the longest running and most contentious celebrity cases in history. [13] The New York Times described Broomfield's documentary as a "largely speculative" and "circumstantial" account relying on flimsy evidence, failing to "present counter-evidence" or "question sources. The prosecution basically got caught doing something they didn't know was wrong, but the judge ruled it a discovery violation, Kading says. His [given name is] Wardell Fouse. At age 13, he finally found it with the family of his best friend, whose father was a lieutenant with the Orange County Sheriff's Department. 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. Theresa is potentially known by Walter G Swann, Walter G Swann, Walter G Swann and twenty-nine other people due to residence history. In his book he says that she fronted alot of businesses for Suge to wash/hide his money. The consequences were also overshadowed by the benefit and reward in their minds.. It was expedient for them to cripple the case in the interests of avoiding a potentially difficult prosecution. 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. Yesterday (October 4th), Greg Kading, a Medal of Valor recipient for bravery, spoke with HipHopDX (courtesy of Rare Bird Lit) in a two-part interview, with the first half of Q&A dedicated to his investigation into the murder of Notorious B.I.G. DX: And do you believe Poochie dressed up in Nation Of Islam garb? It may be hard to understand that sum for taking someones life, but to those guys it was a different mentality.. It wasnt out of a desire not to talk to him, but because I was an employee with the L.A.P.D., with the city of Los Angeles, conducting an ongoing criminal investigation, and he was a witness in a civil suit for the plaintiff against the city of Los Angeles. DX: Do you believe David Mack and Rafael Perez were at the Petersen Automotive Museum the night Biggie was killed, as was recently revealed to have been alleged by a former cellmate of Perezs? 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. agent actually in the interview with us. 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. So no deputy or no prison employees gonna be able to stand there and listen to it. Under FBI policy, Swann's interview couldn't be recorded on tape, Kading says. DX: I read in the LA Weekly piece that Swanns interview wasnt recorded? At the time the multi-agency task force was formed by the LAPD, Smalls' mother, Voletta Wallace, was suing the City of Los Angeles for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars because she believed dirty cops had been involved in her son's murder. Kading conducted Swanns interviews, but noted them on police interview forms rather than audio tape. Two minutes later, a dark-colored 19941996 Chevrolet Impala SS pulled up alongside Wallace's Suburban. But Swann's reaction meant everything, especially because, in Poochie's staged false confession, Swann herself was named as a conspirator in Smalls' murder. [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. 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. NOTORIOUS B.I.G. 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. ", 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | TERMS OF USE | PRIVACY | YOUR AD CHOICES | SITEMAP, Notorious B.I.G. DX: Do you believe the shooter drove a dark-colored Chevrolet Impala as witnesses claimed? Greg Kading: No, I dont believe that. Swanns lawyer secured her prosecution immunity for attempting to get Knights admission deal and she has stayed silent ever since. officers in your findings as having been part of the Biggie Smalls murder plot? But there's a perception out there and we're concerned that it might work against you in the Biggie case. And theyre trying to help, and its all honest, but they influence each other, and sometimes they taint each others perceptions. Kading also told Smith in a recorded phone call, It's always this way, man. We were honoring that, and saying, Hey, if the F.B.I. 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. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. They remain secret as the murder case is active. officers David Mack and Rafael Perez? 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. After losing Biggie Smalls, he expanded his hip-hop empire newly titled Bad Boy Entertainment Worldwide to encompass the film, restaurant and apparel industries. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Greg Kading: No, I never did actually. Theresa used to live at 5 Hope St, North Attleborough, MA 02760. Voletta Wallace was horrified. So detectives took a different approach. Voletta Wallace's attorney Sanders tells the Weekly that Kading's book does not meaningfully refute theories that corrupt LAPD cops were involved, and Sanders does not believe that alleged co-conspirators Swann, Knight and Poochie could have known Smalls was at the Petersen Automotive Museum party on the night he was gunned down. Three years later, listening to the confessions fingering Sean Combs and Suge Knight, Kading felt he could almost see the finish line. After a 25-year career in law enforcement, Kading retired in 2010 and began writing his book detailing the three years he investigated the murders of The Notorious B.I.G. [33], On April 16, 2007, relatives of Wallace filed a second wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. What do you know about Rafael Perez? Swanns lawyer secured her prosecution immunity for attempting to get Knights admission deal and she has stayed silent ever since. [5], Photographer Eric Johnson said that he was supposed to photograph Biggie in Los Angeles in 1997, but that he could not be pinpointed to a location because Biggie kept getting death threats. [32] Voletta claimed that the LAPD had sufficient evidence to arrest the gunman but failed to use it. We took her statement, it was reinforced with these other statements by these other insiders, and then the circumstantial evidence of the car, the money transfers, all of the things that happened [that] led us to believe that she was telling the truth. 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. Greg Kading: No, Ive never interviewed David Kenner. Best Match Powered by Whitepages Premium AGE Theresa Lynn Swann Breinigsville, PA (Trexlertown) Aliases Theresa Lynn Shoemaker Theresa Lynn Senesac View Full Report Addresses According to her, the solicitation was $25,000 and she gave Poochie 14 grand, clearly she kept the remainder. In response, LAPD told The Sun: "The case is still open and Robbery and Homicide Division will not be commenting. 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.
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