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. Kading says they were all egregiously taken out of context, and LAPD's Internal Affairs appears to have agreed. They had been shooting at each other, dealing drugs, stealing cars for their lives. But the most important thing and Im not calling [him a liar], I think Eugene Deal is trying to help as best he can. He says federal agents are prepared to relocate her if necessary, to assure her safety in the wake of its publication. That that seems a little I mean, why wasnt it recorded? Nearly a year later, in April 2010, when Voletta Wallace withdrew her lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles, what remained of the task force was quickly dismantled by Robbery-Homicide Capt. Blasts LAPD Over Autopsy Report", "Notorious B.I.G. In response, LAPD told The Sun: "The case is still open and Robbery and Homicide Division will not be commenting. 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. NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Nobody ever had anything beyond that. Kading grew up with his mother and two older sisters in tents and yurts around Lake Tahoe, in what he describes as a movable feast of hippies and potheads, marked by his mother's wanderlust and impulsive parenting. DX: Lastly in regards to the Biggie Smalls murder investigation, were you ever implicitly instructed by your superiors in the L.A.P.D. We put her in a corner to make those hard decisions, he said. Teresa SwannWoodfin - Teresa Cynthia Sehion Swann, 45, passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at her home.She was a daughter of Barry Sehion of Oteen and the late Linda Gail Martin.In addition to her As a result of the newly discovered evidence, the judge declared a mistrial and awarded the Wallace family its attorneys' fees. 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. . Both Baby Lane and Poochie implicated as the triggermen by the team's sources for the murders of Shakur and Smalls had been shot dead years ago, casualties of Crips-versus-Bloods battles set off by the celebrities' slayings. DX: So who do you believe was that lone person in that car who did the shooting? Swann met with Knight in jail on more than one occasion. He says Searight decided not to call him to the witness stand because the prosecutor thought the defense lawyers would call Kading instead. Kevin McClure, who supervised the task force as head of the Robbery-Homicide Division, confirms that he got approval from LAPD brass to dismantle the team. Kading claims that while Poochie was looking to ingratiate himself with Knight, the record boss needed to strike back at East Coast gangsters for Tupacs killing six months earlier in Las Vegas. Harry Billups) were originally named as defendants in the civil suit, but were dropped shortly before the trial began after the LAPD and FBI dismissed them as suspects. Kading is working on a new podcast and documentary about former rogue cop Christopher Dorner called Fury And Flames. Not only did Suge love Tupac, but he was his money maker. after killing B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur from 2006-2009 as part of a joint L.A.P.D./federal task force that set out initially to solve the murder of Biggie Smalls in the wake of his mother Voletta Wallaces multi-million dollar lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles for allegedly covering up the fact that then on-duty L.A.P.D. Theresa passed away on March 1 1999, at age 65. 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. I wouldve loved to talk to some of the other people on the plaintiffs witness list, but we just simply couldnt because the legal politics involved. In another defense snippet, Kading talked to Derrick Smith about big money proof, Torres' lawyers alleged, that Kading was trying to bribe a star witness. DX: And do you believe Poochie dressed up in Nation Of Islam garb? And thats where the solicitation and the conspiracy was fostered. In the decade and a half since the two most famous homicides in hip-hop history, police have made no arrests. Yet this is when the investigation was inexplicably derailed. It's nothing.' Greg Kading: Yeah, we have Theres we We had a good case. 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. Kading did not know it, but his mother's plan was to drive south of the border to meet a boyfriend who was buying drugs, then smuggle the stash into California under the guise of a vacationing family. Long before Kading stepped into what many believe to be the cursed unsolved mystery of Shakur's and Smalls' murders, a storm of rumors and news stories suggested that a few bad apples within the LAPD had been involved in Smalls' killing. heirs sue LAPD, officials, city", "Notorious B.I.G. So there were some problems in the development. Detective Poole traded his job to pursue a labyrinth of failed litigation against LAPD. In fact, Beck's detectives were doing the opposite. McClure says it was his decision to shelve the case, and the Beck administration merely went along. Suge told her to go see Poochie and take care of Biggie. But it was Searight who decided not to give them to Torres' lawyers. However, as youll read in the book, there was a third person there, which was Suge Knights attorney, David Kenner. 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.' 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. He came on early, he was claiming that Suge had tried to hire him to get some guns, and some other Suge associates were gonna go do the murder. "Notorious B.I.G. Teresa Swann Marketing Operations Manager Carbondale, Colorado, United States 477 followers 476 connections Join to view profile Exclusive Resorts About Marketing professional experienced in. Once Swann admitted her participation in the murder conspiracy, the FBI tried to use her to draw a confession from Knight. 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. Journalist Randall Sullivan devoted both a sprawling Rolling Stone article and a popular novel to Poole's allegations. Kading claims that while Poochie was looking to ingratiate himself with Knight, the record boss needed to strike back at East Coast gangsters for Tupacs killing six months earlier in Las Vegas. 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. Greg Kading: We believe its a guy named Poochie, who was a Blood affiliate of Suge Knights. 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. DX: Speaking of that initial composite, even [for] the first composite Lil Cease describes someone in a suit and bow tie. Shortly after Wallace's death, Los Angeles Times writers Chuck Philips and Matt Lait reported that the key suspect in his murder was a member of the Southside Crips acting out of a personal financial motive, rather than on the gang's behalf. Suspiciously, the first man to visit Mack in jail was named Amir the same first name a jailhouse informant gave Poole for Smalls' alleged killer. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. 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? No, I never got a chance to talk to Russ. Well, what did you see?, well then they develop their own perspectives on what happened. "The Unsolved Mystery of the Notorious B.I.G. 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. Seated at the head of a long conference table in the DEA's chilly downtown L.A. offices on May 28, 2009, Swann stared at the false confession as if [Detective Dupree] had pulled out a rattlesnake and placed it on the table, writes Kading. Previous Next. If somebody thinks that somebody else has already let the cat out of the bag, its much more easier for them to [talk]. DX: Okay. Kading is working on a new podcast and documentary about former rogue cop Christopher Dorner called Fury And Flames. Call it an obsession a curse, even. He says Swanns description confirmed and expanded on evidence his team gathered in their probe. After Philips and his editors mistakenly quoted from the faked documents, Philips was pushed out by the Times. of him on video, so sorry if I misrepresented that. 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. In response, LAPD told The Sun: "The case is still open and Robbery and Homicide Division will not be commenting. Kading now says the blame fell squarely upon the U.S. Attorney's Office and prosecutor Tim Searight. Combs may take heat for these new revelations or he may not. I was like, 'We'll wipe their ass out, quick. 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. Once she had finished reading it, Kading says, Swann whispered, That's right. In July 2009, under former LAPD Chief William Bratton, lead detective Kading was abruptly pulled from the task force. L.A. Weekly has verified her identity as Knight's longtime lover and business associate but has chosen not to reveal her. Knight's downfall also could be due to his inability to let go of the past: A lot of these dudes say they love 'Pac, but at the same time they be doing shit like Puffy, Knight told TMZ earlier this year. [33], On April 16, 2007, relatives of Wallace filed a second wrongful death lawsuit against the City of Los Angeles. I think there was some influence there that caused him to point out that picture. DX: You believe he did the shooting himself? [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. 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. Read the response from Voletta Wallace's attorney. [36] The suit against the City of Los Angeles was finally dismissed in 2010. Greg Kading: No, I dont believe that. . Kadings force strategically manipulated Swann into an interview as she faced other criminal charges. 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. Poole's theory quickly gained solid ground in high places, and motivated Voletta Wallace to sue LAPD in federal court. But I dont believe that some guy in the Nation Of Islam was the shooter. TMZ recently reported that he is pulling in only about $1,200 a month chump change compared to the glittering Death Row dynasty of old. Believe me.. member Lil' Cease, and driver Gregory "G-Money" Young. ", "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. DX: [Were] there any eyewitness reports of this conversation by prison employees? 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. Theresa is potentially known by Walter G Swann, Walter G Swann, Walter G Swann and twenty-nine other people due to residence history. Now David Kenner has what we call hes got privileged communications, because hes the attorney. Cal. 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. Two years later, Kading moved north, where he became a rising star at LAPD. The gang culture has no regard for the law. [9], Wallace's death was mourned by fellow hip hop artists and fans worldwide. He became indispensable to the prosecution when he turned up two of Torres' associates, convicted criminals Derrick Smith and Raul Del Real, who were in prison and willing to testify. But unlike Keffe D, who accused Combs but had no lingering ties to him, Swann was historically loyal to Knight, her child's father. All Im trying to say here is that, that I.D., the video I.D. She was just a train wreck, Detective Kading tells the Weekly. And on this surreal morning on Dec. 18, 2008, Keffe D is going to snitch. If Death Row didnt retaliate Tupacs murder then talk is that they are punk bitches for letting Bad Boy walk over them. Swann wore a body-wire during a meet with Suge, now out of prison, which ended in failure. I had other cases: the Grim Sleeper, Michael Jackson. The consequences were also overshadowed by the benefit and reward in their minds.. Corrupt LAPD Officer David Mack, poster boy for the late-1990s Rampart scandal that would come to cast doubt on much of what LAPD said and did, lurched to the forefront of Poole's investigation after Mack was arrested for an unrelated $722,000 bank heist. When Kading published a book about the case, he gave Suge's girlfriend a fake name: Theresa Swann. They had been shooting at each other, dealing drugs, stealing cars for their lives. Had Los Angeles lost the suit, the city's liability could, by some reckoning, have risen to $500 million, the estimate of Biggie Smalls' lost earnings. I am a native Houstonian a city that I love regardless of our unpredictable weather. officers in your findings as having been part of the Biggie Smalls murder plot? Rapper Nas felt at the time that Wallace's death, along with that of Tupac Shakur, "was nearly the end of rap."[10]. The piece was almost entirely based on anonymous sources. But Swann's reaction meant everything, especially because, in Poochie's staged false confession, Swann herself was named as a conspirator in Smalls' murder. Money that was immediate was what they worked for. Money that was immediate was what they worked for. Greg Kading: I do believe that. . 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. So it came as no surprise that the brass wasted no time in putting together a task force to finally solve the 9-year-old case, find the killer, and hopefully exonerate the police in the process.. [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." 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's job was to look into several murders possibly connected to Torres. 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. So what Kenner had done was he brought Theresa Swann into the jail under the ruse of her being his legal aid. Sean Combs told the Weekly via email: This story is pure fiction and completely ridiculous. Suge Knight could not be reached. They robbed Suge on a personal and professional level. [21], Muhammad, who was not an official suspect at the time, came forward to clear his name. Confidential? 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. And theyre trying to help, and its all honest, but they influence each other, and sometimes they taint each others perceptions. But, thats not how you conduct an investigation. 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. Kading's reputation almost certainly will become an issue upon Murder Rap's publication. While her real name has been mentioned online and in books, Swann has always shied away from the limelight. Greg Kading: No, I dont, actually. The driver of the Impala, a black male, rolled down his window, drew a 9mm blue-steel pistol and fired at the SUV; four bullets hit Wallace. Now, in the pages of his potentially game-changing self-published book Murder Rap, set for release Oct. 4, former Los Angeles Police Department Detective Greg Kading reveals that LAPD has been sitting on extensive tapes and documents containing confessions from key players behind the alleged assassinations of Shakur and Smalls (Wallace). 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. DX: And I understand you had her read a faked confession from Poochie, who was already deceased? "The sense is let lying dogs lie and that is not likely to change. So detectives took a different approach. 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. Swann revealed how the rap boss, who was behind bars at the time, ordered Compton gangster Poochie to murder Biggie, during a taped interview - which later she secured an immunity deal on, according to Kading. But for Duane Keffe D Keith Davis, a shot caller for the Southside Crips, it now happens to be his lawyer's office. She had been a resident . Kading recalls in Murder Rap that his direct supervisor, Cmdr. I mean, theres just no way to know. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. . Amir? Unsolved case Kading added: "Suge would have figured out she spoke, but the reality. 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. Theresa Swann We found 31 records for Theresa Swann in PA, LA and 16 other states. 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. Were precluded from having any conversations. What Poochie says, that's what happened.. DX: Well, Russell Pooles theory got a little bit more solidified in Nick Broomfields Biggie & Tupac documentary, when former Bad Boy Records bodyguard Eugene Deal identified Amir Muhammad as being present at the Petersen Automotive Museum that night, and that Amir actually approached Diddy first in a possible attempt to shoot him.