An attorney representing the family of murder victim Tamara “Strawberry” Greene (both in the top picture above), says a fellow stripper is “very scared” after testifying how she witnessed Greene dancing at a long-rumored party thrown by former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (pictured with his wife Carlita) at the Manoogian Mansion.
In a 131-page legal brief unsealed Sunday, the Greene family attorney Norman Yatooma says, dancer Tamara Ruffin testified she was not only at the party, but witnessed Carlita Kilpatrick assault Greene after she gave the mayor a lap dance.
Ruffin testified how the former mayor of Detroit (Kwame Kilpatrick’s) private mansion party was laced with marijuana and cocaine along with uniformed DPD officers providing security for the then mayor.
Ruffin also testified that while Green was performing a lap-dance for Kilpatrick, she heard Carlita Kilpatrick say, “What the fuck is going on here?” “Who is this bitch?” “Bitch, get the fuck off my husband.”
Ruffin then observed Carlita Kilpatrick and Greene engaged in a fist fight and said that, Greene appeared to be winning the fight until Carlita Kilaptrick struck Greene in the head with an object described as being “a two by four, could have been a baton, could have been a table leg, but it was big.”
As the fight escalated, Ruffin made a hasty exit from the Manoogian Mansion, running a couple of houses down and hiding behind a car. It was from this location that Ruffin was able to observe the arrival of three Detroit Police cars.
Ruffin is the second self-described eye-witness to come forward in recent months and describe the never-proven party. Various attempts by the media to reach her have been unsuccessful, but Yatooma denies he has put her up in a safe house pending the outcome of the case.
Tamara Greene was murdered a couple of months later after this party in a drive by shooting, as she sat in a parked car with her boyfriend.
Greene’s family alleges Kilpatrick and other city leaders conspired to block an investigation into Greene’s murder and that Ruffin and another witnesses testimony will provide a possible reason for the cover-up.
Kilpatrick resigned as mayor of Detroit in 2008 and is currently serving time in state prison for violating the terms of his probation in another case.
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If Ms. Ruffins’ testimony is accurate, then she has reason to be fearful….if her testimony is not accurate, then she still has reason to be fearful….so why would she lie???
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I believe her.
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I guess so Lisa.,
Tamara ‘strawberry’ greene is dead and both the mayor and his wife had something to do with it.
Trace followed this story on her old blog some time ago…2bad we can’t see those archives.
kilpatrick left a trail of gas and now his whole front is about 2blow up.
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@Q…so true!!!
no good come out of doin dirt!!!
I remember this story 2.
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Carlita & Kwami- one day you people are gonna have to stand before the Lord & then the TRUTH will not be denied * Mmmm-Mmmm, No-sir,,,
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What has happened to this young lady is the tip of the iceberg. After everything that has come out about King Kwame, is there anymore doubt? The Kilpatrick family has been shown to be as ruthless as Saddam Hussein and his sons towards those who oppose their “reign.” Blaming the “other” women who sleep with King Kwame has been par for the course. This is third world nation stuff in our own backyard. Christine Beatty should be thankful that she left town in good health.
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we don’t know she in good health @Wesley,
that woman’s gonna have her cross to bare too. esp. if she knew half the shit that went down between her lover and his women.
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Oh the shit Kwame left is detroit., is far from ova..
Can’t wait to see what is yet to come!!
King Kwame needs to stay in the “orange issue” forever, while his wife is paying $$$ owed
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why carlita attack the stripper and not her husband? smdh…another case of a dumb azz woman. she shoulda beat his azz, hell he was the one who initiated the party. dumb!
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I thought the same thing Flo: women always attack the other woman instead checkin dat husband’s ass. smh.
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I agree Flo: Why was she slapping the strippere? She was invited to the house to do what she does. Why slap her? Why be upset with a stripper for giving lap dances? If anything she should have been slapping Kwame.
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Carlita would have been beating KK’s azz all his married life!
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Isn’t it funny how the only woman she beat down was the one who was simply doing her job! What about the woman who pretended to be her friend (Beatty) or the other women (Wood, the Jamaican woman at the barber shop, the one who greeted him at the apartment building with nothing on but a fur coat and WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER WOMEN)? Strawberry wouldn’t have even been there if she weren’t getting paid to be there! And carlita still stands by her man. What a pathetic example of womanhood!
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“Example of womanhood @Brown” Carlita is a damn fool!! That’s what she is., I guess the lifestyle made her turn the other cheek…she will get what’s comin to her eventually.
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Wonder which one of Kilpatrick’s women called Carlita about the party, “Hey honey, your husband is cheating on us again”.
dumb bitch!
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Killpatrick needs to be behind bars for the crimes he’s comitted. No need to fabricate more.
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no fabrication here. i believe a party went down because “SAID STRIPPER” is dead. there was a reason to kill her.
and this girl “rufin” has reason to fear for her life. she saw cops in a room with drugs body gaurding.
what’s wrong wit that picture @Ace., alot!
smells like and proves corruption to me.
you can neva hide the sun wit your hand, the truth is gonna shine through every time.
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amen @mrs…
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The problem is that almost every crooked, dirty action that the Kilpatricks’ has always denied, has usually come out in the wash, as being true. There is too much smoke for the Kilpatricks’ fire to deny Greene danced at the Mansion, or was bumped off by some hangers for Kwame.
I agree with you mrs.
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It’s been too many years of smoke and no fire to be true. There is no way that many people could have kept their mouths shut for so many years. Kwame Killpatrick stepped on far too many toes for someone other than a worn out stripper to step forward and say something.
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@ace,
you are so mistaken., the truth have a way of prevailing after 50 years. why? cause you can’t HIDE it.
so i def. beg to differ with you!!!
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Numerous people have corroborated the party story. They have jusy KEPT THEIR MOUTHS SHUT!
Where there is smoke, there is usually fire,.
Let the case go to trial and let the judge, jury and public decide the ultimate facts
and which side has more credibility.
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What evidence have they produced besides rumor that anything happened that warrents a trial? Tamara Greene was in a car with a dope dealer and was killed in a driveby shooting. She wasn’t even the intended target. You can’t have a trial just because you don’t like someone.
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Quenetta,
It has already been stated, Tamara’s phone log does have many calls from City owned phones after the party, but the City of Detroit will not released who the numbers were assigned to.
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Being a retired ‘hit-man’ I can tell you that any doofus that thinks this was a drug deal gone wrong is one dumb doorknob.
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There is no time limit for murder or conspiracy to commit murder. Whether it was KK, Bernard, Christine, Carlita or anyone else – it is still murder.
When a 40 police veteran states the trajectory of the bullets were all intended for Green AND the killer drove by Mitchell and didn’t shot at him again, proves Green was the target.
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Yes Quenetta.,
she was in the car with an alledged drug dealer who walked away untouched.
she was the target and i’m sure her lawyer will and can prove that.
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Stripper’s credibility is called into question
http://www.detnews.com/article/20101123/METRO/11230312/1409/3-teens-due-in-court-in-Yale-fatal-knife-attack
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@Ace,
City of Detroit attorney’s will try to disdcredit the testimony of this dancer. To date, this is as good as it gets as far as damaging testimony. Let all the people who were in attendance of the party be known. What do they have to hide except their already ruined reputations. Telephone records from the deceased dancer may seal the case.
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Kilpatrick is a thug of course this story is true.
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kilpatrick had everything. detroit was at his feet and he fucked it all up with women, money, corruption and taking care of his fam. now they all gon go down behind his trifling azz.
even his mama lost her congresswoman’s seat.
damn!
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Good for all dey azzes. This is what GREED will do for you.
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Yeah @Ace,
this ex-mayor was crazy and so was his fuckin ghetto azz wife!!!
You got files disappearing, a stripper dead, one afraid for her life and shit being covered up, yet we suppose to believe this party is an urban myth? Yeah ok…GTFOH!!!!
Kwame was a crook period!!!! The whole kilpatrick clan has proven to be just that as well.
if kilpatrick lied, cheated and tried to cover up an affair with his cheif of staff, wtf you think happened on his trail of destruction?
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@Olivijah J., I agree….find all of them a jail cell.
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Say what you want about the stripper’s testimony, believe it or not …she was there!
And believe this: Two of Kilpatrick’s police bodyguards, Loronzo (Greg) Jones and Mike Martin, were caught on videotape attending Greene’s funeral.
they were caught on video tape that the Reverend conducting the funeral was thoughful enough to save for Yatooma (The Greene Family lawyer).
There are too many facts in this case and I hope each and every one of them are proven.
Their attendance at Tamara Greene’s funeral appears to be the most important new fact (it’s on tape) in this brief.
Dueces
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I believe her.
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Of course I believe her.
KK was trying to protect his image, and didn’t want a beat up (by his wife?) stripper ruining the party?
Hospital records for Tamara Greene disappeared (an EMT worker saw her at the hospital that night).
There are rumors that possibly Greene was asking KK for hush money. Did KK get upset and have her (and another stripper from the alleged party, who moved to Atlanta) murdered?
Mm…trust me the plot is thick!
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This is a never ending story…look for his Dad and possibly his sister to be indicted before the end of the year.
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There’s a lot of conspiracies about the death of this stripper. What they also don’t tell u is that she was abused severely by a former boyfriend two days prior to her murder.
The guy gave her two black eyes and he was threatening her life. There has been no concrete evidence that a party ever existed and no one ever came forward saying that there was one but I truly believe there was one and a lot of facts are hidden by the police and the city.
Just for the sake of her three children and family, they deserve closure.
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Kwame Crookpatrick was tossed and is getting exactly what he deserves and this supposed incident is almost 10 years old. Can you we please move on?
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Question @Truth: If this was your family that had been murdered you would want it resolved, no matter how long it has been.
There is proof there was a party and Cox will be proven he lied to cover it up, shame on Cox. And shame on you for wanting to sweep it under the rug.
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This is the reason I did not support Cox for Governor. He failed as Attorney General on this case.
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@Truth.,
What’s happing to KK is all because he is a thief and a hoe (Shame on you!!!!)
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Yawn.
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What I would like to know is., since kwame’s in jail how is Carlita making her living since she is not working??? where is the money coming from to support her and the children???!!
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Hey Fam: If anyone thinks there wasn’t a party at the MM in Detroit, I have a bridge I want to sell you.
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We keep hearing about this party and how out of control it was. I just have to ask where would Carlita get a spare table leg or a two by four from in order to hit someone?
Is it just lying around the mansion? Why haven’t the neighbors come forward and said anything about a wild party? They seem to be the only one’s not being interviewed for this case or story.
Kwame’s circle of inclusion has imploded why haven’t more people come forward and spilled their guts?
I feel for the Greene family, but it seems Yatooma is just trying to get a pay day, I’m sure he took the case under the contingency of a big payout and now all the billable hours and energy that has gone into this case, must make him even more desperate to keep it going so he can recoup some of his losses. I think that is his main motivation.
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Exactly @Zion.,
Say you attended, and you’re a stripper, an average guy or a drug dealer and you provided all of the coke, and the drugs for the party. And you see DPD’s top brass and uniformed officers there, along with the AG, prominent business leaders, and the city mayor. There’s tons of drugs and craziness going on, and then things get out of hand, and a stripper gets beaten. You’re told to keep quiet about it, and in a few months, you hear/see the stripper end up dead. You see cops getting fired for looking into her death. You see the case go the AG, who you know was there, and he stops it. Why would you risk your neck to talk, knowing you’re going up against the power of Detroit elite?
Hell yeah a party went down, people just never talked about it., cause just like kwame’s azz was on the line, their’s wpuld be too for being there and allowing the shit to get outta hand.
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There was a party…Just get over it!!!!
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I had a gut feeling that a woman was going to come forward with crucial testimony. Amen! It gives a person hope that justice will be served in this case, regardless of who you are. You have some big hitter’s in this lineup, combined with wealth and power. I hope they get them all!
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This would be easy enough to prove or disprove her story. If there are any records of calls to Tamara Greene from a phone Carlita would have used, they should have all they need to at least shed some light on this “urban legend”.
The Kilpatrick’s aren’t smart enough to think ahead and use equipment that can’t be traced to them. They’ve proven that repeatedly.
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Man, sounds as if that was a helluva party! The catfight must have been a real hoot! No doubt the “former first lady of Detroit” was uppity (probably still is).
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miss greene got caught up in a dope deal gone bad,get over it,that’s what comes with the territory………..lol(it’s all about the money)
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WOW!!!
I don’t see this as a laughing matter.
A dope dealer thug would not leave any witnesses, he would’ve killed both Tamara and the guy she was with. A hit man kills his target only, which is what happened.
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I sure hope this woman is in a witness protection program..too many people have been silenced in one way or another over this case.
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Why should the city settle with this greedy family? I thought they already completed the investigation, and they said that her death was related to the business carried on by the guy who was in the car with her. Even if there was a party, even if these strippres were there. Who cares? She’s a stripper and wasn’t hanging around high class people to begin with. If Kwame is responsible for this, why didn’t all the other strippers show up dead too?
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one of the other dancers DID end up dead:
In Atlanta.
2 dead, 2 not.
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There is NO WAY Kwame Kilpatrick and the Detroit Police are smart enough to cover up this case so well.
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That is why pieces of the story are coming. KK and the Kool-Aid gang are not smart enough to hide and keep at bay at least 50 witnesses, including the person that saw the police report against Carlita, the officer and ambulance workers that saw Ms. Greene after the fact. There is a great saying – when two people share a secret, it will stay a secret if one of them is dead.
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Folks like kwame and his extensive crew would LOVE for this story to “go away.” Justice must be pursued until the last.
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I think it has just gone much further than the people involved thought. I think there were prominent men there who were promised privacy in return for a great time partying with the new mayor at his mansion. Once a crime was committed, they couldn’t very well confess that they were at a stripper/coke/weed party now could they? I don’t think they thought that anyone would end up dead and we would still be intrigued by the events of that night eight years later. Remember, if you don’t want to get busted doing something wrong…..DON’T DO IT!!!
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We keep hearing how there is no evidence to back these claims up. Where’s the evidence for this, that & the other thing?
It’s simple. It’s been destroyed, deleted, thrown out, shredded, vaporized, vanished into thin air, intimidated into appearing, threatened, demoted, fired, transferred, harassed & all & out feared to come forward. And no ones talking about nothing.
It’s really a shame, that so much time & energy went into destroying so much. Most of this could have been cleared up years ago; were it not for the corruption of those involved in all the disppearing documents.
Even when court ordered to produce documentation etc., they willfully destroy to continue their denial of wrongdoing.
Why would all of this happened for no reason? If there was “nothing” by way of evidence, why destroy it all? Wouldn’t it clear things up on it’s own merit?
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To quote Yatooma (Green’s lawyer): If you have nothing to hide, you hide nothing.
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Here is the thing – if there was a party what kind of people were at it?
Do you think it was top flight folks with sterling reputations?
No, it was the lowest of the low and none of these people will be “respected” members of society. Perhaps there was a head of industry or a big wig of some sort and so now it became very important to cover this up.
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Better put Ms. Ruffin under Federal protective custody before she suffers the same “random” death Ms. Greene did.
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I believe this party happened. But for the life of me, I’m in total amazement how this continues to be covered up, hushed up, whatever you want to call it. Will someone get to the bottem of this one already!!!!
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I think many people believe there was a party but, the witnesses that are produced have such a checkered background that their testimony will be difficult to substantiate. This has to be the biggest cover up in Detroit history!
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No one is gonna speak the real truth unless they are prepared to die. And that goes for his mommy right down the line. The investigations in Detroit will go on for years to come as more things come to light. Ms. Greene did not deserve what happened, but in the big picture that is the smallest crime that the Gang members of Chumpatrick have commited.
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This witness needs to be protected (NOT BY DETROIT POLICE), maybe the FBI), because I’m sure there’s evil thugs who want to kill her now. There were several dancers at the alleged party. Tamara Greene was murdered in Detroit. Another co-dancer friend was murdered in Atlanta at the same time.
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Why? by who? @Keisha..
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If I were Carlita and I knew these accusations were untrue, wouldn’t I be filing a slander/libel lawsuit against the people who have given their statements?
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Eventually the truth will come out (whatever it is)….it is just a matter of time
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Time for Carlita to do her much deserved time.
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There was a party for sure. I know several people who were there who went missing or are in hiding because the murders were carried out with police heat so they’re not safe from anybody. What most people don’t know is that hizzonnerrr is rumored to have ordered the hits directly.
RIP strawbrrrey
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One would have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to know that Greene was the recipient of a mayoral “hit”.
Someone in the Detroit city government ordered the Greene killing. There can be no other reason she was killed.
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Hey Zion,
Now tell us what you know baby.
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yeah @Zion, spill the tea. lol
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Just finished reading the entire 130+ pages filed by Yatooma.
Outside of the revelation that Yatooma was able to find and depose a second dancer from the party – Ms. Ruffin – confirming that there was INDEED a party in which Carlita assaulted Ms. Greene (Sorry, Cox!), the motion itself is really nothing more than a re-cap of what we’ve already known. (Wished our gurl didn’t lose her archives)
There WAS a party…
EVERYONE in the DPD who tried to investigate the party and/or Ms. Greene’s death was fired, demoted, or transferred…
ALL of the relevent evidence was destroyerd…
EVERYONE who helped Kwame in the cover-up was promoted quickly up the ranks in the DPD…
When questioned by Yatooma in their depositions, EVERYONE plead the 5th Amendment…
This should be a no-brainer for a jury – now let’s just hope that the FEDS step in and charge the whole Kilpatrick gang with Obstruction of justice, Evidence Tampering, and the BIG one – Conspiracy to Commit Murder!!!
Justice demands it!!!!
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5 dancers and 15 people; Strawberry was killed 6 months after the party. Twenty people will sure tell about a wild party at the Mayor’s mansion that they attended (I would and you would too). Nobody would have known about a murder six months later.
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Dam, this was a good one!
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