Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Who Killed Tamara Greene? UPDATED 11/17/2009

Victim of a Senseless Drive-By or Something Much Worse?

3:40 a.m. April 30, 2003, on Roselawn near Outer Drive, Tamara Greene, age 27 became Detroit murder victim No. 113. Initially it appeared that the young woman was just another victim of a cowardly crimminal act, but when her name went public, this tragedy quickly turned into a politically charged soap opera.

It was reported that she danced at a party thrown at the mayor's mansion when Kilpatrick was still in office, was assaulted by the Mayor's wife when she walked in and caught Greene in her home and was later executed because she knew too much. Some say the former Mayor was involved and that there may be text messages to prove it. With all of the contradictions and twists involved with this sad mystery, no one knows what to believe. Judge for yourself: Full Story Here

UPDATE 11/17/2009
Lawyer for family of dancer gets texts
Paul Egan / The Detroit News

Detroit -- A lawyer for the family of slain exotic dancer Tamara Greene will be able to read all 36 city of Detroit text messages that federal magistrates judges have identified as potentially relevant to the family's lawsuit against city of Detroit officials, a judge ruled Monday.

Chief U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen ruled that only one sentence will be redacted from one of the text messages. Otherwise, they will all be turned over to Birmingham attorney Norman Yatooma, Rosen said in a court order.

Greene, 27, who was shot to death in Detroit on April 30, 2003, was linked to a rumored party at the mayor's Manoogian Mansion in the fall of 2002. Her family is suing former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and top city and police officials, alleging the investigation into her still-unsolved killing was obstructed for political reasons.
Kilpatrick and the other defendants deny the allegation.

U.S. magistrate judges spent months poring through more than 600,000 text messages sent by city employees before identifying 36 text messages as possibly relevant. Lawyers for the city, who were given a chance to review the text messages and voice objections, argued that 35 of the 36 text messages were not relevant and should not be turned over to Yatooma.

But Rosen ruled "each of the 36 text messages should be disclosed," except for one sentence. The city is to file a sealed statement asserting that the redacted sentence is unrelated to the Greene case.

Yatooma still can't publicly disclose the contents of the text messages without the court's permission."These text messages have been long anticipated and aggressively defended," Yatooma said. "I am eager to finally review them and relieved to stop arguing over them."

Rosen also granted Yatooma's request to have six current and two former Detroit police homicide officers review the Greene homicide file, which was submitted to the court under seal.





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