Keffe D Conviction Ends 30-Year Tupac Murder Mystery, Reviving Scrutiny of Biggie's Unsolved 1997 Killing
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Updated · BBC.com · Sep 1
Keffe D Conviction Ends 30-Year Tupac Murder Mystery, Reviving Scrutiny of Biggie's Unsolved 1997 Killing
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Sep 1
Summary
30 years after Tupac Shakur was killed in Las Vegas, Duane "Keffe D" Davis' conviction brought tears from Shakur's family and a promise from Davis to appeal.
Davis was convicted largely on his own words: prosecutors built the cold case around statements in documentaries, a memoir, podcasts and a police interview in which he described supplying the gun used on Sept. 7, 1996.
The case was unusually thin on traditional evidence — no eyewitness placed Davis in the car, and no murder weapon, video or photos were presented — making prosecutors' decision to charge him an uphill gamble.
That verdict is now sharpening attention on Christopher Wallace's 1997 drive-by killing in Los Angeles, long seen as linked to Shakur's death through the East Coast-West Coast rap feud.
LAPD said Wallace's murder remains an active unsolved case, and former prosecutors said the Tupac conviction could embolden Los Angeles authorities to revisit a cold case nearing its own 30-year mark.