Mike Cox says he’s unable to turn over phone records in Tamara Greene case
Attorney General Mike Cox says he doesn’t know what home phone-service company he used in 2003, and therefore can’t find home phone records related to his investigation of slain stripper Tamara “Strawberry” Greene’s shooting death.
The Detroit News reports that attorney Norman Yatooma wants to review Cox’s phone records from 2003 to see whether they can shed light on Greene’s April 2003 murder. Yatooma represents Greene’s family, who have filed a civil suit alleging that officials blocked an investigation into her death.
Cox investigated whether former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick held a raucous party at the Manoogian Mansion in 2002, at which Greene was rumored to have danced. But Cox and Michigan State Police ruled that the party never happened.
Michigan State Sgt. Mark Krebs testified in November that he believes Cox impeded the party investigation. However, Cox denied that accusation in interviews and in a sworn deposition that wrapped up in January.
Yatooma subpoenaed Cox’s home phone records from the time of the investigation, according to the News. An attorney for Cox says his staff was unable to determine which company provided home phone service for Cox in 2003, although they submitted cell phone and office phone records from that time.
