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Unsolved April 30, 2003 Homicide

Tamara Greene

Status Unsolved
Type Homicide
Date April 30, 2003
Location Detroit, Michigan
Victim Age 27
Gender Female

Tamara Greene, known as 'Strawberry,' was an exotic dancer found shot to death in her car in Detroit. Theories linked her death to a party she allegedly attended at the Manoogian Mansion involving Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Despite investigations and a lawsuit by her family, no arrests were ever made.

Tamara Greene is documented in the ColdCaseIndex database as a homicide case in Detroit, Michigan. The events are dated to April 30, 2003. The victim is recorded as 27 years old and female. The last known information on record places the case at April 30, 2003, Detroit, MI.

Within the ColdCaseIndex taxonomy, Tamara Greene is filed under Homicide with a status of Unsolved. A homicide entry documents a killing in which the perpetrator has not been identified, has not been convicted, or where the case is otherwise historically notable. The record is cross-referenced under the themes homicide, Michigan, political theories, unsolved, Detroit, which connect it to related cases across the database.

As of the most recent information compiled here, no arrest has been publicly recorded in the Tamara Greene case, and it remains open and unsolved. Cases like this can be reactivated at any time — advances in DNA analysis, forensic genetic genealogy, and renewed public attention have resolved cases that lay dormant for decades.

Primary jurisdiction for the Tamara Greene case rests with local law enforcement in Detroit, supported by Michigan state investigative authorities. The case sits within a wider national picture: the U.S. homicide clearance rate has fallen from roughly 90% in the 1960s to about 54% today, and more than 346,000 homicides recorded since 1965 remain unsolved. ColdCaseIndex documents individual cases like this one to keep them publicly visible and searchable.

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Last Known Information
April 30, 2003, Detroit, MI
Date of Incident
April 30, 2003
Current Status
Unsolved — the case remains open

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