After 44 years, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has identified the body of a woman found in an open field near the Las Vegas Strip in 1979 as 19-year-old Gwenn Marie Story. Advances in DNA testing led to the identification last month, and police are now asking anyone with information about the case or who may have known Story in 1979 to come forward. Captain Robert Plummer expressed gratitude to the family of Gwenn Marie Story for their patience and understanding as the case was solved.
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Las Vegas Police have arrested Duane “Keffe D” Davis in connection with the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur, which has been a source of fascination for the public for 27 years. Davis has long been known to investigators and has admitted to being in the Cadillac where the gunfire erupted. It remains to be seen what charges Davis will face, and what further information the investigation will uncover.
On July 17, 2023, Las Vegas police raided a home in connection with the unsolved murder of Tupac Shakur. Body camera videos obtained by The Associated Press show a couple being detained by SWAT officers as they shouted commands. The warrant was for items related to the murder from Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a witness to the crime. The investigation into the rapper's death is ongoing.