Stripper Tamara Greene has found more notoriety in death than she ever did dancing under the name "Strawberry" in dimly lit topless clubs and private parties around Detroit.

The attractive, 27-year-old mother of three was shot several times in the pre-dawn hours of April 30, 2003, while sitting in a parked car outside a home on the city's northwest side.

Six years later, Greene's killing remains unsolved. But since her death, her legacy has become rife with intrigue after she was rumored to have performed at a supposed wild party at then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's mansion.

Many in Detroit question if her death was linked to the unproven party, and if some in city government may have conspired to cover up any connection to the former mayor.

The Republican attorney general who wants to be Michigan's next governor gave a deposition in federal court Friday as part of a $150 million civil lawsuit. Cox was questioned by the attorney who filed the suit. The deposition, which the judge ordered be taken under seal, will stretch into a second day that has yet to be scheduled.

The suit isn't seeking to find Greene's killer, only to prove Kilpatrick, high-ranking police and other city officials stifled an investigation into the slaying.

Attorney General Mike Cox has defended his investigation of the rumored party, which he's dismissed as an "urban legend." His office investigated reports of the party, allegations of misdeeds by police protecting Kilpatrick and rumors that the mayor's wife beat a stripper, but not Greene's slaying.

"That wasn't what we were supposed to do," said Cox. "I would love to see the murder of Tamara Greene solved and someone brought to justice."

The lawsuit was filed by attorney Norman Yatooma on behalf of Greene's son; her two daughters were added later. It names Kilpatrick, former Chief of Staff Christine Beatty, retired Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings, several other police officials and the city as defendants.

"It just shows you can't really trust many people," Greene's 16-year-old son, Jonathan Bond, said of a possible cover-up. Bond now lives outside Detroit and attends a suburban high school. "It shows you can do wrong things as a leader."

Word of the rumored party began to surface in early 2003 when then-Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown claimed he was fired for investigating it and questionable behavior by members of Kilpatrick's Executive Protection Unit.

The party allegedly took place sometime in 2002. Only Kilpatrick, strippers and his bodyguards are said to have been present. No details _ other than the alleged assault _ have come out about what reportedly happened there.