The newspaper reports that investigators are examining whether former Officer David Mack conspired with Death Row Records founder Marion "Suge" Knight to arrange the contract murder of the 24-year-old rapper whose real name was Christopher Wallace.

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Politicians say the murder bore all the hallmarks of a contract killing.

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Mr. HITZ: Well the only way - the only connection that it strikes me that the mafia might be in on this would be if let's say those who wanted to suppress dissent to current government in Russia wouldn't use official officers to bring about a murder like this but would want to contract it out, so to speak.

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Authorities said Tuesday that Tim Lambesis tried to contract an undercover detective posing as a killer for hire to murder his estranged wife, who lives in Encinitas, California.

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And in February it suspended its contract with Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee runner from South Africa charged with premeditated murder in the Valentine's Day killing of his girlfriend.

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