# Las Vegas lawyer who defended Duane Davis found dead aged 55

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/attorney-who-represented-tupac-shakurs-killer-is-found-dead-aged-55-just-days-after-filing-an-appeal/
- Published: 2026-11-07T14:34:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T14:47:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16274087/tupac-shakur-killer-attorney-dead.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Lawyer Michael Sanft has died aged 55.
- He represented Duane Davis in Tupac Shakur’s murder case.
- Davis was sentenced to 40 years to life and has filed an appeal.

## Summary

Las Vegas defence lawyer Michael Sanft, who represented Duane “Keefe D” Davis in the case over Tupac Shakur’s killing, has been found dead at his home aged 55. His death came days after an appeal was filed against Davis’s conviction, though no connection between the events has been reported.

Davis, 63, was sentenced on 13 October to 40 years to life after being found guilty of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in Shakur’s 1996 killing. He is the only person charged in the case and was accused after discussing his role in interviews and a 2019 memoir. The coroner said Sanft’s cause and manner of death were pending; police said it did not appear suspicious.

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