The family of a female homicide victim said they are suing over the woman's unsolved death.

According to an exclusive report on Local 4 News at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, the lawsuit centers on the 2003 death of Tamara Green and the investigation into a rumored party at the Manoogian mansion in Detroit.

The mansion is the official residence of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who has denied a party took place. The state of Michigan Attorney General Michael Cox also investigated the rumored party and concluded there was no evidence of a party.

Green worked as an exotic dancer and went by the stage name Strawberry.

According to the Local 4 News report, Green was reportedly working as a dancer at the rumored mansion party and allegedly got into an altercation with the mayor's wife.

Green was shot and killed during a drive-by shooting after the alleged party, and her family believes it was a deliberate attack to keep her from talking to officers who were investigating the rumored party.

The lawsuit, according to Local 4 News, is on behalf of Johnathan Bond, Green's 14-year-old son. The lawsuit alleges Kilpatrick and members of the city's police department tried to block the investigation.

"I"m the boy's daddy. Not one time did the Detroit Police Department call me and say, 'Hey what do you know about your son's mother's death,' " said Ernest Flagg, who is Bond's father. "He's asking a number of questions. He's asking specific questions, I don't have answers for."

Flagg said the lawsuit is a way to force the mayor and others involved to talk, under oath, about the case.

According to the court documents, investigators described Green's slaying as a "deliberate hit" and concluded the gun and bullets used in the shooting were the same type issued to Detroit police officers.

Court records also showed that one detective looking into the possibility that a police officer was involved in the killing had her computer files erased and her investigative notes stolen from a locked file.

"I'm not surprised the files were erased, stolen and other things done to short-stop her from the truth," said Flagg.

The city of Detroit has already paid out millions of dollars to two police officers who filed a whistle blowers lawsuit over the rumored party investigation. That case involved officers who claimed they were fired or reassigned for investigating the case.

The federal lawsuit filed on behalf of Green's son asked for $150 million, but Flagg insisted the case is not about money.

"He wants to know who killed his mother," explained Flagg. "Was his mother at this party? We love her but we can't bring her back. I tell my son that every other day."

Flagg said his son keeps press clippings, surfs the Internet and has heard the rumors at school about his mother's slaying and alleged cover-up.

"My son had a right to have his mother's death investigated," said Flagg.

A spokesperson for the mayor's office said the city could not comment on the lawsuit until it had a chance to review the case.

According to Flagg, there is a meeting scheduled for sometime in January with the city but that the family would not accept a settlement offer, if one is proposed.

Flagg said he and his son want to have those involved questioned in a court of law.