Overview
- The Clark County Coroner's Office confirmed Sanft's death on Nov. 6 and has not released a cause or manner while the Las Vegas police have referred questions to the coroner.
- Sanft served as Duane 'Keffe D' Davis’s lead trial lawyer and took the case pro bono, and court records show a notice of appeal was filed on Oct. 30.
- Media reports give conflicting accounts of Davis’s sentence—some outlets report 40 years to life while others report 13 to 40 years—so official court filings are the definitive source for the exact term.
- Sanft’s passing leaves no public successor for Davis’s post‑conviction work and any new counsel will need to absorb a large, multi‑agency trial record and Sanft’s planned appellate arguments.
- A veteran trial lawyer at SOS Injury Lawyers who tried more than 150 jury cases, Sanft’s death closes a key chapter in the decades‑long Tupac Shakur investigation that returned to national attention with the 2026 prosecution.