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Hannah Elise Jackson, a 26-year-old mother of four, was fatally shot multiple times inside her home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, by her ex-boyfriend David Ivy. The shooting occurred while her two youngest children were present. Ivy …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 9, 2026
View DetailsOn March 8, 2026, in McMinnville, Tennessee, Joseph Nicholas Shelton Jr. allegedly shot and killed his wife, Randi Jean Hutchings, aged 39, and their 8-year-old daughter, Thea Jane Shelton, before taking his own life in …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: March 8, 2026
View DetailsFormer NFL linebacker Darron Alexander Lee was arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of his girlfriend, Gabriella Perpetuo, after her body was found with multiple injuries including stab wounds and bruises in her home …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 5, 2026
View DetailsOn January 4, 2026, Mae Bell Dowdy, aged 81, was shot and killed by her husband, Raymond Lee Dowdy Sr., aged 88, at their home in Memphis, Tennessee. Police charged Raymond with second-degree murder following …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 4, 2026
View DetailsTaylor ShyAnn Ratterree, a 17-year-old teen, was shot and killed by her 18-year-old ex-boyfriend Hunter Jackson in Dickson, Tennessee. The incident occurred after Jackson picked her up from work. As they reached a traffic light, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 16, 2025
View DetailsJade Benning, a 25-year-old pregnant chef from Nashville, Tennessee, was allegedly poisoned by her boyfriend Blaze Anthony Taylor, who opposed the pregnancy. After ingesting a suspicious drink at her apartment on February 25, 2023, Jade …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 25, 2023
View DetailsIn November 2022, 22-year-old college student Jasmine Pace went missing after visiting the apartment of her boyfriend, Jason Chen, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After her family tracked her vehicle and gained entry to Chen's apartment—finding her …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Nov. 23, 2022
View DetailsJasmine, known as Jazzy, was a 22-year-old student living with family in Chattanooga. After her grandmother died on November 22, 2022, Jasmine left home and told her mother she would stay with a friend. Her …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 22, 2022
View DetailsGrant Solomon, an 18-year-old baseball prospect, died in a suspicious parking lot accident involving his truck rolling over him. His mother, Angelia Solomon, alleges long-term abuse and sexual assault by her ex-husband Aaron Solomon, who …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 20, 2020
View DetailsOn January 27, 2017, Brian Steven Lawson shot his wife, Chandra Lawson, three times inside their apartment in Church Hill, Tennessee. The source reports that Chandra had repeatedly struck Brian and had used or threatened …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 27, 2017
View DetailsIn July 2015, 21-year-old Lauren Ag died under mysterious circumstances at the Wakefest in Tennessee. Initially ruled an accident by police, inconsistencies in the investigation and suspicious behavior by her companions Henna Poemmer, Aaron Lil, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 25, 2015
View DetailsOn October 30, 2011, 44-year-old Karen Swift went missing from Dyersburg, Tennessee, shortly after returning home around 2:00 AM from picking up her daughter. She had filed for divorce from her husband, David Glenn Swift, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Oct. 30, 2011
View DetailsRose Goggins, a 21-year-old mother and fiancée of Robert Beiersdorf, disappeared in October 2009 after leaving the Beiersdorf family farm for an EMT class in Clifton, Tennessee. The report describes prior domestic abuse by Robert, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 16, 2010
View DetailsOn July 4, 2009, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his 19-year-old extramarital partner Sahel Kazemi, known as Jenny, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a Nashville condominium rented by McNair. Police determined that …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: July 4, 2009
View DetailsOn July 21, 2007, 32-year-old Chianne Gast was brutally shot and killed during a robbery at her tattoo shop in East Memphis. Her husband Michael was present during the incident. Three suspects, Talandus McCoy, Princeton …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 21, 2007
View DetailsLisa Buchanan died during the July 4, 2005 weekend at her apartment in Franklin, Tennessee, after using injected crushed oxycodone. Prosecutors alleged that her boyfriend, plastic surgeon Chris Koulis, supplied and injected the drugs and …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: July 4, 2005
View DetailsColine Slammer, an 18-year-old student at Knoxville Job Corps, was brutally murdered on January 14, 1995, by Christer Gale Pike and accomplices out of jealousy. Christer, jealous of Coline due to a former crush of …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 14, 1995
View DetailsColin Slammer, a 19-year-old woman attending a Job Corps program in Knoxville, Tennessee, was brutally murdered on January 13, 1995. She was attacked by Christa Pike, her boyfriend Tedaryl, and accomplice Shadola at a remote …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 13, 1995
View DetailsAccording to the source, 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer was taken from a Job Corps center in Knoxville on January 12, 1995, by Christa Pike, Todd, and Shadolla Peterson after ongoing harassment connected to alleged romantic rivalry …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 12, 1995
View DetailsOn October 5, 1986, Steven James Litgon died from cyanide poisoning at his home in Cheatham County, Tennessee. His brother-in-law, John Cox, became unconscious at the same family dinner and died three days later. Investigators …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: Oct. 5, 1986
View DetailsWilliam Clifford Hayes died on July 22, 1974, after a prolonged illness that reportedly improved in hospital and worsened at home. Investigators later concluded that he had ingested arsenic, and suspicion focused on his wife, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: July 22, 1974
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