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UNSOLVED MURDERS / OPEN CASES QUICK LINKS:

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1989
 
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Tanesha Miller
Age:5
Location: 1403 W. Oldham Avenue #244
Details: On 01/18/1989, the victim was found deceased from a close range gun shot in the chest by a large-caliber handgun. Victim was found with brother Demarcus Miller and mother Eula Miller.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Demarcus Miller
Age: 9
Location: 1403 W. Oldham Avenue #244
Details: On 01/18/1989, the victim was found deceased from a close range gun shot in the chest by a large-caliber handgun. Victim was found with sister Tanesha Miller and mother Eula Miller.
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Eula Miller
Age: 28
Location: 1403 W. Oldham Avenue #244
Details: On 01/18/1989, the victim was found deceased from a close range gun shot in the chest by a large-caliber handgun. Victim was found with son Demarcus Miller and daughter Tanesha Miller.
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Deborah Pearson
Location: I-640 East
Details: 06/12/1989
Mark Tony WilliamsCase Solved
Name:
Mark Anthony "Tony" Williams
Age: 24
Location: Cherry Street
Details: 07/07/1989; Knoxville Police Department Patrolman Williams was shot in the back and killed while riding his motorcycle off duty on Cherry Street near I-40.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Edward Crabtree
Location: Henley Street and Western Avenue
Details: 09/24/1989
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Debra Mays
Location: 3115 Boright Street
Details: 10/08/1989
 
1988
 
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Norma Jean Crawley
Location: 2500 Block of Wilson Avenue
Details: 04/02/1988
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Jane Doe
Location: Coster Shop Rail Yard; off Heiskell Avenue
Details: 08/30/1988
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Robert Jenkins
Location: Western Avenue off Blackstock Avenue
Details: 10/26/1988
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Richard Blair
Location: 2304 E. 5th Avenue
Details: 11/15/1988
Unsolved Murder MaleName: William Robert Petro
Age: 33
Location: Muhammond Drive
Details: 12/02/1988
 
1987
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Brian Ross
Location: 1800 Block College Street
Details: 01/01/1987
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Lorenzo Dixon
Location: 2410 McCalla Avenue
Details: 08/02/1987
 
1986
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Willie Sullenberger Darden
Age: 75
Location: 300 Walker Springs Apt. 18-D
Details: 03/02/1986
 
1985
 
Information not available.
 
1984
 
Terry Lynn KirklandCase Solved
Name:
Terry Lynn Kirkland
Age: 23
Location: Patsy Avenue & Buck Toms Park
Details: 04/13/1984; Found beaten and stabbed to death near Patsy Avenue & Buck Toms Park.
 
1983
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: James Harris
Location: Unknown location
Details: 04/20/1983
 
1982
 
Avery Peaches ShortsName: Avery Vernie "Peaches" Shorts
Age: 6
Location:
Unknown location
Details: Went missing 12/26/1980 from Montgomery Village Housing Project Apt. 243 in South Knoxville; Body found 01/23/82 off Singleton Station Road in Blount County buried under a cattle chute with a wire wrapped around neck.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Fred "Spike" Bailey
Age: 63
Location: Golden Gloves Arena
Details: On 02/27/82, the victim (a security guard at the arena) was found bludgeoned to death in a portable storage trailer.
 
1981
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Claude Eans
Location: 5005 Inksip Road
Details: 01/13/1981
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Angela Satterfield
Age: 25
Location: 2559 Parkview Avenue
Details: 03/08/1981
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Glenda Nolan
Location: 2115 Bethel Avenue - Apt. 379n
Details: 05/30/1981
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Edward Forton
Location: Gay Street at Vine Avenue
Details: On 07/19/1981, victim was found in the street stabbed in the abdomen. 
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Katherine Lela Mae Ewing
Age: 37
Location: Fort Loudon Lake
Details: On  09/26/1981, fisherman Benny George found the victim floating in Fort Loudon Lake while weighted down with cinderblock pieces. Victim had several cuts on body and autopsy showed she died from drowning. Body was estimated to have been in water for about five days.
 
1980
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: James Thomas
Location: 1618 University Avenue
Details: 04/19/1980
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Alfred Helton
Location: 303 Locust Street
Details: 06/09/1980
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Tracy Lynn Guy
Age: 19
Location: 200 Townview Drive, Townview Terrace Apts.
Details: On 11/08/1980, victim was found in his vehicle lying down with the seat reclined deceased from a gunshot wound to the face.