• Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share via Email


UNSOLVED MURDERS / OPEN CASES QUICK LINKS:

2020-2023 2010-2019 2000-2009 1990-1999 1980-1989 1970-1979 1960-1969


2009
 
Gina ThackerName: Gina Thacker
Age: 23
Location: 3504 Oak Branch Circle
Details: On 02/08/2009, KPD investigators responded to 3504 Oak Branch Circle for a shooting. Victim was found shot to death in her car.
KPD Seeking Information Concerning 2009 Murder of Gina Thacker. 

Watch KPD Unsolved Murder Video
Lester WaltonName: Lester Marvin Walton
Age: 66
Location: 3229 Ashland Avenue
Details: On 03/05/2009, Investigator responded to 3229 Ashland Avenue to find victim shot while he was visiting his mother.
Charles Name: Charles “Austin” Corn
Age: 23
Location: 3700 Spruce Ridge Way
Details: On 05/19/2009, Investigator responded to a shooting at 3700 Spruce Ridge Way at Woodlands Townhouses. Victim had been shot multiple times.
Lamont CarterName: Lamont Carter
Age: 32
Location: Townview Towers Apartments
Details: On 07/12/2009, Investigator responded to a shooting outside of Building C at 1100 Townview Drive in the Townview Towers Apartments complex. Victim was found with a gunshot wound and died at UT Medical Center.
 
2008
 
Jerry Jason BarrettName: Jerry Jason "Jay" Barrett
Age: 35
Location: 3821 Wayne Drive
Details: On 02/17/2008, Investigator responded to 3821 Wayne Drive to find the victim shot lying in the floor.
Curtis McCrawName: Curtis McCraw
Age: 48
Location: 2234 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
Details: On 04/19/2008, Investigator responded to 2234 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and discovered victim deceased from apparent gunshot wounds.
Antoine WatkinsName: Antoine Manro Watkins
Age: 27
Location: 3717 Selma Avenue
Details: On 11/23/2008, Investigator responded to 3717 Selma Avenue and discovered victim lying in the back bedroom of the residence.   
Kevin Dewayne Smith JrName: Kevin Dewayne Smith Jr.
Age: 16
Location: 404 S. Hall of Fame Drive
Details: On 12/03/2008, Investigator responded to a shooting call at 404 S. Hall of Fame Drive. Upon arrival the victim was located inside of apartment 404 deceased and appeared to have a gunshot wound.
 
2007
 
Demarcus PageName: DeMarcus A. Page
Age: 17
Location: 3904 Probus Road 
Details: On 05/26/2007, Investigator responded to a shooting call at 3904 Probus Road. Upon arrival the victim was found shot and deceased in the Christenberry Heights housing project.
Jennifer LawName: Jennifer Leeann Law
Age: 24
Location: Boone Street and Hoitt Avenue
Details: On 09/15/2007, Investigator responded to a secluded area on Hoitt Avenue near Boone Street. Investigator discovered the victim’s burned body in an alley.

Watch KPD Unsolved Murder Video
Charles EarlesName: Charles Louis Earles
Age: 28
Location: 2436 Cavalier Avenue
Details: On 12/06/2007, Investigator responded to 2436 Cavalier Avenue and found the victim deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.
 
2006
 
Edwin ToddName: Edwin Joe "Shaq" Todd, Jr.
Age: 23
Location: 106 S. Central Street
Details: On 04/27/2006, Investigator responded to 106 S. Central Street and found the victim suffering from a gunshot. Victim located in the back of the parking lot near Willow Avenue in the Old City. Victim had been in the club Red Iguana in the Old City. Altercation led to victim and his friends leaving the club and the fight spilled out into parking lot where the victim was shot.
 
2005
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Gilbert Marc Grimm
Age: 38
Location:
4507 Upchurch Road
Details: 05/02/2005; Found shot in his home at 4507 Upchurch Road.
Byron BarkerName: Byron Barker
Age: 47
Location: 2424 Midway Road
Details: On 05/03/2005, Byron was reported missing from 2923 Willow Oaks Way. Skeletal remains were not discovered until 11/26/2008 on an East Knoxville farm at 2424 Midway Road.
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Debbie Smith
Age: 43
Location:
2711 Summit Avenue
Details: 07/31/2005; Found shot lying in grass near a parking lot at 2711 Summit Avenue.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Joe Lynn Solomon
Age: 61
Location: Corner of Boruff Street & Mitchell Street
Details: 07/10/2005; Found dead under a viaduct at the corner of Boruff Street & Mitchell Street.
 
2004
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Shannon Cornell Johnson
Age: 29
Location: 2807 Linden Avenue
Details: 05/08/2004; Found shot multiple times in the bedroom of his girlfriend's home at 2807 Linden Avenue.
Unsolved Murder FemaleName: Patricia Eldridge Mays
Age: 44
Location: 1201 Exeter Avenue
Details: 05/28/2004; Found beaten to death in her home at 1201 Exeter Avenue.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Leon Williams
Age: 26
Location: S. Bell Street and Nelson Avenue
Details: 07/07/2004; Found shot multiple times near the corner of Nelson Avenue and S. Bell Street.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Orlando E. Green, Jr.
Age: 21
Location: 1512 Wright Street
Details: 08/23/2004; Found shot and burned in woods near the corner of Wright Street and Mitchell Street.
Rodney L. MinorName: Rodney L. Minor
Age: 38
Location: 2701 Wilson Avenue
Details: 09/09/2004
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Robert Kirby
Age: 34
Location:
208 George Bounds Road
Details: 10/10/2004; Found in the Holston River near 208 George Bounds Road.
 
2003
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Dewayne Cortez Harris
Age: 32
Location: 3905 Alma Avenue
Details: 06/04/2003; Found shot in his home at 3905 Alma Avenue.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Darron Samuel
Location: 2402 E. 5th Avenue
Details: 07/30/2003
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Brandon Shane Chesney Sr.
Age. 23
Location: 2514 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
Details: 09/14/2003; Found in front of the Malibu Club at 2514 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue.
 
2002
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Jerry Odell Hensley
Age: 57
Location: Middlebrook Pike and Hwy. 129
Details: 02/22/2002; Found beaten to death under a bridge on Middlebrook Pike near Hwy. 129
Christopher Eugene WalkerName: Christopher Eugene Walker
Age: 22
Location: McConnell Street (#352)
Details: 11/10/2002
 
2001
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Raymond Kresha Womble
Age: 20
Location: 1226 E. New Street
Details: 04/30/2001; Shot on Burge Avenue
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Leroy Norman Tharp
Age: 59
Location: 2209 N. Central Avenue
Details: 07/05/2001; Found stabbed near a storage trailer at 2209 N. Central Avenue
 
2000
 
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Hubert Leander Yarbrough
Age: 38
Location: 265 McConnell Street
Details: 01/22/2000; Killed in a drive-by shooting near 265 McConnell Street.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Duane Lamar McCowan
Age: 24
Location: 320 McConnell Street
Details: 03/09/2000; Found shot in Walter P. Taylor Homes.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Carlie Thompson
Age:  
Location: 1419 W. Oldham
Details: 03/17/2000
Unsolved Murder MaleName: David L. Wyatt
Age: 47
Location: 3004 E. Magnolia Avenue
Details: 05/07/2000; Shot during a gun battle behind the Pilot Convenience Store at 3004 E. Magnolia Avenue.
Unsolved Murder MaleName: Kermit D. Woods
Age: 49
Location: Jackson Avenue
Details: 06/25/2000; Found shot in the chest at the corner of Morgan Street and Jackson Avenue.