Just before 4:00am on Saturday, February 22nd, 1969, Blanche Mitchell had woken from her sleep in response to having water thrown in her face. She reported hearing the back door and when she ran out to the back porch, saw 3 or 4 young black males running across the field from her apartment at 577 North 3rd Street. She then went back inside and found her daughter, Glenda Faye Mitchell, lying on the living room floor in front of the couch partially covered by a blanket. When her pulse couldn’t be found, the police were called. Upon examination, it was discovered that Glenda Faye had been raped, strangled and her neck had been broken. Glenda Faye Mitchell was 11 years old at the time of her death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Glenda Faye Mitchell, please contact the Cold Case Homicide Unit at MNPDColdCase@nashville.gov
You can also call the Nashville Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Division anonymously at 615-742-7463
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