At approximately 3:15pm on Wednesday, October 13th, 1971, Faye Jean Taylor was driving home from work on Ashland City Hwy when a blue pickup was seen pulling in front of her and forcing her off the road near Pecan Valley Road. Another passing motorist saw Taylor and a white male with dark hair standing between the vehicles. At approximately 3:25pm, a Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper saw Taylor’s car by itself on the side of the road and didn’t see anyone in or around the vehicle and did not stop. During the interim time, Taylor had been shot multiple times. She was found slumped over inside her blue 1968 Plymouth shortly after 9:00pm by her brother who went out looking for her when her teenage daughter got worried that she hadn’t come home. Faye Jean Taylor was 33 years old at the time of her death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Faye Jean Taylor, 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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