On Sunday, July 25th, 1976 the resident of 1607 Linden Avenue walked into his backyard around 9:00am and saw a young white male lying in his yard that was unconscious and injured. Officers responded to the scene and found Danny Bilyeu deceased as a result of a gunshot wound. Another resident in the neighborhood reported he thought he heard a gunshot around 10:30pm the previous night, Saturday, July 24th, 1976. The family station wagon Bilyeu was driving that night was later found abandoned on Friday, July 30th, 1976 at 1327 12th Ave. South. Danny Bilyeu was 18 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Danny Bilyeu, 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
We feel it is important to put a face to the name. If you have a photograph you would like to submit to be posted (as an addition or substitution) please email: MNPDColdCase@nashville.gov