1985-224143 – Melba Lapidus

Just before noon on Tuesday, October 29th, 1985, a bomb exploded in the kitchen of Melba K. Lapidus shortly after she returned to her house located at 716 Lynwood Boulevard. Lapidus did not survive the explosion which caused total destruction of the kitchen and dining room. The neighboring house also sustained some damage. There was a man seen sitting in a green Ford station wagon parked near the Lapidus residence almost every morning for two weeks prior to the bombing. Melba K. Lapidus was 62 years old at the time of her death.

If you have any information regarding the murder of Melba K. Lapidus, 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