Shortly after 6:00am on Saturday, September 27th, 1986, Robert Alan Leatherwood was found injured lying on the side of the road at Buena Vista Pike and Trinity Lane. He had been shot and succumbed to his injuries at the hospital a short time later. It is believed that this homicide is connected to the Anthony Leon Bowman homicide that occurred the previous day. Leatherwood and Bowman were known to hang out together. Robert Alan Leatherwood was 19 years old at the time of his murder.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Robert Alan Leatherwood, 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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