Just before noon on Thursday, December 24th, 1987, Martha Louise Vaughn’s nephew arrived at her house, located at 1019 Mansfield Street, to check on her after she had not answered the phone. He found his aunt in her bed and called for an ambulance. The medical examiner determined that her death was the result of strangulation. Neighbors had seen Vaughn out on her porch the prior evening. Martha Louise Vaughn was 85 years old at the time of her death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Martha Louise Vaughn, 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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