On Saturday, March 20th, 1993, at approximately 7:30pm, James T. Vanatta was dispatched by Nashville Cab to the Burger King located at 728 Gallatin Road. Vanatta picked up two black males and drove approximately 3.5 miles to the area of 117 Delmas Avenue. When they arrived, Vanatta was shot by one of the men in his cab. They got out, and the one of them got in the passenger seat for a minute before they fled down Delmas Avenue. Vanatta was transported to the hospital where he succumbed to his injury. James T. Vanatta was 29 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of James T. Vanatta, 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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