At around 4:00pm on Thursday, September 8th, 1994, Austin Dillard was heard yelling for help from his residence at 1625 8th Avenue North. A woman was seen leaving the residence before police arrived and she was described as a short black female with a light complexion. Dillard had been stabbed multiple times and succumbed to his wounds. Austin Dillard was 87 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Austin Dillard, 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