Sometime after 5:00pm on Monday, April 17th, 1995, John Lee Crosby was approached by three black males in his front yard located at 706 Hart Avenue. The men forced him into his house where they beat him and robbed him. A neighbor found Crosby and notified police. Crosby was able to tell officers that he was approached, beaten, and robbed by the three men. He succumbed to his injuries on May 22nd, 1995. John Lee Crosby was 81 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of John Lee Crosby, 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