On January 16th, 1996, Lawrence Mitchell Lauderdale’s mother filed a missing person report after her son left on January 9th and she hadn’t seen or heard from him since. It was shortly after midnight on Wednesday, January 10th, 1996 when a couple heard yelling and saw two men beating Mitchell near apartments located at 614 and 616 Joseph Avenue. They called for an ambulance and Mitchell was transported to the hospital for extensive blunt force injuries. He was stabilized but succumbed to the injuries on January 20th, 1996. Lawrence Mitchell Lauderdale was 35 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Lawrence Mitchell Lauderdale, 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