Sometime between 8:00am and 2:00pm on Friday, August 15th, 1997, Calvin Eugene Scruggs was shot multiple times in his residence located at 3314 Clifton Avenue. Scruggs was found deceased in the kitchen when one of his renter’s returned after work. There wasn’t any sign of forced entry and it appeared Scruggs had been robbed. Scruggs was known to carry large sums of cash on his person. Calvin Eugene Scruggs was 54 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Calvin Eugene Scruggs, 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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