On Friday, July 13th, 2007, the owner of the business located at 605 Merritt Avenue arrived at work at approximately 6:00am to find his employee, Jose Joaquin Sanchez, lying near the back door deceased. Sanchez, who arrived at work around 4:30am, was shot multiple times possibly during a confrontation as he approached the back door of the business. Jose Joaquin Sanchez was 46 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Jose Joaquin Sanchez, 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