On Thursday, December 31st, 2009 around 8:30pm, Santos Marquez Leal was sitting in the living room at 1541 Bell Road with his roommates when two black males in their mid to late twenties wearing bandanas and carrying guns forced entry into their residence. They demanded money, and when Leal stood up they fatally shot him. Santos Marquez Leal was 51 years old at the time of his death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Santos Marquez Leal, 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