On Tuesday, January 16th, 2018 at approximately 10:30pm Maria Cherie Brown and a friend pulled into the parking lot at 714 Due West Avenue North. After parking, they were approached by a black male wearing a gray hoodie. He opened the passenger side door and demanded money. Brown said she didn’t have any and he ordered the women to get out of the car. He then fatally shot Brown, pulled her from the vehicle and drove off in the 2005 gray Nissan Altima. The friend had been able to get out of the car and get inside to call for an ambulance. The car was recovered the following day parked on the roadside on Cynthia Lane near Sennadale Lane. Maria Cherie Brown was 29 years old at the time of her death.
If you have any information regarding the murder of Maria Cherie Brown, 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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