ColdPriorityCriminal · Unsolved homicide· Davidson County, TN

The Murder of Queenie Kettles (1996)

Queenie Kettles was killed near the old cannery in Davidson County, TN in 1996. The death was ruled a homicide caused by gunshot wounds, no one has been charged, and the file is still open.

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Rows of old filing cabinets in a dim municipal archive room
Source: Vermilion ledger illustration
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  1. 1996

    Passers-by discovered the victim near the old cannery shortly after dawn.

  2. 1998

    Evidence was re-submitted to the state lab; results were inconclusive.

  3. 2011

    DNA held in storage was re-tested with modern methods.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors indexed the public record and opened the case for review.

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