Carolyn Phillips Murder on Gallatin Av
June 08, 1987

NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS IS OFFERING A REWARD OF UP TO $1000 CASH, FOR CLUES CALLED IN TO 74-CRIME (742-7463) THAT HELP SOLVE THE 1987 COLD CASE MURDER OF CAROLYN PHILLIPS IN THE PARKING LOT OF KROGER ON GALLATIN AVE. NEAR EASTLAND AVE. IN EAST NASHVILLE.

ON MONDAY, JUNE 8^TH, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 IN THE EVENING, CAROLYN PHILLIPS EXITED THE KROGER STORE AT 711 GALLATIN AVE AND WALKED TO HER RED FORD TEMPO WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE EASTLAND SIDE OF THE BUILDING.  SHE GOT INTO HER CAR; PUT HER GROCERIES ON THE FLOOR AND HER PURSE ON THE SEAT.  A MAN THAT HAD BEEN LOITERING IN THE LOT APPROACHED HER AND DEMANDED HER MONEY.  SHE SCREAMED AND BEGAN BLOWING HER HORN.  THE MAN SHOT CAROLYN AND TOOK OFF RUNNING EAST ON EASTLAND AVENUE AND THEN SOUTH ON NORTH 12^TH STREET WHERE HE WAS LAST SEEN RUNNING.  CAROLYN PHILLIPS WAS RUSHED TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON ARRIVAL.

AT THE TIME OF THE MURDER IN 1987, THE GUNMAN WAS DESCRIBED AS A DARK COMPLECTED MALE BLACK, AVERAGE HEIGHT, MEDIUM BUILD AND AROUND 30 YEARS OLD.  HE HAD A SLIGHT BEARD, A JERI CURL AND A MUSTACHE.  HE WAS WEARING JEANS AND NO SHIRT.   WITNESSES SAID HE HAD SOMETHING IN HIS HAND THAT LOOKED LIKE A ROLLED UP SHIRT.

DETECTIVES FEEL CONFIDENT THAT SOMEONE KNOWS WHO COMMITTED THIS MURDER SO LONG AGO AND ARE HOPING THAT PERSON WILL CALL IN TO SHARE WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT IT.

IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION WHICH MIGHT HELP METRO POLICE SOLVE THE 1987 MURDER OF CAROLYN PHILLIPS IN THE PARKING LOT OF KROGER AT GALLATIN ROAD AND EASTLAND AVE. IN EAST NAHVILLE, CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 74-CRIME  (742-7463).  IF THE INFORMATION RESULTS IN THE ARREST AND PROSECUTION, NASHVILLE CRIME STOPPERS WILL PAY A REWARD OF UP TO $1000 CASH.