NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Police are putting a spotlight on a cold case that's left one family without closure for eight years. It's a case that is hard to forget for a lot of people who frequent the area of Pebble Creek Drive and Edge-O-Lake Drive.
In 2016, a driver called police after they saw 53-year-old James Lytle on the side of the road at the intersection. When officers arrived, he was found dead from being stabbed in the neck.
Police say he was found near a woodline, in a pile of brush.
At the time, investigators believed that Lytle was killed somewhere else, and his body was dumped where it was found. Detectives later found his car abandoned nearby at an apartment complex on Sailboat Drive, but Lytle last lived on Dickerson Pike.
Police say anyone who has information about this case can call Crime Stoppers anonymously at 615-74-CRIME.
If your tip leads to an arrest, you could get a cash reward of up to $5,000.
For people of my generation, in our younger days we spent part of our weekends watching music shows like American Bandstand and Soul Train. That was before the age of music videos. Several years before Soul Train was syndicated out of Chicago, another syndicated R&B show was taped in Nashville at NewsChannel 5. Night Train aired in the 60s and included what may have been the first TV appearance for legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Forrest Sanders has another great look back at station history.
-Lelan Statom
