Cedrick Herbert.

MUS-2026-0483

Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.

Cedrick James Herbert, 23, was shot several times inside an apartment in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on June 15, 2009, after someone forced entry. His girlfriend had left that morning to take her son to daycare and found him face down in the bedroom on her return, with a hoodie tied loosely around his legs. He is listed on the city's cold cases page under case number 09-10912, and no person was named as charged in the coverage reviewed.

1. 2009

   On June 15, 2009, at 8:30 a.m., Herbert's girlfriend leaves the apartment to take her son to daycare.

2. 2009

   Later that morning on June 15, 2009, on her return, Herbert is discovered in the bedroom face down with a hoodie tied loosely around his legs, having been shot several times with a semi-automatic handgun after someone forced entry into the apartment.

3. 2009

   The city listing gives case number 09-10912 and Herbert listed as age 23.

4. 2016

   On June 5, 2016, Project: Cold Case describes Herbert and Nathan Morgan as victims of separate unsolved homicides in Murfreesboro, and notes detectives had asked the public for information, but no person is named as charged in that coverage.

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• City of Murfreesboro: Cold cases
• Project: Cold Case: Cedrick Herbert and Nathan Morgan