MUS-2026-0374
Archive card
MUS-2026-0374
Homicide
- Incident
- 1998
- Indexed
- Oct 20, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Metro Nashville Police Department
- Location
- Nashville TN
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Diane Minor, 54, a former country singer, was shot twice in the head and her body was pulled from the Cumberland River near Cleese's Ferry in Nashville, Tennessee, on March 18, 1998. She went unidentified as the 'Leo Jane Doe' for 26 years until genetic genealogy gave her name back in 2024. The Metro Nashville Police Department Cold Case Homicide investigation into her killing continues.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 1998
The body of a woman shot twice in the head is pulled from the Cumberland River near Cleese's Ferry on March 18; she goes unidentified as the 'Leo Jane Doe.'
- 2024
Genetic genealogy identifies her as former country singer Diane Minor, 54.
- 2026
The MNPD Cold Case Homicide investigation into her killing continues.
Key people
The people in the file.
54, former country singer, of Nashville, Tennessee. Shot twice; her body was pulled from the Cumberland River on March 18, 1998.
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