In the late summer of 2016, the community of Nashville, Georgia, was unsettled by the discovery of a young man's body. On August 5th, the remains of Waymon Chance Kent, a 21-year-old male, were found on Edgewood Street, across from the Nashville Housing Authority. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was called in to assist local law enforcement and, through the use of dental records, positively identified the deceased as Kent.
An autopsy revealed that Waymon Chance Kent had died from a
single gunshot wound. The Berrien County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Nashville Police Department, launched a joint investigation into his death. At the time he passed, Kent was employed in the construction industry. Authorities publicly appealed for anyone with information regarding the case to come forward to assist in the investigation.
Despite the initial investigation and the determination that Kent's death was a homicide, information regarding any arrests or the identification of suspects has not been made widely public in the years that have followed. The case has been characterized by a lack of publicly available updates on suspects or litigation. The community was left to mourn the loss of the young man, with family and friends holding vigils in his memory. The investigation into the death of Waymon Chance Kent remains a topic of concern and unanswered questions for many in the Nashville, Georgia, area.
