In the quiet community of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, a grim discovery on an October evening shattered the local peace. On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, authorities responded to a vehicle fire in a church parking lot on Cunniff Parkway. Inside the burning van, they found the remains of Dewayne Leggs, a 47-year-old male. The initial investigation quickly revealed that this was no mere accident but a calculated and brutal homicide.
The subsequent investigation by Metro Nashville police
detectives pieced together a chilling sequence of events. They determined that Leggs had been shot multiple times at an unknown, separate location. After he was killed, his body was placed inside his 2014 silver or gray Dodge Grand Caravan. The vehicle was then driven to the church parking lot, where it was deliberately set on fire in what investigators believe was an effort to destroy evidence.
In the months that followed, the search for those responsible for Dewayne Leggs' murder continued. In early January 2022, homicide detectives released surveillance footage to the public in hopes of generating new leads. The video showed multiple vehicles in the vicinity of the church parking lot in the hour before the van exploded into flames. Authorities appealed to the public for any information about Leggs' activities or anyone he might have been with in the days leading up to his death. Despite these efforts, a motive for the murder has not been established, and as of now, there have been no arrests made in the case, leaving the question of who killed Dewayne Leggs unanswered.
