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Ryan Trent

Case from Nashville, TN dated Sep 27, 2016

Victim Details

Ryan Trent

Male

White / Caucasian

Nashville

TN

2016-09-27

29

Ryan

Trent

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In the early morning hours of September 28, 2016, a single-vehicle crash on Ellington Parkway in Nashville, Tennessee, revealed a much darker story. Ryan Scott Trent, a 29-year-old male, was found inside his white Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck which had veered off the road and come to a stop in a tree line near the Briley Parkway junction. Initially appearing as a tragic accident, the grim truth was uncovered by the medical examiner who determined that Trent had died from a fatal gunshot woun ...
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  • WKRN News 2: Family desperate for answers after man shot, killed along Ellington Parkway
  • The Tennessean: Police: Man thought killed in crash died from gunshot
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    Has anyone else been following the ongoing developments in Ryan Scott Trent's case? It's so difficul... ...Read More
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