Cases · Near Memphis
True crime cases near Memphis
6 documented cases within roughly 50 miles of Memphis, spanning the 1890s to the 2020s — 2 remain unsolved. The most-documented file is Robin Hood Hills murders.
Cases near Memphis
- People's Grocery lynchings1890sThe Curve neighborhood, near Memphis, TennesseeUNSOLVED
- Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.1960sLorraine Motel, Memphis, TennesseeSOLVED
- Robin Hood Hills murders1990sRobin Hood Hills, West Memphis, ArkansasOVERTURNED
- Lynching of Ell Persons1910sNear Macon Road bridge over the Wolf River, Memphis, TennesseeUNSOLVED
- Killing of Tyre Nichols2020sMemphis, TennesseeONGOING
- 2023 Arkabutla shootingsYear on fileArkabutla, Mississippi, United StatesONGOING
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