Police identify body of woman found in Cumberland River 26 years ago

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) have identified the woman whose body they discovered in the Cumberland River near Cleece’s Ferry nearly three decades ago.

MNPD announced on Monday that the body of a woman found in the river on March 18, 1998, has been identified as Diane Minor.

Minor was 54 years old at the time of her death, according to MNPD. When she was discovered, Minor had suffered two gunshot wounds to the head. At the time, she was called the Leo Jane Doe due to the necklace she was wearing—a Leo zodiac symbol.

According to MNPD, Minor was last known to have been a manager at the Second Story Café in Nashville in the early 1990s. However, no missing persons report was ever filed for her.

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The investigation into the circumstances surrounding Minor’s death by Cold Case Homicide detectives continues. Anyone with information in the case has been asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463 .

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