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Police seeking 26-year-old for questioning in stabbing death of man on secure truck lot
NASHVILLE , Tenn. — Nashville police are seeking Christopher William Gadsden, 26, for questioning in connection with the stabbing death of Deon L. Brown on a secure truck lot at Western Express on Centennial Place.
Brown was found dead November 14.
On November 15, Brown's white Pontiac G6 car was recovered in Hickory, North Carolina. Gadsden is believed to have driven the vehicle there. He has ties to Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Nashville police said they didn't know whether Brown was an employee of Western Express.
A person who answered the phone at Western Express, when asked whether Brown was employee there, said the company would have no comment.
According to a news release from the Nashville Police Department, detectives want to know how Gadsden came into possession of the Pontiac and what, if anything, he knows about Brown's murder.
Anyone seeing Gadsden or knowing his whereabouts is urged to contact Crime Stoppers at 615-742-7463 or West Precinct Investigations at 615-862-7385.
Brown was dressed as a woman and carried no identification.
He suffered trauma to the body that did not appear at the scene to be gunshot related.
Police said Brown had a tattoo with the word "Dreaming" on his left inner forearm, and a tattoo of the name "Joyce" with musical notes on his chest.