On the morning of February 16, 1997, 16-year-old Sarah Marie Jackson was killed while preparing to open Captain D’s restaurant on Lebanon Road in Donelson, Nashville. Sarah and her 25-year-old manager, Steve Hampton, were approached by a man who had entered under the pretext of applying for a job. More than $7,000 was taken from the premises.

The slayings were later connected to a series of violent robberies and murders targeting fast-food restaurants in the Nashville and Clarksville areas. The family laid Sarah to rest at Hermitage Memorial Gardens in Old Hickory. The case left the community grieving and searching for answers about how such a young life was taken in the course of an armed robbery.

If anyone worked at or frequented the Captain D’s on Lebanon Road in 1997 and remembers unusual visitors or details from that period, the community wants to hear from you.