Deborah Cleveland, a 56-year-old Black woman from Memphis, Tennessee, disappeared in November 2011 after her brother filed a missing persons report on November 18, 2011. On February 3, 2012 at about 10:30 a.m., officers responding to a call went to the rear of Tal’s House of Spirits at 593 East Crump and found the decomposed remains of a woman inside a trash can. The victim was identified as Deborah Cleveland and the death was ruled a homicide by the Memphis Police Department’s Homicide Bureau.

Police publicly appealed for assistance early in the inquiry and said no suspects had been identified at that time. If anyone knew Deborah, saw her in November 2011, or has information about the area behind Tal’s House of Spirits on February 3, 2012, please contact investigators.