Essex Issac Washington, 24, was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Bavaria Apartments on Packard Drive in South Nashville on the night of November 27, 2010. Investigators concluded robbery was the likely motive. Reports say Washington had been on the phone with an acquaintance, Aaron Berkley, as he arrived; moments after exiting his vehicle he was shot.

For years the case had no publicly named suspect. In November 2019 Metro Nashville Police Homicide-Cold Case detectives identified 31-year-old Aaron Berkley as the person responsible and a grand jury returned an indictment for first-degree murder. At the time of that announcement an arrest warrant and an outstanding felony probation violation warrant for Berkley were active; officials were seeking his location.

Anyone who knew Essex, saw him on November 27, 2010, or has information about Berkley’s whereabouts is asked to come forward.