CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Clarksville-Montgomery County Crime Stoppers announced Tuesday, April 5 that they are working with local law enforcement to help solve cold cases. The organization will be working closely with the Clarksville Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Crime Stoppers Chairman, Kaye Jones, talked about why they are taking up the cold case program. “We hope that the use of media, social media and our TIPS hotline will generate new information that will assist our law enforcement community to bring closure to the cold cases,” said Jones.
The first cold case presented by Crime Stoppers was the shooting death of Fran Caratini, who was found dead August 14, 2014 on Chapel Street in Clarksville. Caratini’s mother, Carmen Caratini, became very emotional as she spoke about the death of her son.
“Please, just think about his mom, she wants some closure, she wants to know what happened to my son. It’s hard every day, I just think about him every second and he didn’t deserve this. Please, please, I need somebody to come and talk, I need to know please,” Caratini said.
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Crime Stoppers plans to bring a cold case forward each month from either the Clarksville Police Department or Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office in hopes that new information can be gathered and provided to law enforcement to help solve cold cases.
Jones added if anyone has information regarding the death of Fran Caratini they should contact Clarksville Police Detective Chris Nolder at 931-648-0656 ext. 5341or call the Crime Stoppers TIPS line at 931-645-TIPS (8477) or text your tip to 274637.
Jones also emphasized that every caller to Crime Stoppers remains anonymous. “We don’t want anyone’s name, we just want the information,” she said. Each caller is assigned a number and no name follows each caller from the tip to the conclusion.
A plea was also made from businesses and individuals for donations to be added to the Crime Stoppers reward of $1,000 for information that leads to solving this crime, which will increase the tip reward.