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Taylor Swift sent a bouquet of flowers to the family of a teen baseball star who was mysteriously killed four years ago, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
Grant Solomon's mother Angie said the 'massive' floral arrangement arrived two days after her son's funeral at the family's home in Franklin, Tennessee.
Her 18-year-old son was found lying under his truck outside of Ward Performance Institute, a baseball training facility, located at 1357 S Water Ave, in Gallatin, Tennessee, on the morning of July 20, 2020.
Grant was found by his father, Aaron Solomon, who called 911 to report that his son was trapped underneath his pickup truck. He was the only known witness.
The handsome 6ft4 athlete, who was starting his senior year of high school, died shortly after.
The Gallatin Police Department recorded his death as a parking lot accident, and closed the case, but his mother is demanding an investigation, and believes he was a victim of a crime.
Grant met Taylor at a concert in 2013, his mother recalled. The baseball star's father, a former news anchor turned financial advisor, was working with the singer's father Scott in Nashville.
Grant Solomon, 18, star baseball player, was starting his senior year of high school when he died in a tragic accident on July 20, 2020. Grant's mother believes there is something much more sinister behind her son's tragic death
Grant was nine when he went to his first Taylor Swift concert. He is pictured with Swift backstage at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee after her concert with country singer Tim McGraw in 2013
The sympathy bouquet that Taylor Swift sent to the family after Grant's tragic death
After Angie's son died, hordes of flowers were being delivered to the family home.
Angie said she didn't pay much attention at the time but remembered that the bouquet was so heavy it had to be carried inside by two people.
'I've never seen one like that. It was a cement rectangle vase. It was so heavy - it took two people to carry it into the house,' she recalled. 'They were rare exotic flowers - really beautiful.'
The floral arrangement included white and green hydrangeas, roses, snapdragons, baby's breath, a long stem willow branch, surrounded by green foliage.
In 2013, Grant was nine when he went to his first Taylor Swift concert that was held at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Country singer Tim Graw was headlining with Keith Urban on guitar.
Grant was able to get a photo with the singer, who was wearing a white robe. She recalled how excited he was after meeting the songstress.
Angie recalled the bittersweet moment when a young Grant told her: 'Mom she smelled sooo good.'
'I thought he would say, "She's beautiful", or say something about her hair or red lips, but only how good she smelled,' she said. 'His eyes had stars in them. It was so pure, so cute. I will never forget that.'
She said that her late son's favorite Taylor Swift song was 'Love Story,' and after the concert Tim McGraw gave Grant some guitar picks.
Grant's distraught mother, Angie Solomon standing at the podium at Grant's funeral service
It remains unclear the exact relationship between the songstress and the Solomon family.
However, Grant's father, Aaron, worked as a television news anchor and reporter for WSMV for more than 15 years before moving into the financial sector.
According to Aaron's Linkedin profile, he is a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch, a role he has been in since 2014.
Aaron also works for the same banking and wealth management company as Taylor Swift's father, Scott.
On Wednesday, a spokesman at Merrill Lynch's Franklin, Tennessee location confirmed that Aaron and Scott worked in the same office in downtown Nashville.
Angie said that after her son's death, neither Taylor nor anyone from the Swift family reached out to her privately.
She just recalled Taylor's father handing out hats and tees in the early stages of his daughter's budding career.
Grant's mother is searching for answers for years after his mysterious death and won't rest until she get justice for her son
Grant was also a standout basketball player
The day Grant died, he was meeting his father, Aaron, at the baseball training facility in Gallatin, approximately 50 miles from his home in Franklin.
Less than 10 minutes after arriving at the facility, Aaron called 911 and said his son was trapped underneath his pickup truck. He died shortly after.
The Gallatin Police Department recorded Grant's death as a parking lot accident, ruled it as accidental and closed the case.
However, Grant's devastated family claims there was no investigation, no reconstruction of the scene and no autopsy or toxicology performed.
Grant's father signed the 'authority to release body' form, which shows he did not request an autopsy. On it he listed Williamson Memorial Funeral Home as the recipient.
A GoFundMe created by Freedom for Gracie is to help raise funds so the family is able to conduct their own investigation into Grant's death.
Angie said that the money will go towards exhumation, out-of-state autopsy, accident reconstruction, and an increased reward.
They are also working with private forensic company to obtain a CAD - a computerized-aided design - to help with the accident reconstruction of the scene using the topography of the land and specs of the truck as part of their investigation.
Grant's father, Aaron Solomon, a former news anchor, at WSMV Channel 4, and only witness called 911
Grant's pickup truck is pictured in a gravel ditch. The incident report indicated that the point of first impact was the rear end of the vehicle and the car had functional damage
Grant's white Toyota Tocoma pickup truck pictured on the side of the road. The incident took place at 8.40am
Six months after Grant's mysterious death, Angie brought in Dan Hodges, a private investigator and former special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigations.
Hodges' specialty include general criminal investigation, hostage negotiations, criminal profiling, foreign counter intelligence, and narcotics interdiction.
The PI told DailyMail.com that after going to the scene and reviewing all the reports - police, coroner's, medical, private reconstruction, it doesn't add up.
In April, he announced that a $5,000 reward is being offered for 'information leading to the identification of witnesses, and an additional $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator.'
He added: 'We are hoping that one of the three men in the Hi Vis vests, who was at the scene will come forward.'
He also revealed that there maybe some new information that he is working on that could potentially 'break the case wide open.'
The family has also created a petition on Change.org that has also gone viral to help reopen the investigation. The petition has garnered more than 330,000 signatures towards their goal of 500,000.
Grant would have turned 22 in June. His unexplained death has left the family reeling in pain, and Grant's mother will not rest until she gets justice for her son.
A GoFundMe has has raised nearly $131,124 towards their goal of $250,000.
A street view of Ward Performance Institute, the baseball training facility where Grant died. The center is now permanently closed
Grant, the handsome athlete, who was starting his senior year of high school when he died, would have turned 22 in June
Grant's tombstone with a vase of fresh pink tulips with a photo of Angie, Gracie and Grant
A bench engraved with Grant's name is also near his grave located at Grace Chapel
The other side of the bench has the words: Keep Winning, and Love Like Grant, with bible verse
This Sunday, Mother's Day, marks four painful years that Angie is without Grant. She and Grant's sister, Gracie, 17, plan to visit her son's gravesite, and bring new flowers.
'Grace and I are just going to be together and be present with each other,' she told DailyMail.com.
'I know we will spend sometime at Grant's too - maybe change the arrangement to keep a match with the cut flowers in our home - right now pink tulips. We make sure he matches the flowers in our home.'
Part of her healing is to keep sharing his story and raise money so she is able to open an investigation into his death.
Later this week, she plans on releasing a #JusticeforGrant t-shirt, and all proceeds will go towards the Justice for Grant Foundation.
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