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Police say the 34-year-old teacher was found dead Monday. They confirmed her identity Tuesday morning.
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Her body was dumped in Memphis. Memphis Police tweeted: “The deceased victim found yesterday in the 1600 block of Victor has been identified as 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher.” This booking photo provided by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office shows Cleotha Abston on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleotha Abston, 38, has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree murder for kidnapping. Memphis homicide detectives say Fletcher – a mother of two young children – was found around 5:07 Monday afternoon. By that time, investigators already had Abston in custody on a kidnapping charge. The accused killer previously spent 20 years in prison for a previous violent kidnapping. Officers say he refused to release Fletcher’s tracks after his arrest on Saturday.
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CCTV captures heiress Eliza Fletcher before she is violently abducted from a Memphis street. (DEKA RESEARCH OFFICE) Among those pointing the finger at Cleotha Abston was his brother who told detectives his brother was “acting strange” and “rubbing his clothes” after the abduction. The GMC SUV he was driving was spotted traveling in the area for at least 24 minutes before Fletcher drove through the area. CCTV revealed Fletcher had been pulled over by the suspect vehicle when a man was seen running “aggressively towards” her before she was forced into the SUV. Fletcher’s husband, Richard, notified police around 7 a.m. that DNA testing of a pair of Champion slides thrown at the scene pointed detectives to Abston. Neighbors in Memphis described Abston as a “creep” and “pervert” who often tried to pay women for sex, the Commercial Appeal reported. Family photo of missing teacher Eliza Fletcher, her husband and their two children. Fletcher was kidnapped while jogging on September 2, 2022. Photo: Liza Fletcher /Facebook Even Abston’s uncle, Nathaniel Isaac, said he was “100% sure” that Abston “had something to do with her abduction.” “My whole family is eccentric… They always have been,” Isaac told the Daily Mail. “They don’t love me because they’re crazy. It is the truth. Go check the police records on the Abstons. You will find that everyone is a doer of something.” [email protected] @HunterTOSun
