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Man who 'murdered billionaire heiress Eliza Fletcher' charged with raping another woman

murder of a billionaire heiress has been charged with the kidnapping of another woman that took place a year earlier.Cleotha Abston, 38, was arrested on Tuesday - the day after Eliza Fletcher's body was found by police in Memphis, Tennessee - on suspicion of committing first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence.Then, three days later, he was also charged with aggravated rape and aggravated kidnapping, as well as the unlawful carrying of a weapon, in relation to a separate incident in 2021.READ MORE: Vile social media scam falsely claims 'Queen's kidnapped' and asks users for ransom doshAbston has previously served 20 years in jail for kidnapping a man and, having led a long life of crime, he has been known by law enforcement officers since the age of 11.
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Suspect in billionaire heiress kidnapping is 'creep' who tried to pay women for sex
charged with the kidnap of billionaire heiress Eliza Fletcher after she went missing last week.Cleotha Abston, 38, is being held on a $500,000 (around £432,860) bond on charges of tampering with evidence and especially aggravated kidnapping of Fletcher, a teacher and heiress to the Orgill hardware company, who has not been seen since her disappearance at 4:30am on September 2.Abston has been convicted of kidnapping in the past and has been considered a shady figure by neighbours for a long time.READ MORE: Brit builder, 25, dies from internal bleeding after cut-price Turkey weight loss opWhile staying with his brother, a fellow convicted felon who was also arrested on connected drug charges, the man had gained a reputation for dodgy doings in the neighbourhood."He gave me creepy vibes — he would look at you some type of way," one female neighbour said to Memphis news outlet WREG."He watched me come on the porch, then came up the stairs behind me and said, 'I will give you $100 (around £86) to f***'", she added.When she asked if he thought she was a "h** who needs your money" he simply responded that it wasn't like that and he was after some fun.Latoya, 35, who also lived in the area, said Abston had propositioned both her and her 20-year-old niece earlier this year."He kept waving me over to him and was like, ‘I’ve got $100,'" she told MailOnline."As far as I know, nobody here have sex with him.""He creepy, he really creepy."Abston had only been out of prison for two years when the events of Friday morning occurred after he was charged with violently kidnapping local attorney Kemper Durand at the age of just 16.He forced the lawyer into the trunk of a car and only ran away when the victim began yelling for help while
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