The family of murdered kindergarten teacher Eliza Fletcher is mourning her tragic and senseless death. As we’ve been reporting, the 34-year-old was found dead in the city of Memphis, Tennessee on Monday — three days after she was first reported missing after never coming back from an early-morning jog.
Local cops quickly determined that security camera footage from the time of her disappearance appeared to show a woman matching Fletcher’s description being accosted by an unknown man and “forced into an SUV.” After a frantic hunt to try to find her, cops finally located her body behind an apartment building in the city on Labor Day. Related: Shocking Twist In Murder Case Of 7-Year-Old Boy Found Naked Outside Las Vegas In the aftermath of that tragic discovery, Memphis police announced they’d arrested a 38-year-old man identified as Cleotha Abston.
He was charged with first-degree murder, perpetration of kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping, and tampering with evidence regarding the kindergarten teacher’s awful death.
Abston (pictured during a court appearance, above) has since been appointed a public defender. He is next scheduled to appear in court later on Wednesday.
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