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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — New charges have been filed for the man accused of the abduction of Eliza Fletcher. Fletcher, 34, was kidnapped while running early Friday ...

FOX13 Investigates discovered that Cleotha Abston was previously charged with especially aggravated kidnapping in June 2000, according to court records. The investigation into Abston’s alleged kidnapping of Fletcher also led police to arrest Abston’s brother, 36-year-old Mario Abston. The family has offered a reward for any information that leads to her safe return. The family has met with police, and we have shared with them all the information we know. Further, it is probable and apparent from witness statements that these injuries left evidence of blood in the car the defendant cleaned.” His arrest report also said that Abston was wearing the same sandals at the Malco theatre the night before. Two days later, on September 4, 38-year-old Cleotha Abston was arrested and charged with the aggravated kidnapping of Fletcher, a mother to two young boys and a teacher at St. The woman told police that she left her wallet at work, at a Malco on Germantown Road. This is the same wooded area we observed the search yesterday. Memphis Police said that Abston refused to tell them Fletcher’s location but authorities believe she suffered serious bodily harm in the abduction. In all, Abston took $910.80 from her, police said. The justice system presumes innocence, so bond is not meant to be punitive.

Memphis police found an unidentified body Monday about 20 minutes from where teacher Eliza "Liza" Fletcher was violently abducted three days ago, ...

According to the affidavit, a witness said she saw Abston at his brother's house after the abduction. Cleotha Abston, 38, was arrested Saturday after police found the GMC Terrain in a parking lot near his residence, according to the affidavit. She was last seen wearing a pink jogging top and purple running shorts, police said in an alert. Once both individuals were inside the SUV, the vehicle remained in a parking lot for about four minutes before driving away, according to the footage cited in an affidavit obtained by CNN. when a black GMC Terrain SUV passed by her, according to surveillance footage obtained of the incident. The investigation is ongoing," the tweet said.

Police said the body was found at 5:07 p.m. local time. Authorities have said Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4 a.m. on Friday when a man approached her and ...

The deceased person has not been identified and no cause of death has been determined, Memphis police [said](https://twitter.com/MEM_PoliceDept/status/1566943980222386176). Mary's Episcopal School, an independent, private, all-girls school in Memphis. Fletcher is a junior kindergarten teacher at St. on Friday when a man approached her and forced her into a dark SUV after a brief struggle, which was caught on surveillance video. He is currently charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence. Authorities have said Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4 a.m.

A private investigator believes Eliza Fletcher's abduction may have been planned after new details of the Memphis kidnapped emerged.

The man charged in the Tennessee woman's abduction previously kidnapped a prominent Memphis attorney in 2000, the Commercial Appeal reported.

An expert said the time of day when the woman was out exercising is not uncommon, but may not have been the best time because it was still dark outside.

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Eliza Fletcher: Everything we know about the kidnapping of Memphis teacher as suspect arrested · Three days after she was snatched and bundled into a car in ...

Ms Fletcher was last seen wearing a pink jogging top and purple running shorts. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. Ms Fletcher is well known in the local community as both a respected teacher and the heiress to a local business fortune. Mario Abston is charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin, one count with intent to distribute fentanyl and felony possession of a firearm. According to the affidavit, Mr Abston was spotted cleaning the inside of his car and washing his clothes in the sink in the aftermath of the abduction. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and was released in November 2020. In an eerily similar situation to the kidnapping of Ms Fletcher, Mr Abston bundled a Memphis attorney into his vehicle in an early morning attack. The suspect’s brother was also arrested and charged following the police’s search of their home. Cellphone location data has also placed Mr Abston at the scene of the abduction and the Champion slides have been tied to him through both DNA evidence and surveillance footage, authorities said. US Marshals found the SUV in a parking lot close to Mr Abston’s home and it had the same damaged taillight and partial licence plate identification seen in the surveillance footage of the abduction, according to an affidavit. A violent struggle broke out and the man forced Ms Fletcher into the passenger side of the vehicle.

The deceased person was found in an area near Victor Street and Person Avenue in South Memphis around 5 p.m. As of 7 p.m., Memphis Police said the cause of ...

Court records show that Abston was previously charged with aggravated kidnapping in June of 2000. According to authorities, sandals were found near Fletcher’s water bottle and cell phone after she was abducted. The deceased person was found in an area near Victor Street and Person Avenue in South Memphis around 5 p.m. Mary’s teacher was kidnapped. Still within a mile of— Kayla Solomon (@KSolomonReports) An arrest affidavit for Abston also claims that his cell phone was found to be in the area of Central Avenue and Zach Curlin, where Fletcher was abducted, around the same time that the mother of two boys and St.

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The man charged with kidnapping a Tennessee woman jogging near the University of Memphis last week spent 20 years behind bars for a previous kidnapping.

Durand, in a victim impact statement, wrote, “I was extremely lucky that I was able to escape from the custody of Cleotha Abston. Fletcher is the granddaughter of the late Joseph Orgill III, a Memphis hardware businessman and philanthropist. Police also linked the vehicle they believe was used in the kidnapping to a person at a residence where Abston was staying. A large police presence was reported in the area where authorities reported finding the body just after 5 p.m., local news reports said. Late Monday, police tweeted that a body had been found in a Memphis neighborhood but that the identity of that person and the cause of death was unconfirmed. While Fletcher has not been found, Memphis police said in the affidavit they believe she was seriously injured in the abduction, which was caught on surveillance video.

Police in Tennessee on Monday announced they'd found an unidentified body found near the area where Eliza "Liza" Fletcher disappeared last week.

Another woman interviewed by police said she saw Abston outside the home of his brother, Mario Abston. Police questioned the owner of Majesty's Cleaning Service, where Abston worked, and she verified he drove the Terrain and also provided investigators with his cellphone number. Along with confirming the car from the license plate, surveillance footage also showed the car to have "noticeable damage" to the rear passenger-side taillight, which was also visible to Marshals at the apartment complex. More than anything, we want to see Liza returned home safely," Fletcher's uncle, Mike Keeney said. Abston was released from prison in November 2020 after serving two decades for kidnapping. "During this abduction, there appeared to be a struggle." Abston was sentenced to 24 years in that case. That number was used to determine where Abston was at the time of Fletcher's abduction, confirming he was in the area at the time. [also the granddaughter of the late Joseph ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/05/eliza-fletcher-memphis-jogger-missing/7996067001/) [Orgill III, ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/05/eliza-fletcher-memphis-jogger-missing/7996067001/)a noted philanthropist who helped run the family-owned Memphis-based hardware supply firm Orgill Inc. [was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping ](https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2022/09/04/1-charged-eliza-fletchers-disappearance-no-sign-teacher/7992733001/)in last week's disappearance of a Eliza "Liza" Fletcher, a 34-year-old woman [ who Memphis police said was abducted while jogging on Friday.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/05/eliza-fletcher-memphis-jogger-missing/7996067001/) [Man charged with kidnapping in disappearance of Memphis jogger Eliza Fletcher](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/05/eliza-fletcher-memphis-jogger-missing/7996067001/) On the heels of a man being charged with kidnapping in the disappearance of Memphis school teacher in West Tennessee, police on Monday announced

Eliza Fletcher was last seen early on Friday jogging in Memphis. She was forced into a dark-colored S.U.V. and remains missing, the police said.

Fletcher is an heiress to the company’s fortune. “It is believed and supported by the facts and physical evidence that she suffered serious injury,” court records said. Cleotha Abston worked for a cleaning service, his employer confirmed to the police. The shoes were linked by DNA testing to Cleotha Abston, and video evidence also showed him wearing the shoes, court records said. A person who was biking in the area around 6:45 a.m. used in the abduction, court records said. He was charged with drug and weapon possession charges. Abston had been in the S.U.V. Video surveillance showed that a person exited the S.U.V. on Friday when she was forced into a dark-colored S.U.V., the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Fletcher, 34, who also goes by Liza, was last seen jogging near the University of Memphis campus at about 4:30 a.m. She was forced into a dark-colored S.U.V.

Officials in Memphis, Tennessee, are working to identify a body found Monday amid the search for a schoolteacher who was abducted early Friday while out on ...

One witness said she saw Abston at his brother's house after the kidnapping, according to the affidavit. Fletcher was last seen wearing a pink jogging top and purple running shorts, police said. According to surveillance footage obtained of the incident, the Black GMC Terrain initially drove past Fletcher. The witness and his brother said Abston was behaving oddly as he cleaned the interior of his SUV and washed his clothes in the sink, the affidavit said. It is unclear whether he has an attorney. A man was then seen getting out of the SUV and "aggressively" running toward her before forcing her into the passenger seat of vehicle, according to the footage cited in an affidavit obtained by CNN.

Memphis police found an unidentified body Monday about 20 minutes from where teacher Eliza "Liza" Fletcher was violently abducted three days ago, according to a ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee said Tuesday that a body found during an exhaustive search lasting more than three days is a woman who was ...

Fletcher is the granddaughter of the late Joseph Orgill III, a Memphis hardware businessman and philanthropist. At the station, an armed Memphis Housing Authority guard walked in and Durand yelled for help. Abston said he could not afford bond and he could not afford a lawyer. Memphis police had searched several locations with dogs, ATVs and a helicopter throughout the long weekend. Marshals arrested Cleotha Abston, 38, on Saturday after police detected his DNA on a pair of sandals found near to where Eliza Fletcher was last seen, according to an arrest affidavit. A man charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence in the nationally-publicized case had an arraignment on Tuesday.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police in Tennessee said Tuesday that a body found during an exhaustive search lasting more than three days is a woman who was abducted and ...

Fletcher is the granddaughter of the late Joseph Orgill III, a Memphis hardware businessman and philanthropist. At the station, an armed Memphis Housing Authority guard walked in and Durand yelled for help. Abston said he could not afford bond and he could not afford a lawyer. Memphis police had searched several locations with dogs, ATVs and a helicopter throughout the long weekend. Marshals arrested Cleotha Abston, 38, on Saturday after police detected his DNA on a pair of sandals found near to where Eliza Fletcher was last seen, according to an arrest affidavit. A man charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence in the nationally-publicized case had an arraignment on Tuesday.

A body found in a Memphis neighborhood Monday was confirmed to be a Tennessee woman who was abducted late last week, police said.

After several hours, Abston took Durand out and forced him to drive to a Mapco gas station to withdraw money from an ATM. At the station, an armed Memphis Housing Authority guard walked in and Durand yelled for help. The family offered a $50,000 reward for information in the case. Abston said he could not afford bond and he could not afford a lawyer. "Liza was a such a joy to so many … Durand died in 2013, seven years before Abston would be released in November 2020 at age 36. When he was just 16 years old, Abston forced Kemper Durand into the trunk of his own car at gunpoint. Memphis police had searched several locations with dogs, ATVs and a helicopter throughout the long Labor Day weekend. Relatives of Fletcher and more than 20 media members were in the courtroom. A large police presence was reported in the area where authorities reported finding the body just after 5 p.m. Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis told reporters it was possible others would be charged in the case but as of Tuesday morning no one else has. Eliza Fletcher, 34, was seen on surveillance video being forced into an SUV while she was jogging near the University of Memphis early Friday morning.

Surveillance footage captured Fletcher being forced into a black SUV while out jogging in the early-morning hours Friday.

Abston tried to flee but was detained by a team of U.S. They found him Saturday evening outside his last-known address, an apartment complex in front of which the SUV in question was parked. He will face murder charges on top of the kidnapping charges initially filed against him, police said.