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Woman kidnapped while jogging in Memphis UPDATE:body found
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:07 pm
LINK with embedded news video story
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Update: man arrested
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Suspect allegedly cleaned vehicle prior to arrest....
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Update: body found
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The woman, Eliza Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4:20 a.m. when an "unknown individual" approached her and forced her into an SUV in the area of Central Avenue and Zach H Curlin Street, Memphis police said in a statement.
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Fletcher's personal items have been recovered but she has not been found. At the time of the kidnapping, she was wearing purple jogging shorts and a pink top.
Police were called to the university just before 8 a.m. to assist campus police, and are urging anyone with information to call 911.
Update:
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Abducted Eliza Fletcher: Memphis teacher's husband spotted day after her disappearance
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The Memphis Police Department's search for abducted kindergarten teacher Eliza Fletcher continued Saturday, more than 24 hours after her disappearance.
Fletcher, an avid athlete, was on a run early Friday morning on Central Avenue near the University of Memphis when she was abducted and forced into an SUV that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) later identified as a GMC Terrain.
MPD told Fox News Digital on Saturday that it does not currently have a license plate for the suspect vehicle and that a blurry photo TBI released Friday is the only available footage of the SUV in question.
"The investigation into the abduction of Eliza Fletcher is still active and ongoing. Investigators are continuing the search and following all leads. No arrests have been made relative to this case," Memphis police said in a Saturday afternoon tweet.
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Fletcher's husband, Richard Fletcher III, was outside his family's Memphis home Saturday morning with several other people.
Fletcher III initially reported his wife missing Friday morning around 7:45 a.m. when she never returned from her run.
Update: man arrested
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A man has been arrested in connection with the abduction of a Memphis woman who never returned from her early morning jog, police said.
The Memphis Police Department announced via Twitter early Sunday that 38-year-old Cleotha Abston has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence.
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Police said they detained Abston on Saturday evening after he was found inside an SUV that authorities were searching for in connection with the abduction. A public information officer told ABC News that they could not share where the vehicle of interest was located at this time.
A second individual, identified as 36-year-old Mario Abston, who is currently not believed to be linked to the abduction, was also arrested on drug and firearm charges, according to police.
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Fletcher was last seen jogging in the area of Central Avenue and Zach Curlin Street in midtown Memphis
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Suspect allegedly cleaned vehicle prior to arrest....
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Update: body found
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This post was edited on 9/5/22 at 7:48 pm
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Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:09 pm to East Coast Band
Jeezus. Talk about a horrifying ordeal with a very little chance for a survivable outcome.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:09 pm to East Coast Band
Imagine the energy it takes to get up and jog at 4:30 am knowing you are in Memphis. Then some POS grabs you.
Frick this world.
Frick this world.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:10 pm to East Coast Band
This really sucks. It could just be increased coverage, but it feels like kidnappings are happening more often.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:11 pm to East Coast Band
Apparently she’s from a super wealthy family so I’m wondering if it might be for ransom. I’d almost rather that be the case than it be sexually motivated.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:13 pm to East Coast Band
Horrifying. tPOS more than likely
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:14 pm to East Coast Band
Inside job
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:18 pm to East Coast Band
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:20 pm to East Coast Band
While we are throwing out crazy unsubstantiated theories, maybe the whole thing was staged so she could run away with a lover like Sherri Papini did.
This post was edited on 9/2/22 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:28 pm to East Coast Band
In that part of Memphis, was she jogging or running from something. I would not run there in the dark. Too close to the hood that is South Memphis
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:32 pm to East Coast Band
When we trained in the marine corps on target acquisition dealing with high profile people, when we pulled up on someone within 10 seconds they were zip tied, and heads covered.
By the time the person jogging even realized what was going on, they had been thrown in the vehicle.
If a couple people pull a few practice runs it’s really easy to pull off snatching someone up.
By the time the person jogging even realized what was going on, they had been thrown in the vehicle.
If a couple people pull a few practice runs it’s really easy to pull off snatching someone up.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:32 pm to East Coast Band
quote:She probably should have been a bit more cautious
According to publicly available safety data on the city's website, there have been at least 100 incidents classified as kidnappings that have occurred this year in Memphis.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 8:40 pm to East Coast Band
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Woman kidnapped while jogging near University of Memphis
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jogging around 4:20 a.m.
That isn’t very smart
Hope they find her and she is ok
Posted on 9/2/22 at 9:09 pm to East Coast Band
I live in a very safe part of central MS, I leave for work at sun up, and there is often a very attractive young gal out jogging wearing a very minimal amount of clothes. How easy would it be for someone in a van or SUV to scoop her up? We all have to be careful, especially attractive females who are in remote locations alone.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 9:17 pm to East Coast Band
It could be that they are just being reported more, but it seems like there have been more a lot of kidnappings or kidnapping attempts happening lately.
I see someone posted the same exact thing in an earlier post.
I see someone posted the same exact thing in an earlier post.
This post was edited on 9/2/22 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 9/2/22 at 9:46 pm to East Coast Band
They are hunting us
Posted on 9/2/22 at 10:03 pm to East Coast Band
Real actual kidnappings don't happen near as often in the USA as the do in Mexico and Central and South America. I have always wondered with so many illegals with ties to cartels and such coming here when will that activity get more widespread.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 10:08 pm to East Coast Band
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when an "unknown individual" approached her and forced her into an SUV
NEVER get into the car. If you get in the car, you're going to die a horrible death anyway, so you're better off taking your chances running.
Hope they catch the perp soon.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 10:11 pm to East Coast Band
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The woman, Eliza Fletcher, 34, was jogging around 4:20 a.m. when an "unknown individual" approached her and forced her into an SUV in the area
I don’t know if the husband was involved but a woman shouldn’t be jogging at 4 a.m. in the morning by herself, no matter what part of the country she lived in. Follow the same routes day after day and it’s a recipe for disaster.
Posted on 9/2/22 at 10:19 pm to East Coast Band
I know her personally. She was a soccer player at Memphis while I was a tennis ayer(I played there freshman year before transferring to lsu)
She was one of the nicest peoples possible. She was so full of energy and the type that never saw bad in anything. She was also a fitness junkie and a teacher, so she jogged early in the morning before work. So I could see how this could happen to her. Just absolutely horrific situation
She was one of the nicest peoples possible. She was so full of energy and the type that never saw bad in anything. She was also a fitness junkie and a teacher, so she jogged early in the morning before work. So I could see how this could happen to her. Just absolutely horrific situation
This post was edited on 9/2/22 at 10:20 pm
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