DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR PERV IN MEMPHIS-MOM-JOGGER MURDER
September 2, 2023
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September 2, 2023
DEATH PENALTY SOUGHT FOR PERV IN MEMPHIS-MOM-JOGGER MURDER
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<p>Tennessee prosecutors are seeking the death penalty Cleotha Abston, also known as Cleotha Henderson. He is charged with kidnapping and killing Memphis teacher Eliza Fletcher. </p> <p>Fletcher vanished while out on her morning run. Neighborhood video captured images of Fletcher being forced into an SUV. The kindergarten teacher's body was found days later near a vacant house less than a mile from the kidnapping site.</p> <p>Officers combing the area noticed footprints, tire tracks and “an odor of decay.” A pair of purple Lululemon running shorts matching what Fletcher was last seen wearing, was found in a nearby trash can. </p> <p>Abston, 39, is also charged with the rape of a woman in September 2021, but he was not arrested until after Fletcher’s killing because the state crime lab hadn’t gotten around to processing the sexual assault kit.</p> <p>Abston has pled not guilty. </p> <p>Joining Nancy Grace today:</p> <ul> <li><a href="MattMangino.com">Matthew Mangino</a> – Attorney, Former District Attorney (Lawrence County), Author: “The Executioner’s Toll: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States;" Twitter: @MatthewTMangino</li> <li><a href="http://www.carynstark.com/">Caryn L. Stark</a> – Psychologist, Renowned TV and Radio Trauma Expert and Consultant; Instagram: carynpsych/FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice</li> <li>Lisa M. Dadio - Former Police Lieutenant with the New Haven Police Department; Annie Le Lead Detective; Senior Lecturer, Director of the Center for Advanced Policing and Graduate Program Coordinator Investigations program, University of New Haven </li> <li><a href="LegalRNConsult.org">Rachel D. Fischer</a> – Registered Nurse; Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE); Expert Witness; Private Investigator; Author: “Taking Back the Pen;” Forensic Nursing Consulting and Education LLC</li> <li><a href="DNAsolves.com">Dr. Kristen Mittelman</a> - Chief Development Officer, Othram Inc.; Twitter: @OthramTech </li> <li>Dave Mack - CrimeOnline Investigative Reporter </li> </ul><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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