MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police have arrested a suspect in the kidnapping case of missing Memphis teacher Eliza Fletcher.
Cleotha Abston, 38, has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence, Memphis Police announced early Sunday.
According to records, Abston refused to provide investigators with information regarding Fletcher’s location. Records also state that the abduction, which was caught on camera, was violent in nature and may have resulted in serious bodily injury.
Police said Abston was the person who was detained Saturday when the SUV connected to the case was found.
According to the website for the Shelby County jail, Abston’s bond has been set at $500,000. Abston is scheduled to make his first court appearance on Tuesday, September 6.
Fletcher has not been located. Police said the search for her is still active.
Cleotha Abston
(Shelby County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
He was sentenced to 24 years in that case and released in November 2020, the Tennessee Department of Corrections said.
Fletcher, a teacher at St. Mary’s Episcopal School, left her home on Carr Avenue early Friday morning and was last seen jogging on Central Avenue near the University of Memphis around 4:20 a.m. That’s when police say someone pushed her into a dark-colored SUV.
Her family is offering a $50,000 reward for information.
Fletcher is the granddaughter of the late Joseph “Joe” Orgill III, a Memphis hardware businessman and philanthropist, the Associated Press reports.
A second person was arrested in the same operation, but police say he is not believed to be connected to Fletcher’s abduction.
Mario Abston, 36, was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Manufacture and Sell Fentanyl, Possession of a Controlled Substance with Intent to Manufacture and Sell Heroin, and Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Dangerous Felony.
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Liberals are criminals and vile human beings!!!!!! What else needs to be said?
The guy should have served his whole sentence, and it seems he didn’t do much ‘reforming” while incarcerated.
It is NOT her fault.
Having said that, it is not a good idea to go jogging alone, ladies. IT definitely CAN happen there! Female joggers have been shown to be especially vulnerable in the early morning and late evening hours when witnesses are scarce.
Yes, you have the right. It just isn’t smart. Women jogging alone have been being abducted since jogging became a ‘thing”. Just about any thrift store will have a barely used $1,000.00 treadmill for sale for $50.00.
Would you rather be bored or missing?
We need to begin dealing with these cretins in a permanent manner. Who let this dog out?
A LIBTARD judge, more than likely.
One cannot be rehabilitated unless one was originally habilitated. Which he was not. Throw him in prison and don’t let him out.
Democrats wants to make he can still vote while behind bars .
WE already know they want felons to vote… So why not from while behind bars?
That kind of ANIMAL SHOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TO WALK FREELY THROUGH SOCIETY EVER!