Abston is being held at the Shelby County Jail on a $500,000 bond, while Fletcher's whereabouts remain unknown.

Abston just spent more than 22 years in state prison for another abduction. In June 2000, when he was 16 years old, he forced Memphis-based lawyer Kemper Durand into the trunk of his car at gunpoint.

Durand was "trapped in the cold darkness of his car trunk" for several hours, according to a 2013 obituary for the 73-year-old attorney by his former colleagues at the Lewis Thomason law firm. Abston and another man, Marquette Cobbins, drove Durand to ATMs where they forced him to withdraw and hand over money.

The lawyer was standing at a Mapco gas station ATM, still at gunpoint, when he saw an armed Memphis Housing Authority guard. Durand yelled for help and his assailants fled. They were later arrested, tried and found guilty for his kidnapping.

In a victim impact statement, Durand said, "My feelings about being the victim of this crime, and the feelings of those around me, are that I was extremely lucky that I was able to escape from the custody of Cleotha Abston."

Had the security guard not happened to walk in while Durand was at the Mapco station, he believed his story could have turned out much worse.

"It is quite likely that I would have been killed had I not escaped," he said.

At the sentencing hearing for Abston and Cobbins, Durand asked the judge to give Cobbins leniency, the lawyer's colleagues said in his obituary.

"Yes, the man had been there and could certainly be considered an accomplice, but as Kemper saw it, the man was at the wrong place with the wrong person at the wrong time," said the eulogy.

Durand described how while he lay in the trunk of his car, he listened to the men talking. He recalled that Cobbins pleaded with Abston to "Stop the car, let this man out, give him his keys, and go!"

Before Abston's conviction for kidnapping Durand, he had already appeared in juvenile court numerous times for charges including theft, aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a weapon, and rape, according to the lawyer's testimony. His first appearance in the system dates back to 1995, when he was only 12 years old.

Newsweek reached out to Shelby County court for comment

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/vic...a4935e4650

:(

I think this story is about to have a very unhappy ending this evening

Yeah, evidently police have discovered a body in this area. They have been searching this area pretty heavy the last 24 hours. .

Agreed, this is just tragic. A damn lifelong criminal murders this woman. Cleotha needs to have a hot date set up with Sparky in Nashville in about 15 years after appealing it all the way to the SC.

(09-05-2022 07:58 PM)boss man Wrote:  Agreed, this is just tragic. A damn lifelong criminal murders this woman. Cleotha needs to have a hot date set up with Sparky in Nashville in about 15 years after appealing it all the way to the SC.

This is what is wrong on the tail end of sentencing and bail and early release are what is wrong at trial and early after sentencing, and it exists not for the criminal, but so attorneys for the government and the perp have endless billable hours.

He should do everyone a favor and try to escape. You don't see much of that though because perps see prison or jail as a revolving door and again that's on the self-aggrandizing legal system.

(09-05-2022 07:58 PM)boss man Wrote:  Agreed, this is just tragic. A damn lifelong criminal murders this woman. Cleotha needs to have a hot date set up with Sparky in Nashville in about 15 years after appealing it all the way to the SC.

Just take him out and shoot him in the head. Be done with it

(09-05-2022 06:13 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  They were looking at the husband. Typically they always look at the spouse first in these type of cases. Apparently they were going through martial issues and being the heiress to a billion dollar business and rumors of a nanny being involved somewhere would point to something fishy going but maybe all of that was just a random coincidence

You really think the husband could’ve hired this thug? The 430 time is something only the husband would know.

Although with this guy’s background and his deviant mind he could have just seen an opportunity. My guess is the victim was raped then murdered.

Most thugs Ex Cons are into drugs and money and usually only rape women/men they know. This is a special kind of predator. He should NEVER SEE the light of day again.

There are just some people who are not meant to live in society. He is one of them. There is NO AMOUNT of rehabilitation that is going to change that.

(09-05-2022 08:53 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  

(09-05-2022 07:58 PM)boss man Wrote:  Agreed, this is just tragic. A damn lifelong criminal murders this woman. Cleotha needs to have a hot date set up with Sparky in Nashville in about 15 years after appealing it all the way to the SC.

Just take him out and shoot him in the head. Be done with it

This, there's no doubt he kidnapped, likely raped and then murdered her in cold blood. This dude is just another savage animal. The Memphis jail is full of them. Working there gets to me at times, it can be depressing and stressful. After being off for my knee surgery I really don't want to go back there tomorrow.

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(09-05-2022 09:30 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(09-05-2022 08:53 PM)MemTigers1998 Wrote:  

(09-05-2022 07:58 PM)boss man Wrote:  Agreed, this is just tragic. A damn lifelong criminal murders this woman. Cleotha needs to have a hot date set up with Sparky in Nashville in about 15 years after appealing it all the way to the SC.

Just take him out and shoot him in the head. Be done with it

This, there's no doubt he kidnapped, likely raped and then murdered her in cold blood. This dude is just another savage animal. The Memphis jail is full of them. Working there gets to me at times, it can be depressing and stressful. After being off for my knee surgery I really don't want to go back there tomorrow.

If the corner of zach curlin and central is now dangerous the the city is truly lost

Its a shame. Prog filth democrats have destroyed the place

And yet another brutally violent crime by an ethnic minority with a history against an ethnic majority that was at the wrong place at the wrong time. And yet the media narrative only focuses on crimes, much more infrequent, in the opposite direction. So tired of this ****. This young lady was living her best life and in a flash it is all taken away by a lifetime criminal in, I'm sorry, a city that is full of such thugs. I hope this animal rots and dies quickly and gets arse-raped in hell for eternity by the biggest **** to cross the River Styx.

The body found has been identified as Eliza Fletcher

https://www.fox13memphis.com/



Heartbreaking.

If ever there was a time for swift and severe (death penalty execution) punishment this is one of them.

(09-06-2022 07:20 AM)bearcatfan Wrote:  If ever there was a time for swift and severe (death penalty execution) punishment this is one of them.

Yea. A screwdriver through his ear.

1. That the offender be drawn to the gallows, and not be carried or walk: though usually (by connivance length ripened by humanity into law) a sledge or hurdle is allowed, to preserve the offender from the extreme torment of being dragged on the ground or pavement

2. That he be hanged by the neck and then cut down alive

3. That his entrails be taken out and burned, while he is yet alive

4. That his head be cut off

5. That his body be divided in four parts

6. That his head and quarters be at the king's the familys disposal

She played soccer for Memphis back in the day. Very sad.



https://gotigersgo.com/sports/womens-soc...llford/581

(09-06-2022 07:20 AM)bearcatfan Wrote:  If ever there was a time for swift and severe (death penalty execution) punishment this is one of them.

In 20 years there will be millions of white women declaring his trial and scheduled execution unjust on social media (or the future equivalent of social media).

During this morning's hearing additional charges were filed:

• murder
• premeditated murder
• murder in perpetration of a kidnapping
  

He can't afford bond nor can he afford an attorney. The court will assign a public defender.

There will be an autopsy and additional charges may be filed pending outcome.