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Memphis police identify Eliza Fletcher's body as abduction suspect faces first-degree murder charge
Fox News ^ | Sept. 6, 2022 | Lorraine Taylor, Adam Sabes, Bradford Betz, Michael Ruiz, Danielle Wallace and Stephanie Pagones

Posted on 09/06/2022 7:25:34 AM PDT by libstripper

The body found near the Memphis crime scene late Sunday has been identified as missing teacher and young mother Eliza Fletcher, the Memphis Police Department confirmed.

Fletcher was abducted while she was running near the University of Memphis early Friday morning. Agents with the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Cleotha Abston, 38, on Saturday after matching his DNA to a pair of sandals found near the scene.

Abston was charged Tuesday morning with first-degree murder, in addition to his previous charges, records show.

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To: libstripper

Hate to say it, but the girl was pretty stupid jogging alone at 4:00 in the morning in MEMPHIS. This is where a dose of racism (aka reality) would have saved her life. Do not assume that black people are just like white people because most of them are not. You might get away with jogging in Vermont at that time of the morning, but Memphis ain’t Vermont.


21 posted on 09/06/2022 7:40:01 AM PDT by Penelope Dreadful (And there is Pansies, that's for Thoughts. +Sodomy & Abortion are NOT cornerstones of Civilization! )
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“As men it is our duty to protect our women”

My wife gets p.o.ed occasionally because I insist on tagging along when she goes places.......and that’s in the daytime.....her going out nights by herself is non-negotiable.

Then when something like this happens I just look at her and say “and you want to run around by yourself”......she usually doesn’t say much.


22 posted on 09/06/2022 7:40:40 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: 9422WMR

Stop blaming the victim.


23 posted on 09/06/2022 7:41:11 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. -- P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: fwdude
Is the left busy yet crafting “Cleotha” into a saint?

Give them time.

24 posted on 09/06/2022 7:44:35 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF pilot. USAF aviation runs in the family )
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To: NorthMountain
Per the NY Post: "Cleotha Abston, 38, has a juvenile record dating back to when he was just 12 — with charges including aggravated assault with a weapon and rape, according to court records..."

https://nypost.com/2022/09/05/eliza-fletcher-suspect-cleotha-abston-has-disturbing-criminal-record/

25 posted on 09/06/2022 7:45:45 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (A Republic - if you can keep it.)
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To: Mark17

“official” photo of the perp [ I’ve never learned the html to post a pic ...]

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/cleotha-abston-1.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=776


26 posted on 09/06/2022 7:45:55 AM PDT by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: fwdude

If the sandals don’t fit, you must acquit!...................


27 posted on 09/06/2022 7:46:11 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Semper Vigilantis
"Cleotha Abston, 38, has a juvenile record dating back to when he was just 12 — with charges including aggravated assault with a weapon and rape, according to court records..."


Only A Lad
You really can't blame him
Only A Lad
Society's made him
Only A Lad
He's our responsibility
Oh, ooh-oh

Only A Lad
He really couldn't help it
Only A Lad
He didn't wanna do it
Only A Lad
He's underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused

Oh-oh-oh, ooh-oh
Ooh, ooh-oh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-oh-ooh

28 posted on 09/06/2022 7:47:08 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: NorthMountain

“We’ll give him a fair trial and then hang him.” - Judge Roy Bean........................


29 posted on 09/06/2022 7:48:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: libstripper

His entire family is f****d up

Stated by his uncle NY Post


30 posted on 09/06/2022 7:48:08 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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To: Semper Vigilantis

These long records really raise the question: Why was this sumbitch still walking the streets a free man?


31 posted on 09/06/2022 7:49:32 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: libstripper
If any BLM'ers are stupid enough to start up with their Maoist stress sessions, the object of their attacks can get up and start shouting back at them:

"Ferals hang your head in shame, Eliza Fletcher! Say her name!" (Do they feel shame? Probably not.)

32 posted on 09/06/2022 7:50:30 AM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: NorthMountain

Because the only examples nowadays are bad examples.


33 posted on 09/06/2022 7:51:31 AM PDT by Semper Vigilantis (A Republic - if you can keep it.)
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To: Avalon Memories

“ Stop blaming the victim.”
Well who then is to blame? Your not going to blame that nice black fellow that allegedly got arrested for it are you? That would be right. He was just turning his life around, about to go to college….
Dems will let him out on a no cash bond.


34 posted on 09/06/2022 7:51:52 AM PDT by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: Avalon Memories
Stop blaming the victim

I don't see it as "blaming the victim" but rather an example to others what happens when poor choices are made.
Of course the fact that I spent the first 57 years of my life in NYC may be influencing my mind set.

35 posted on 09/06/2022 7:51:53 AM PDT by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........Then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: hillarys cankles
ALL THIS WOMAN HAD TO DO was carry pepper/bear spray in her hand while jogging and be ready to use it if anyone aggressively approached her..

So damn easy and a matter of life or death.

PAY ATTENTION, LADY FREEPERS!

A dog that was PART PIT BULL was loose in the neighborhood and approached me during my walk. My finger was itchin' to pull that trigger but the dog turned out to NOT be aggressive.

SO DAMN EASY.

36 posted on 09/06/2022 7:52:20 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: fwdude

the left? I’m waiting for the usual suspects to come on FR to declare we’re racist for suggesting that could happen.
I also suspect Eliza had a bit of sjw in her also, in order to go jogging at 4:30 AM in Memphis without pepper spray or a trained German Shephard.


37 posted on 09/06/2022 7:52:56 AM PDT by ronniesgal (a change would do you good.)
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To: V_TWIN

Lately my hub doesnt want me going to Walmart...during the day!! I appreciate his concern, but sheesh.


38 posted on 09/06/2022 7:53:13 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
[DNC media shills talking point] "Perhaps the most serious consequence of this crime will be the re-election of Donald Trump, and the triumph of his war on racial justice and diversity."

39 posted on 09/06/2022 7:55:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Avalon Memories

Oh stop that!

No one is blaming the victim……
…they are just recognizing the common sense of NOT running in the dark, carrying no weapon or even mace ( because I think if she had it she would have used it!)
…and in skimpy clothes.
I thought I read she does the same run, same time, same route.

Given nowadays she could be abducted in the broad daylight, but it is just plain dumb to run at night!


40 posted on 09/06/2022 7:55:36 AM PDT by Guenevere (“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?”)
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