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Billionaire heiress 'kidnapper', who was released from 20-year sentence in 2020 for abducting lawyer, 'cleaned inside of his car and washed clothes in sink before arrest': Suspect refuses to tell cops where missing kindergarten teacher is
The Daily Mail ^ | 09/04/2022 | Alex Oliveira and Paul Farrell

Posted on 09/04/2022 11:23:25 AM PDT by thegagline

The man accused of kidnapping billionaire heiress Eliza Fletcher was recently released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence for a similar crime.

Cleotha Abston, 38, was arrested and convicted in 2000 for the kidnapping of Memphis attorney Kemper Durand.

At around 2am May 25, 2000, Abston approached Durand from behind on Beale Street in Memphis then robbed him and forced him into the trunk of his car, according to the Memphis Flyer.

Abston then drove Durand around for several hours, then forced him into an ATM and demanded he draw out cash. While in the ATM Durand spotted a housing authority officer and yelled for help, causing Abston to flee.

Abston was convicted for that kidnapping and released from prison in July of 2020, according to Tennessee Department of Corrections, The US Sun reported.

On Sunday Abston was charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence following Fletcher's Friday disappearance.

In addition to surveillance footage which showed the entirety of the 'violent' abduction in which Fletcher was forced into a black SUV with a broken taillight, an affidavit showed cops identified Abston as the kidnapper by a pair of sandals he left behind at the scene. *** Investigators also determined Abston's cell was in the vicinity of the kidnapping at the time Fletcher was taken. *** Abston still has not said where Fletcher is or what he did to her. The affidavit said evidence, including blood, found in Abston's car led them to believe Fletcher suffered a 'serious injury.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: black; blackonwhitecrime; crime; dailynazi; dailynazimail; localnews; racism; splc; white
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To: Jonty30

Well, she was wearing a red hat, you know. He doesn’t make the laws, he just enforces them. Think of him as a racial, cultural cop, take a spoonful of sugar, and it will all go down smoothly.


21 posted on 09/04/2022 11:46:23 AM PDT by DPMD ( )
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To: CivilWarBrewing

A white one. Same as the ones that go jogging alone through the woods.


22 posted on 09/04/2022 11:46:23 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: thegagline

did he kill the lawyer?


23 posted on 09/04/2022 11:47:30 AM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives. Leftists are genocidal. )
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To: BobL

“High value targets...without a security detail.” The irony of course is that no-value non-targets like lib dems, flatter themselves by squandering millions on private security, when they’re completely unnecessary, the point apparently being to make themselves conspicuous in public so people will recognize them.


24 posted on 09/04/2022 11:48:30 AM PDT by DPMD ( )
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To: thegagline

I now see he didnt


25 posted on 09/04/2022 11:49:33 AM PDT by Chickensoup ( Leftists totalitarian fascists are eradicating conservatives. Leftists are genocidal. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Tulsa is #8 of most dangerous cities?


26 posted on 09/04/2022 11:51:29 AM PDT by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: EEGator

> Same as the ones that go jogging alone through the woods. <

I do a lot of cycling through the woods near my house. Now and again I come across a woman jogging or cycling alone. It kinda bothers me, as the trail runs near some not-so-nice neighborhoods.

Anyway, I always carry an extra can of Sabre pepper spray on the trail. I’ll offer it as a gift should I see a lone woman on the trail. Always carry it in your hand, lady. No one has refused it, yet.


27 posted on 09/04/2022 11:56:17 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: DPMD

“the point apparently being to make themselves conspicuous in public so people will recognize them.”

I’d say Farrakhan was the best at using his ‘security’ detail to make him look important...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhGM3LHy6UE&t=1740s


28 posted on 09/04/2022 11:58:15 AM PDT by BobL (The Globalists/Neocons desperately want Ukraine to win...makes it easy for me to choose a side)
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To: super7man
Is it just me this morning, or is the article horribly written?

It is not you. I wasn't sure if the billionaire heiress was the lawyer (no pronoun provided at first), the perp (named Cleotha) or the kindergarten teacher (how many of those?!).

Very, very sad. Poor writing doesn't help.
29 posted on 09/04/2022 12:00:37 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: thegagline

This feral should be ripped from his cell today and strung up from the nearest tree.


30 posted on 09/04/2022 12:03:22 PM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: CivilWarBrewing
TOTALLY NAIVE.

Don't be too hard on her, she's also a victim of a nefarious political narrative.

31 posted on 09/04/2022 12:03:38 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: nwrep
Released in July 2020, at the height of the BLM era.

A shame the toilet malfunctioned and the flush of the BLM and its ilk didn't work. Still at its "height."

We'll have to try again sometime.

33 posted on 09/04/2022 12:05:12 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Leaning Right

I’m in favor of restoring the Pax Romana; for 207 years, you could walk the roads in the Roman Empire without fear of crime of any type and anyone caught engaging in it knew they had committed crime for the last time in their lives.


34 posted on 09/04/2022 12:06:06 PM PDT by laconic (l)
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To: newfreep

35 posted on 09/04/2022 12:06:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: thegagline

I am having a problem with my much loved Free Republic. This important story has this one thread I found.

Can someone point out some other threads I missed?
Or is this it?

Many thanks.


36 posted on 09/04/2022 12:12:50 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: Drew68

Correct. The McDonald’s is about a mile or so south of where I am posting.

Sorry to say but being young, female, alone and out jogging two and a half hours before the sun rises in a city with the third highest murder rate in the country is about as safe as playing Russian roulette.

I have known of this family for years, my grandmother was friends with them a hundred years ago. The abducted woman lived on my old newspaper route I had as a kid.

So people I know were friends with Eliza. She had anorexia. And she ran all the time. It sounds like running and staying skinny was some sort of an addiction. People who knew her said she ran in every local race and jogged every single day. Addictions can cost you your life, and not just alcohol, tobacco and drug addictions.


37 posted on 09/04/2022 12:12:52 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: laconic

and usually crucified!


38 posted on 09/04/2022 12:14:19 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: thegagline

I would guess the Mississippi River is the most popular dumping grounds for Memphis criminals.


39 posted on 09/04/2022 12:15:40 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: thegagline
To the staff that put together Biden's most recent "Blood-red speech", WE are not the problem, YOU and your constituents are the problem. You are murders and you know it.
40 posted on 09/04/2022 12:16:22 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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