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.'
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Odds are that it is a matter of collecting the body.
Released in July 2020, at the height of the BLM era.
“Billionaire heiress ‘kidnapper’”
In the US, high-value targets like her could be out in public without a security detail. In a Third World country, that is not possible.
Wanna find the teacher? Bring back the old “Third Degree.”
I've since read her clothing was found in a McDonald's dumpster.
She's dead.
I'd bet the guy who abducted, raped, and murdered her didn't even know who she was.
Just another random white woman.
The woman said Abston was in a ‘strange mood’ and that she saw him frantically cleaning the interior of his car with carpet cleaner and washing his clothes in his home’s sink.
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.’
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I would think, based on the above, it’s going to be a body recovery situation, IF he’ll tell them where she is.
I don’t have words for animals like this .... other than ‘animal’. He needs to be put down like one that’s rabid.
Is it just me this morning, or is the article horribly written?
Kemper Durand, yes, I remember that case. At the time it was said Durand was fortunate and his kidnapper would have eventually killed him when he couldn’t get any more money out of the ATM system. I will bet this time the ending is tragic.
What kind of woman goes jogging at 4 in the morning when it’s still dark? TOTALLY NAIVE.
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
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She’s gone.
This site gives the abduction site an “F” for safety. And she was there alone at 4 AM.
Beautiful young lady, unfortunate that she had to cross paths with that vile piece of pond scum..of course the left favors letting more of these kind of trash out of our prisons to murder more innocent people. Unfortunately she’s dead, there is zero chance she is still alive, the only hope is that this piece of crap tells the cops where her body is so her family can lay her to rest
“What kind of woman goes jogging at 4 in the morning when it’s still dark? TOTALLY NAIVE.”
In an area rated F for safety.
https://crimegrade.org/safest-places-in-memphis-tn-metro/
Poor Husband and Family. What a terrible thing to go through. Not to mention all the people certain that the husband did it. They have had their world turned inside and out. Prayers for all of them.
She was a victim of opportunity. He had no idea who she was.
> Odds are that it is a matter of collecting the body. <
Sadly, yes. Tennessee has the death penalty. So it might come to this: Death penalty is off the table in exchange for information on where her body is.
She’s probably dead and laying in a nearby woods somewhere.
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