Posted on 10/28/2024 1:46:17 PM PDT by george76
A killer unexpectedly pleaded guilty to abducting and murdering an heiress elementary school teacher during her morning run.
Cleotha Abston, 40, admitted to the September 2022 killing of Eliza Fletcher, 34, in a Memphis court Monday morning.
The career criminal was branded 'evil' by Fletcher's family as he was sentenced to life without parole for first-degree murder and aggravated kidnaping.
It was a surprise turn of events, as Abston was due to stand trial in February, 2024, and prosecutors had said they would seek the death penalty.
The mom-of-two, a member of a billionaire Tennessee software family, vanished during an early morning run after being forced into a car by Abston.
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Your actions were evil. There is no other word for it. You murdered Liza, even though she did nothing to deserve it. She did not hurt you. In fact, she would’ve been the first to help if you needed it.'
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Abston was sentenced to 80 years in prison May 17 for raping a woman a year before he was charged in Fletcher’s death.
He was convicted in April of raping the woman while holding her at gunpoint in September 2021.
Abston, whose history of criminal charges dates back to the 1990s when he was a juvenile, was not charged in the 2021 rape case until after being charged a year later with killing Fletcher because of a long delay in processing the sexual assault kit.
After Fletcher’s death, the Legislature passed a law requiring the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to issue a quarterly report on sexual assault kit testing times.
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Cleotha Abston, 40, admitted to the September 2022 killing of Eliza Fletcher, 34, in a Memphis court Monday morning.
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Cue the Boo Boo question....
Fletcher was an old looking 34
White girl bleed a lot?
But don't you dare call this another case of black on white violence. That'd be rayciss.
Women running alone on paths should consider carrying a taser or pistol with quick access..
Life without parole for a serial rapist/murderer? Should have gotten the death penalty.
Especially in the early morning hours in Memphis.
I would only go jogging in Memphis with several hidden weapons.
I hope he doesn’t get hurt in prison. Convicts always looking for ways to make money.
I always rephrase this as "Taxpayers sentenced to life in prison."
Black on white crime, media mum, doesn’t fit their narrative.
Again and again and again. But remember, white people are the problem.
Maybe he’ll share a cell with a white Bubba.
This happened within walking distance of my house.
I didn’t personally know the family but my mother and grandmother did.
They lived in a nice neighborhood but in Memphis one street might be fine and two streets over is a bad neighborhood.
Liza was addicted to running and had an eating disorder. Look at the pictures and you can tell.
By the way her family made money in hardware not software (as in tools for the yard and construction). Why a person from a billionaire family wasn’t at least packing is beyond me.
The prudent solution is to jog indoors on a treadmill.
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