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[...] Fletcher, 34, was abducted on her regular 4 a.m. jog Friday after stalked by Cleotha Abston, who’d waited for her to run past him, the police affidavit alleged. She had run from her home in the fancy Central Gardens neighborhood to a nice area near the University of Memphis campus. Court records show Abston, 38, is a previously convicted kidnapper: he pleaded guilty to especially aggravated kidnapping and robbery in 2001. He was sentenced to 24 years and 11 years in prison respectively, although it is unclear how long he remained incarcerated and if he served his sentences concurrently....

Lois Smart sends a message to her missing daughter to be strong, as her husband, Ed, reacts during a news conference on June 17. — The focus of the search for missing Salt Lake City 14-year-old Elizabeth Smart will shift to neighborhood efforts today, as the police investigation into the girl's alleged abduction seems to have slowed. Mobile watch leaders met Monday night and today plan to go throughout the city, neighborhood by neighborhood, canvassing people door-to-door hoping to gain new information in the case. "While we've searched the whole city there are still pockets, places that we have...