A Tennessee Court Of Appeals Has Ruled In Favor Of The City Of Memphis In A Civil Trial Brought By Alicia Franklin, The Woman Who Had Been Previously Victimized By Cleotha Abston Who Was Later Charged With The Murder Of Eliza Fletcher.
A New Defense Attorney For Cleotha Abston-Henderson Is Asking That The Case Be Moved Out Of Memphis. Abston Is Charged With The September 2022 Kidnapping And Murder Of Eliza Fletcher.
A Shelby County Judge Decided That A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Will Stand Trial For Those Charges In A Shelby County Court.
Cleotha Abston, Also Known As Cleotha Henderson, Will Be In Court On February 10, 2025 To Answer To Charges Of First-Degree Murder, Especially Aggravated Kidnapping, Tampering With Evidence, And Unlawful Possession Of A Weapon In Connection To Eliza Fletcher’s Death.
A Woman, Who The Memphis Police Department Says Was Abducted And Sexually Assaulted By Cleotha Abston Henderson In 2021, Is Suing The City Of Memphis And Is Accusing The Police Department For Inadequately Investigating Her Sexual Assault Case.
Cleotha Abston Henderson, The Man Accused Of The Kidnapping And Murder Of A Memphis Teacher Eliza Fletcher, Has Now Been Connected To A 2021 Abduction After Results Of A Backlogged DNA Kit Were Received. A New Law That Went Into Effect Earlier This Year Would Have Prevented Both Of Those Crimes By Keeping Him In Jail.
Tennessee Lawmakers Have Said Memphis Teacher Eliza Fletcher’s Violent Death Could Have Been Prevented If A New Law Had Existed When Her Murderer Was Previously Incarcerated. Thirty-Eight Year Old Cleotha Abston Had Been Recently Released Early From A State Prison For A Previous Crime And Was Not Under Supervision Or Parole At The Time Of His Attack On Fletcher.
A Memphis Man Pleaded Guilty On Monday To The 2022 Kidnapping And Murder Of A Kindergarten Teacher Out On A Morning Run, Opting To Avoid The Possibility Of Receiving The Death Penalty.
The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation Has Made Progress In Shortening Months-Long Delays In Laboratory Testing Of Sexual Assault Evidence, According To A New Audit By The State’s Comptroller.
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