Mother of Eliza Fletcher s Accused Rapist and Killer Cleotha Abston Says She Is Standing By Her Son and Insists Is a Good Person amren.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from amren.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Virgie Abston, 65, has spoken out for the first time since her son Cleotha, 38, was arrested in connection to the abduction and murder of jogger Eliza Fletcher, 34, in Memphis, Tennessee.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says MPD should have acted more aggressively to solve the 2021 assault; DNA analysis was completed a few days after the disappearance of Eliza Fletcher.
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The city, which had a record number of homicides last year, was already reeling from the abduction and killing of a young woman when a gunman shot seven people, four of them fatally.