fletcher constantly pushing boundaries in the pop world.ong on top 40 radio that year, to her latest viral hit, "becky's so hot" about her ex's new girlfriend. ♪ >> i'm from jersey. so i don't really have much of a filter. to me, it's just like oversharing is caring. >> the asbury park native's love of music started much earlier, back when she was just a kid. ♪ somewhere over a rainbow ♪ >> take me back to asbury park, new jersey, young cari fletcher. >> yeah, young cari fletcher. >> how did you find music? >> i was a very socially anxious kid. i didn't have that many friends. i was sinning before i was ever speaking. my mom put me in voice lessons when i was 5 years old, and i was able to communicate things that i wasn't able to verbalize just by speaking. >> music became more than a refuge. it became a passion. and it wasn't long before a teenaged fletcher was wowing judges on the x factor. ♪ till now i always got by on my own ♪ >> did you feel that you had to adhere to this box that society put pop stars in? >> i think from the very begi

i don't know what it was. >> reporter: alicia franklin and eliza fletcher.rom memphis who never met but have an unthinkable connection. >> he was like, "don't look at me, if you look at me, i'm going to kill you." i made sure i didn't look at him. >> on september 21st, 2021, alicia says she drove to a memphis apartment complex to pick up a man she'd met online after they'd texted for weeks. the two had planned to go out for dinner. but instead, when she arrived, alicia says he quickly put a gun to her head and violently raped her. >> i begged him to let me go, i told him i was pregnant. he didn't care. but he said something in the nature of, "all you bitches say the same thing" like he does this every day. >> reporter: fast forward almost a year, september 2nd, 2022. >> an urgent search, a 34-year-old kindergarten teacher reported missing friday after she did not return from an early morning run. >> reporter: eliza fletcher, kindergarten teacher and mother of two, went out for an early morning run, but she never returned. nearly four days later her body was

fletcher all day sunday and all day monday.as has been stated, it was not the outcome we were looking for. we were dedicated and committed to continue those search efforts with our partners until she was found. next i will turn it over to district attorney steve morrow. >> thank you. good morning. i also want to add my condolences and the condolenceens of my office to the family of eliza fletcher. to lose someone so young and vital is a tragedy in and of itself but to have it done this way is unimaginable and express our deepest condolences. i am praying for eliza and the family. with respect to the family both law enforcement and our office was in contact with the family throughout this long weekend. they have been fully cooperative throughout that entire process and in contrast to whatever baseless speculation you might have seen, we have no reason to think this was anything other than an isolated attack by a stranger. with respect to the family, we were in touch with them, as i said, throughout the course of the weekend. i v

fletcher was jogging around 4:20 a.m. last friday when surveillance video showed a man jump out of this suv and force her inside. her body was found monday a few miles away. >> we have no reason to think this was anything other than an isolated attack by a stranger. >> reporter: court records now reveal henderson in 2020 was released from prison four years early in a prior kidnapping case, and years before that conviction, he was convicted the rape. fletcher's murder has sparked an outcry from runners around the country, particularly females, speaking out about the safety of the sport they love. >> what's being taught to us is that it doesn't matter what time of day you run. it doesn't matter what clothing you wear. we are still targets. >> reporter: and the podcaster known as "ali on the run" saying this on instagram. "this morning was the first morning in my 14 years as a runner that i was too afraid to get up and run in the dark." hundreds plan to gather in memphis early tomorrow to finish eliza's run. she was kidnappe

fletcher, i miss you so much. so every year their wedding anniversary was of fletcher's husband, wrote her a love note on instagram. on >> reading them now will maketa you cry, but you can see why hgu felt that way, her warmth and her decency shine through. meanwhile, memphis, seven miles across the city, lived a ma called clutha absent likewise of fletcher. epstein also grep inw up in the city of memphis, but heferet could not have s been a more different sort of person. judging from his long public record close, the albiston devoted his life to preying on people weaker than he was. mn austin was a predator. he was an evil man at a young age. eppstein was arrested for among many, many other things, stealing aggravated assault weapons charges, carjackeapons g and . in 2000, he was convicted of kidnapping a local attorney at gunpoint downtown and forcing him into the trunk of hisa ma car . crimes like that are common in memphis. last year, the city reported more than a hundred kidnapings. >> but like mostkidnap lif

fletcher. i'm at home with my kids missing you guys wishing we were at st. maries but i wanted to say hi. >> hey, girls, it's mrs. fletcher. every year on their wedding anniversary her husband where he her a love note on instagram and if makes you cry. her love and decent seizure y shrineshines through. a man grew up in the city of memphis but could not have been a more different sort of person. he devoted his life to preying on people weaker than he was. he was a predator, he was an evil man. at a young age, he was arrested for stealing, aggravated assault, weapons charges, carjacking and rape. in 2000 convicted of kidnapping a man in local downtown and throwing him in the trunk of his car. the city reported more than 100 kidnappings. he was never fully punished for what he d. nor is he in hi way reformed by his experience behind bars. abston was well known in his apartment complex for terrifying his neighbors and nobody in the justice system seemed to have intervened. early last friday mornin

police say 38 year old cleo to abstain has refused to say where fletcher is. they say surveillance video shows a man violently approaching fletcher and forcing her into an suv last friday. police say they traced the suv's plates to abstain along with his dna from sandals left at the scene, and they say a witness saw him cleaning his clothes and the interior of his suv after fletcher's abduction. court papers reveal apps and recently served a 20 year prison sentence in a different kidnapping case, pleading guilty to abducting an attorney and trying to force him to withdraw cash from an atm. the attorney later saying, it's quite likely that i would have been killed had i not escaped police not revealing a potential motive in fletcher's kidnapping, but the 34 year old is the granddaughter of a prominent tennessee businessman who founded a $3 billion hardware company. police say there's reason to believe fletcher was seriously injured during the abduction. for now, her family continues to wait for answers. andrew rhiannon, christine thank you one of the suspects i

. >> carley: fox news alert, man accused of killing eliza fletcher is heading into the courtroom today, set to be arained on murder charges one day after investigators found the body of the mother behind a vacant apartment. you're watching "fox and friends first," i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. the suspect being charged had a very violent history of rape, assault and kidnapping dating back to the time he was just 11 times. cleotha abston was 16 when he began a prison term. brooke singman has breaking details on this case. brooke. >> brooke: good morning, human remains have been confirmed to be those of missing heiress and mother of two, eliza fletcher. >> memphis police department discovered remains of a body, further forensic investigation by the mpd positively identified the body was in fact eliza fletcher. >> fletcher's body was located in an abandoned home seven miles from where she was kidnapped and one mile away from where cleotha abston was seen cleaning the floors of his suv. her family is demanding justice saying we are heartbroken and devastated by this senseless

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as police identify the body of eliza fletcher. this is what we're watching at this hour. >> thank you so much for being here, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. it is a big break and a tragic outcome in the case of a missing woman in tennessee. police are just identified the body of eliza fletcher, a school teacher and mother of two children. she was abducted while jogging early friday and now the man charged with first degree murder just wrapped his first court appearance. gary tuchman is live at the courthouse in memphis with more on this. what's the very latest? >> kate, ten minutes before this arraignment was scheduled for an accused kidnapper, it ultimately became an arraignment for accused murderer. we were informed by the memphis police that the body that was recovered last night was identified as eliza fletcher. such a sad outcome. this woman who was kidnapped on friday had been missing since then. before her body was found, the arraignment was scheduled in the court for cleotha abston. we saw him coming in. he was wearing a mask

. >>> also tonight the tragic discovery, a identified as missing jogger eliza fletcher. as her suspected killer makes his first court appearance, new details on his violent past. >>> the doj weighing an appeal after a judge ordered a special master in the mar-a-lago search battle and the new video pro-trump operatives escorted into a georgia election office. the same day the voting system there was allegedly breached. >>> the emotional return, uvalde studentsigoing back to school the colorful show of support across the state. >>> the alarming new report of that nuclear plant in ukraine why u.n. inspectors say they are gravely concerned. >>> queen elizabeth's first publicuk's new prime minister. >>> the on-air health scare for a news anchor, her sudden symptoms and her warning to others. >>> and missing in america. after seeing our report, one family's 30-year-old mystery finally solved >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. the american west is scorching tonight under a smooth ring heat dome that won't giving producing temperatures nev

and force fletcher into a vehicle.n slides in the street. we're told the footwear was sent to state investigators who linked them to abston through a dna match from a previous conviction where he served more than 20 years in prison for kidnapping a memphis lawyer at gun point. >> the police have worked very quickly on this. probably getting the vehicle and looking at, one, dna that might have been in the car that they have that belongs to him. >> the affidavit also claims witnesses saw abston cleaning his clothes and the floor of his s.u.v. following fletcher's disappearance. the news shocking neighbors who say this is rare in this neighborhood. >> she is just a beautiful person and it's awful to see the evil that's in the world. >> now according to state crime data, abductions are scarce on the university of memphis campus, only two instances have been reported in the last decade. but after fletcher's abduction last friday, memphis police say they plan to step up patrols around the campus. now, as it relates to abston

. >>> tonight in memphis, officials are searching for the whereabouts of 34-year-old eliza fletcher, last seen on video jogging friday morning. the 38-year-old suspect who was charged with her kidnapping is not cooperating, according to investigators. as cbs' elise preston explains, the suspect has a lengthy criminal history. >> reporter: investigators say this surveillance photo cap tours the last known whereabouts of eliza fletcher, the 34-year-old mother of two who disappeared while jogging near the university of memphis friday morning. >> it's very important that if anybody knows the whereabouts of miss fletcher, to contact the police immediately. >> reporter: a shelby county court affidavit states unreleased surveillance video shows fletcher was violently grabbed and forced into this black suv. police believe the billionaire heiress was seriously hurt by this man, 38-year-old cleotha abston. at the scene, police found fletcher's broken cell phone and sandals they traced to abston through dna testing. cell records allegedly ping abston to the area at the time of the kidnapping. a

al peinar la zona encontraron el cuerpo de una mujer, que se confirmÓ que es de fletcher.de pudo haber desaparecido la maestra de 34 aÑos. fletcher saliÓ a trotar a las cuatro de la madrugada un barrio cercano a la universidad de memphis, cuando un hombre lo obligÓ a entrar en un todoterreno negro. los registros judiciales revelan que abston cumpliÓ anteriormente una condena de prisiÓn hace mÁs de 20 aÑos. patricia: terribles historias. chicago sufriÓ este fin de semana un verdadero baÑo de sangre con un total de 55 personas heridas de bala. de esas 55, 11 fallecieron en tiroteos registrados en toda la ciudad. cÓmo estarÁn las cosas que aÚn asÍ, el superintendente de la ciudad interpretÓ estas cifras como una mejorÍa con respecto al aÑo pasado. david: el fin de semana del dÍa del trabajo en chicago termina con un saldo trÁgico de incidentes violentos con arma de fuego. 55 personas recibieron impactos de bala, y hasta el momento 11 han muerto. el jefe de la policÍa de chicago dice que los tiroteos disminuyeron 15 % en comparaciÓn con el fin de semana del dÍa del trabajo del

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we have been following the story abouty liza fletcher since friday when this heiress disappeared on her morning jog. she went jogging and her family reported her missing four hours after that. >> bill: that afternoon investigators got surveillance footage of a man attacking here. they arrested a suspect a day later. >> dana: his name is cleotha abston and served a 20 year prison sentence for kidnapping and appearing in court in an hour. we are reporting live from memphis. >> good morning, guys. 38-year-old cleotha abston will face aggravated kidnapping and evidence tampering charges this morning in a memphis courtroom with the abduction of eliza fletcher. this coming hours after memphis police say they found a deceased body in a residential neighborhood in south memphis late monday evening. i want to make it clear memphis police haven't confirmed whether or not the remains belong to fletcher. the scene is attracting a large police presence. dozens of officers assisted in the investigation. the body was found a mile away from the apartment complex where abston was seen cleaning the floor

meanwhile, fletcher's family is offering a reward leading to her safe return. jericka?> elise preston reporting from memphis, thank you. >>> with the midterms approaching, there is deep concern tonight among americans about the state of our democracy. a cbs news poll out today shows 72% of americans think u.s. democracy is under threat. why? the top answers include the influence of money in politics, potential for political violence, and attempts to overturn elections. cbs' mark strassmann has more. >> when i'm governor, we're going to take a sledgehammer to these damn electronic voting machines. >> reporter: take arizona's kari lake, or pennsylvania's doug mastriano. >> we, the people, are pissed. >> reporter: republicans running for governor and election deniers. evangelists of the big lie. >> what's really important for voters to understand is our process is actually as secure and transparent and professional as it's ever been. >> reporter: and yet since the 2020 election, at least 39 states changed or updated voting laws. often spurred by invented claims of widespre

but investigators are still desperately searching for eliza fletcher because the affidavit says abston won't tell police where to find the beloved teacher. >> that does not bode well for her wellness. >> reporter: now tributes grow near the university of memphis where police say fletcher vanished, the same scene where abston allegedly left his sandals amid a struggle according to the affidavit, dna from the shoes matched the suspect and helped authorities corner him saturday >> clearly this is impulsive. it was frantic he did not seem to put a lot of thought into premeditating this >> reporter: late sunday police scoured this memphis neighborhood the affidavit says that's the same area where two witnesses including the suspect's brother reported seeing him wash his clothes in a sink and clean the inside of the car with floor cleaner, acting very strange hours after kidnapping fletcher, the granddaughter of a memphis hardware store magnate. overnight police taking a dumpster away from the area as fletcher's tragic disappearance devastates her church, her school, and her family >> more t

fletcher.nvestigators believe that she was abducted while she was jogging. the suspect cleotha abston is charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence. fletcher has still not been located. cnn's gary tuchman is live for us in memphis, tennessee, with more on this case. gary, what can you tell us? >> reporter: brianna, good morning to you. three mornings ago eliza fletcher was jogging on this street and was at this very intersection in the dark next to the university of memphis when she was kidnapped. the story is sad, the story is traumatic and the worst is feared. >> we want to find her. >> reporter: a major break, but still no sign of eliza fletcher. police have arrested a 38-year-old man claimed cleotha abston in connection with the tennessee teacher's disapp disappearance. he is now charged with kidnapping and tampering with evidence. it's unclear if he has an attorney. the arrest comes after u.s. marshals tracked down what a criminal complaint affidavit says is

>> duncan: tonight in memphis, officials are searching for the whereabouts of 34-year-old eliza fletchere was last seen on video jogging friday morning. the 38-year-old suspect who was charged with her kidnapping is not cooperating, according to investigators. and, as cbs's elise preston explains, the suspect has a lengthy criminal history. >> reporter: investigators say this surveillance photo captures the last-known whereabouts of eliza fletcher. the 34-year-old mother of two disappeared while jogging near the university of memphis friday morning. >> it's very important that if anybody knows the whereabouts of miss fletcher, to contact the police immediately. >> reporter: a shelby county court affidavit states unreleased surveillance video shows fletcher was violently grabbed and forced into this black s.u.v. police believe the billionaire heiress was seriously hurt by this man, 38-year-old cleotha abston. at the scene, police say they found fletcher's broken cell phone and sandals they traced to abston through d.n.a. testing. cell records allegedly pinged abston to the area at the tim

now, authorities have not yet alleged a motive in fletcher's killing, but the district attorney here says that it was an isolated attack by a random person. david? >> mola lenghi with us tonight. mola, thank you. >>> also tonight, the urgent manhunt for a mass stabbing suspect under way in saskatchewan, canada. police responding to a possible sighting of myles sanderson now. officers surrounding a home at james smith cree nation. he was not there. he and his brother accused of killing ten people and wounding 18 others. damien sanderson was found dead in a grassy area yesterday. authorities now say his wounds were not self-inflicted. a medical examiner will determine the exact cause of death. >>> we turn now to uvalde, texas, tonight. our team with the children going back to school there, not the same elementary school, but going back nonetheless. the state troopers standing guard, the therapy dogs there to help them. and the images after the school football team won its first home game, helping to lift that community on this first day back. abc's mireya villarreal in uvalde again ton

the suspect in the murder of eliza fletcher is facing.r, the mother of two, kidnapped and killed out for an early morning jog on september 2 in memphis. senior correspondent laura ingle has the latest. >> gillian, the list of crimes involving the manic use of the kidnapping and murder of eliza fletcher continues to grow. a suspect who returned to a courtroom monday on new, less serious charges that occurred around the same time mick kindergarten teacher was violently abducted off the streets of memphis. >> this is a new charge. this is your first appearance on this case? misdemeanor offense. >> 38-year-old cleotha henderson appeared for a brief hearing monday on charges stemming from stolen cash cards. the alleged crime taking place one day before eliza fletcher was kidnapped during her early morning run september 2. as new details on henderson's criminal history continue to mount an alarming case from last year has those in criminal law asking questions. last week new accusations from 2021 involving a different woman were revealed throug

fletcher all day sunday and all day monday.d, it was not the outcome we were looking for. we were dedicated and committed to continue those search efforts and assist our partners until she was found. next i'll turn it over to district attorney general steve moore. >> thank you. good morning. i also want to add my condolences and the condolences of my office to the family of eliza fletcher. to lose someone so young and so vital is a tragedy in and of itself. to have it happen this way with this senseless act of violence, it's unimaginable. we're praying for them. i'm praying for eliza and praying for the family. with respect to the family, both law enforcement and our office was in contact with the family throughout this long weekend. they have been fully cooperative throughout that entire process, and in contrast to whatever baseless speculation you might have seen, we have no reason to think this was anything other than an isolated attack by a stranger. with respect to the family, we were in touch with him, as i said, througho

meanwhile, fletcher's family is offering a reward to her safe return. jericka? >> still so many questions. elise preston reporting from memphis tonight. thank you. >>> well, labor day typically marks the kickoff of the home stretch of an election year. former president donald trump attended this rally last night. it was his first public appearance since the fbi's search at mar-a-lago. cbs's christina ruffini is in our washington bureau with more. christina, the former president had a lot to say last night. >> reporter: that's right. good evening, jericka. the former president spoke for almost two hours at a campaign-style rally that had himself and his ideology front and center. and that may or may not be a good thing for republicans come fall. >> our country's going to hell. >> reporter: that was the overall theme of the former president's remarks in pennsylvania last night. taking aim at president biden. >> he's an enemy of the state, you want to know the truth. >> reporter: and the fbi. following the search and seizure of classified marked documents at his fl

authorities search for fletcher four days after the b adduction. a criminal defense lawyer says authorities may have few options if the suspect does not speak up. >> it might be possible if he has a lawyer to perhaps cut some kind of a deal, but law enforcement is not going to want to cut a deal with someone they believe is involved in this kind of kidnapping and perhaps a homicide. so the fact that he has invoked his right to remain silent leaves the police in a bit of a bind. >> a judge has granted him a $500,000 bond. he is expected to make an appearance in the shelby county courtroom tuesday, molly. >> thank you very much. private investigator t.j. ward, very sadly the young mother has not been found and the suspect that they have in custody is not revealing details of where she is if he in fact knows that. what are the next steps that investigators can take? >> well, first of all, they have the dna and hopefully he had a phone and if he did, they may be able to take the phone from the triangle and see where his last position was where he was f

this friday marks one week since fletcher's abduction.omen's group in memphis is organizing an event called let's finish eliza's run asking female runners to finish what fletcher started that morning to help the community heal. mike. >> laura ingle tonight. thanks very much >> a cruise ship passenger has been killed in a shark attack in the bahamas. rob o'neill says the 58 woman was snorkeling when a bull shark attacked her. she died after arriving at a local hospital >> pennsylvania lieutenant governor john fetterman the democrat candidate for a senate seat says he will debate his opponent dr. mehmet oz. he declined to take part in a debate this week but in a statement released wednesday he leaves the door and date open saying a debate will take place sometime in the middle to the end of october >> this 150 million year old dinosaur fossil can be yours, and what's the story with this alligator? the day's best viral videos next. ♪ we got the house! you did! pods handles the driving. pack at your pace. store your things until you're ready.

fletcher. >> eliegz eliza fletcher is a w mother of two, and a kindergarten teacher in memphis. >> she'soung boys that obviously are worried about and just a great lady. really the best mom. >> eliza fletcher is an heiress whose late billionaire grandfather ran a company. the memphis based company is the nation's largest independent distributor in its field of hardware and home improvement, according to forbes. wmc posted a video statement from eliza's family members saying they have met with police and shared all the information they have. the family is offering a $50,000 reward for crime stoppers for information leading to her safe return. >> more than anything, we want to see liza returned home safely. the family has offered a reward for any information that leads to her safe return. we believe someone knows what happened and can help. >> and kaitlan, we have this disturbing detail from about 22 years ago. the suspect today back in 2000, he was found guilty of kidnapping a man, a lawyer here in memphis, who got away. but he served jail time, 20 years in prison. he was released novembe

reporter: tonight, authorities confirming the body of kidnapped teacher and mother of two eliza fletcher found in memphis late monday. >> the memphis police department and other law enforcement partners discovered the remains of a body, a human body, in the rear of a vacant duplex apartment. >> reporter: fletcher had been missing since 4:00 a.m. friday, when authorities say she was abducted while jogging near the university of memphis. officials say surveillance video shows a man hopping out of a black gmc suv who ran aggressively toward the victim and then forced fletcher into the passenger side of the vehicle. authorities arresting 38-year-old cleotha abston into custody, charging him with aggravate kidnapping and tampering with evidence. abston arraigned in court today. he faces additional charges of first degree murder and first degree murder in perpetration of kidnapping. tonight, fletcher's family demanding justice, stating, "we are heartbroken and devastated by this senseless loss. liza was a such a joy to so many." abstonen receiverened nearly two decades in prison for aggravated

>> clay: awful story on eliza fletcher.with our inability to put people violent behind bars and number of innocent people that continue to be victims. she is a metaphor of a larger issue with crime going on in the country. people can't get enough of it, steve. >> steve: clay travis thank you very much, hear you later today with buck on the radio. >> >> clay: appreciate you. >> steve: david limba a book he wrote with his daughter faith series, they are up next. first dana has a preview. >> dana: thank you so much. steve. authorities piecing together what happened to eliza fletcher. suspect expected back in court today and a live update from the local prosecutor there. >>> heat turning up on the midterms, cassie garcia can she flip the seat. bill bar, how does he think the mar-a-lago investigation ends. how is bill doing second day after the end of summer, see you at 9:00. so how many vaccines have you given to people? me? about 1000. walgreens...millions. ♪ i cannot miss her big debut. with your booster, i think you'll be th

cleotha abston is charged with kidnapping and murdering eliza fletcher. the initial attack was caught on camera but far from the only piece of damming evidence. >> bill: new video shows the suspect standing by the passenger side of that s.u.v. and cleaning it out. this was taken only hours after fletcher had disappeared. >> dana: we're learning more about abston's criminal history. authorities confirmed he was charged with rape at the age of 14. he was 16 years old when he kidnapped a memphis lawyer at gun point and a 24 year prison sentence and released four years early from that. team fox coverage plus reaction from the prosecutor who is overseeing this case, shelby county district attorney. let's begin with jonathan serry with a live update from memphis. >> the second day in a row we've seen the defendant appear in court for an arraignment. today on new charges including first degree murder and first degree murder while kidnapping stemming from police positively identifying the body of eliza fletcher. video spotted the mother of two being forced into a

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police say the victim, teacher eliza fletcher was abducted, forced into an suv while out for an earlyear-old is the granddaughter of a prominent local hardware store magnate. the family is well known in the area. a suspect, charged with her kidnapping, is now in custody as authorities to search for answers. jesse kirsch is in memphis, following developments in the case. good morning. what do we know this morning? >> jose, good morning. >> reporter: all of that is said to have unfolded just behind me. police say eliza fletcher was last seen in their near the university of memphis campus on friday, when she was on her morning run. authorities say that is when a suspect in an suv drove past her, and then stopped and waited for fletcher to jog by. at that point, investigators to say a suspect got out of the vehicle and kidnapped her. >> reporter: authorities are converging on this memphis neighborhood, scouring the area as the search stretches into a third straight day. alisa saying they found eliza fletcher's captor, and cleo stopped and has been charged with kidnapping and tampering wit

fletcher's family offering $50,000 reward for information leading to her return. you guys. >> todd: jackie, thank you. the former superintendent of boston police, his thoughts on the case based on what we know right now. >> you are also going to look at is this a crime to ways this could have occurred kidnapping predatory where someone was going down the street and decided to take action and make the attack, or was this a planned attack that was directly put in play with the logistics and support for it and they will have to dig in to see whether or not that is possibly the case here? they will look at computers. they will look at text messaging, phone calls, information, people involved in the victim's life, and all the people involved in the suspects life to see if they can make some correlations as to exactly what went on here. for the community or anyone who saw something or notice something out of the ordinary to see if they can find her and return her to her family. >> todd: cleotha abston scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow. a deadly labor day labor day week

the man grabbing fletcher forcing her into the back of an suv.ated rape and kidnapping charges in a separate rate case from september 2021. police tell us they had no idea she was suspect until they ran his dna in the national database in regard to the fletcher case so fletcher is facing a number of charges in at least three separate cases. arthel: very tragic, sad. maybe, may her light continue to shine. thank you very much. we will be right back. want a permanent solution to homelessness? you won't get it with prop 27. it was written and funded by out-of-state corporations to permanently maximize profits, not homeless funding. 90% of the profits go to out-of-state corporations permanently. only pennies on the dollar for the homeless permanently. and with loopholes, the homeless get even less permanently. prop 27. they didn't write it for the homeless. they wrote it for themselves. so... i know you and george were struggling with the possibility of having to move. how's that going? we found a way to make bathing safer with a kohler walk-in bath.

. >> carley: the man accused of killing eliza fletcher is heading pack into the courtroom today, one day after authorities found the body of the mother behind a vacant apartment. i'm carley shimkus. >> todd: i'm todd piro. the suspect had violent history of rape, assault and kidnapping dating back to the time he was 11 years old. cleotha abston only 16 when he began a 20-year prison term. let's turn to brooke singman with the latest. >> brooke: police have confirmed the body found is the body of eliza fletcher. >> the memphis police department and law enforcement discovered remains of a body, forensic investigation positively identified the body was in fact eliza fletcher. >> carley:'s fletcher's body was located seven miles from where she was kidnapped and a mile away from an apartment complex where cleotha abston was seen cleaning the floors of his suv. her family says they are heartbroken and devastated and grateful to federal law enforcement for tireless efforts to find her and bring justice to the person responsible for this horrible crime. cleotha abston is charged with first-d

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of eliza fletcher's body. the judge pushed the arraignment on the new charges to thursday, while he considers a defense request regarding representation. the defendant is no stranger to courtrooms, recently paroled after serving 20 years of a 24-year sentence for kidnapping and attempting to rob an attorney back when abston was 16 years old. >> our office opposed parole in this case and i think appropriately so given his extensive record of violent crimes before the conviction for the kidnapping. >> jonathan: police say abston forced fletcher into his suv and surveillance video obtained by wreg, abston is seen cleaning the vehicle outside his brother's apartment just hours after the abduction. investigators searching the area found a body behind an abandoned home on monday and confirmed a positive i.d. yesterday. family members say they are devastated by fletcher's senseless loss but also want to remember and celebrate how special she was. one of those tributes has surfaced in the form of a video fletcher made

fletcher was jogging around 4:20 a.m. last friday when surveillance video showed a man jump out of this suv and force her inside. her body was found monday, a few miles away. >> we have no reason to think this was anything other than an isolated attack by a stranger. >> reporter: court records show henderson was released from prison four years earlier in a prior kidnapping case. and years before that conviction, he was convicted of rape. fletcher's murder has sparked an outcry from runners around the country, particularly females, speaking out about the safety of the sport they love. >> what is being taught to us is that it doesn't matter what time of day you run. it doesn't matter what clothig you wear. we are still targets. >> reporter: the podcaster known as alley on the run saying this on instagram. this morning was the first morning in my 14 years as a runner that i was too afraid to get up and run in the dark. hundreds plan to gather in memphis tomorrow to finish eliza's run. she was kidnapped halfway through her te

and gas cards just day before fletcher went missing. this as the suspect's uncle tells news outlets quote he is 100 percent sure he had something to do with her abduction. fletcher set out for her morning jog 4:00 a.m. friday will university of memphis. authority discovered surveillance video of what they say was a violent attack suspecting she sustained major injuries. the unidentified body found just three days after fletcher's disappearance. he is refusing to cooperate with police and currently being held on $500,000 bail. back to you. >> steve: todd, we know the suspect has been charged with kidnapping and tampering with evidence. he is due back in court. do we suppose that if they are able to identify her as the victim he will be charged with murder? >> todd: that the assumption at this point. like you said, they still have to make that positive identification. and in a case that has had much scrutiny, they want to make sure they are 100 percent right before proceeding further because obviously the public interest but also the fami

s found fletcher's body in the back of a vacant apartment in south memphis.eaning cleaning cleaning out an suv. >> >> repeat violent offenders dese a strong response. for 22 years, he kidnapped a prominent attorney who was able to escapee was sentenced to 24 years in prison but released early in 2020. fletcher was also from a prominent memphis family, the granddaughter of a global suppl. the family had offered $50,000 for his safe return. >> he will be back in court tomorrow morning to face the new new murder charges. > >> a somber first day of school in uvalde, texas, where studentn to class for the first time since 19 students and two teachers died in the massacre at at robb elementary. that campuss permanently closed. it's students are going to other campuses with enhanced security. some families shattered by they shattered by the tragedy, still uneasy about sending students back into the classroom. >> this is something that terrorizes you daily and nightly . i close my eyes, all i see is my son. i hear the gunshots. >> i still hear the gunshots. it it was

police say 38-year-old cleotha abston has refused to say where fletcher is. they say surveillance video shows a man violently approaching fletcher and forcing him into an suv last friday. police say they trace the suv plates to cleotha abston, along with his dna from sandals left at the scene. they say a witness saw him cleaning his clothes and the interior of his suv after fletcher's abduction. court papers reveal he recently served a 20 year prison sentence in a different kidnapping case. quitting guilty to abducting an attorney and trying to force him to withdraw cash from an atm. the attorney later saying it is quite likely i would have been killed had i not escaped. police not revealing a potential motive in fletcher's kidnapping, but the 34-year-old is the granddaughter of a prominent tennessee businessman, who founded a 3 billion-dollar hardware company. police say there is reason to believe fletcher was seriously injured during the abduction. for now, her family continues to wait for answers. abc news, new york. kumasi: one of the men wanted for a dea

>> todd: fox news alert, a majority ordevelopment in the case of heiress eliza fletcher. tough story here. yooufr watching "fox and friends first," i'm todd piro. >> carley: i'm carley shimkus. the main suspect refusing to cooperate with police, but a family member is going public, saying there is no doubt cleotha abston is involved in this case. jackie ibanez has details. >> jackie: unidentified body found in the search for eliza fletcher. investigators uncovered a body in the wooded area of south memphis, just seven miles from where cleotha abston was last seen. please have not confirmed the identity of the death. there is a first hearing later this morning and the felon is faces charges of identity theft after stealing a woman's cash app the day before eliza fletcher went missing. my whole family is whacky, they are all perpetrators of something, he says. fletcher sat out for a morning drive and reported missing by her husband just before 8:00 that morning. authorities discovered video of a violent attack, the unidentified body was found three days later. cleotha absto

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we do not know if it's eliza fletcher.w, but that's just happened within the last 20 minutes. there are scores of police officers here, scores of police cars, a police helicopter fly ago ing above us. a police officer told me they received a solid tip that a body might be here. but he also said, we don't know if it's her body. either way, it's tremendously sad. eliza fletcher was kidnapped early friday morning when she was jogging right by the campus of the university of memphis. she liked to jog. she liked to jog early in the morning when it was dark. she was kidnapped by a man who has now been arrested and charged with the kidnapping, but he wasn't talking. so police still had to look for this woman, see where she was, and hope beyond hope that she was alive. but right now we just don't know. it's a sad and traumatic story. the 34-year-old mother of two was out for an early morning jog on friday, something she regularly does, when she disappeared. surveillance video shows a black suv pass her by, stop, and then a man get

the police say that they found eliza fletcher's body last night.after going out for an early morning jog which she did most days. the accused killer behind bars faced a judge earlier today. corresponded charles watson reporting from memphis. hi, charles. >> hi, martha. the memphis police department confirmed this morning that the body, the deceased body they found in south memphis monday evening is that of missing school teacher and mother of two eliza fletcher. the police say cleotha abston the man suspected in kidnapping and death is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree murder and perpetration of kidnapping. that in addition to a specially aggravated kidnapping and evidence tampering and other unrelated charges. >> while the outcome of this investigation is not what we had hoped for, we are nonetheless pleased to remove this dangerous predator off at the streets of memphis. >> yeah, in court this morning, prosecutors asked the judge to provoke his $500,000 bond, but because of the new murder and kidnapping charges were not on the doc

so there are far too many tragic stories like eliza fletcher's being written every day and every week across our country. entire neighborhoods have become unwalkable and in many places public transit has become nearly unusable. a few months ago, "the washington post" profiled one day in the life of a female immigrant bus driver in denver who gets screamed at and threatened by lunatics on a daily basis. just yesterday, a 49 year old was stabbed in the back while riding the subway in new york city after he asked another passenger just to quiet down. our democratic friends like to talk about fairness and compassion. there's nothing fair, compassionate about letting cities descend into violence and chaos. there's nothing fair or compassionate about legislating career criminals deserve fifth and sixth chances more than young mothers deserve the right to go out for a morning jog and come back alive. stable prices, reliable energy, secure borders, and basic public safety are four of the most basic duties that any government in a civilized country owes its citizens. these days are the absolut

police say 38 year old cleo to abstain has refused to say where fletcher is. they say surveillance video shows a man violently approaching fletcher and forcing her into an suv last friday. police say they traced the suvs plates to abstain along with his dna from sandals left at the scene, and they say a witness saw him cleaning his clothes and the interior of his suv after fletcher's abduction. court papers reveal apps and recently served a 20 year prison sentence in a different kidnapping case, pleading guilty to abducting an attorney and trying to force him to withdraw cash from an a. t. m the attorney later saying, it's quite likely that i would have been killed had i not escaped police not revealing a potential motive in fletcher's kidnapping , but the 34 year old is the granddaughter of a prominent tennessee businessman who founded a $3 billion hardware company. the family is off. police say there's reason to believe fletcher was seriously injured during the abduction. for now, her family continues to wait for answers. christine sloan, abc news new york o