Man accused of abducting, killing billionaire heiress Eliza Fletcher on morning run pleads guilty in shocking turn of events
The man accused of kidnapping and killing billionaire heiress Eliza Fletcher has pleaded guilty to the heinous crime in a shocking turn of events. Cleotha Abston admitted to the crime in a Memphis, Tenn., court Monday, with the judge immediately sentencing him to life in prison without parole, WREG reported. Death penalty sought for man accused of abducting, killing billionaire Eliza Fletcher Fletcher, a teacher and a mother, disappeared while going for her usual early morning jog in September 2022. Ex-prosecutor slams botched rape probe of man accused in Eliza Fletcher’s murder CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR MORNING REPORT NEWSLETTER Investigators discovered she had been forced into a dark van, and her body was later discovered with a gunshot wound to the back of the head. Abston was arrested the day after she vanished. For top headlines, breaking news and more, visit nypost.com.
Memphis man pleads guilty to kidnapping, killing school teacher
A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Monday to kidnapping a Memphis school teacher while she was on an early morning run and then killing her.Cleotha Abston entered guilty pleas to first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping in the abduction and death of Eliza Fletcher. Abston, 40, had been set to stand trial in February. Prosecutors had said they would seek the death penalty if Abston were convicted of first-degree murder. Instead, Judge Lee Coffee sentenced Abston to life in prison without parole after he entered the guilty pleas.Fletcher was grabbed from a street while she was jogging before dawn...