Cleotha Abston, 38, is facing additional charges, Memphis police confirmed to Fox News, without providing much information other than to confirm that the new charges are not connected to Fletcher’s case. Abston, who served 20 years in prison for aggravated kidnapping in 2000, was charged with murdering Fletcher, the granddaughter of a late billionaire. Fletcher was jogging around 4:20 a.m. on Sept. 2 when he forced his way into a dark GMC Terrain, Memphis police said. Her broken phone and water bottle were also found nearby. It is currently unclear how Eliza Fletcher was killed. Surveillance footage showed Fletcher, a 34-year-old wife and mother of two, getting into the car. Abston was arrested the next day after DNA linked him to a pair of slides left near the abduction scene. He refused to tell detectives where he was. Her body was found Monday in “the back of a vacant two-story apartment” in an area near where police say Abston was seen on surveillance footage vigorously cleaning the GMC Terrain. Memphis police at the scene where Fletcher’s body was discovered. APA video showing the moment accused kidnapper and killer Cleotha Abston cleaned his SUV after Fletcher’s abduction.WREG-TV The suspect’s brother — who was charged separately with drug and weapons offenses — was among those who claimed Abston was acting “strangely” and rubbing his clothes in the hours after the abduction, according to an affidavit. Authorities said Tuesday that the alleged attack appeared to be random, explaining that Abston and Fletchers were strangers. It is unclear where Fletcher died or how she was killed.
