{"id":1665412,"date":"2022-09-29T19:34:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T23:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665412"},"modified":"2022-09-29T19:35:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T23:35:25","slug":"cause-of-death-revealed-for-murdered-kindergarten-teacher-eliza-fletcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cause-of-death-revealed-for-murdered-kindergarten-teacher-eliza-fletcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Cause Of Death Revealed For Murdered Kindergarten Teacher Eliza Fletcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcause-of-death-revealed-for-murdered-kindergarten-teacher-eliza-fletcher%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665412&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/liza-fletcher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eliza Fletcher<\/a>, the Memphis mother-of-two who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by Cleotha Abston-Henderson, died after being shot in the back of the head and sustaining blunt force trauma to her head, according to a newly released autopsy report.<\/p>\n<p>The Christian kindergarten teacher had a gunshot wound in the back of her head, blunt-force injuries to her right leg, and jaw fractures, according to an autopsy completed by\u00a0forensic pathologist Danielle Harrell, D.O., at\u00a0the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center in Memphis.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ElizaFletcher?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ElizaFletcher<\/a>\u2019s autopsy has been released: <\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Cause of death gunshot wound &#038; injuries to the head <\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Bruises on her right thigh <\/p>\n<p>\u27a1\ufe0f Advanced state of decomposition <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IL7pjD20VA\">https:\/\/t.co\/IL7pjD20VA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rLvsnlMxHz\">pic.twitter.com\/rLvsnlMxHz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bria Jones (@BriaJonesTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BriaJonesTV\/status\/1575594379359956992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Abston \u2014 who prosecutors charged with first-degree murder, first-degree murder in perpetration of kidnappings, especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence \u2014 has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/horrifying-criminal-record-of-eliza-fletchers-alleged-murderer-revealed-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">long and violent criminal history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing about these sexual predators, it seems it doesn\u2019t matter how much time they do,\u201d John Kelly, a criminal profiler and psychotherapist who has interviewed multiple serial killers, told Fox News. \u201cWhen they get out, they\u2019re back on the hunt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abston\u2019s criminal history began when he was a teenager and includes convictions for aggravated assault, rape, and kidnapping.<\/p>\n<p>Abston served 20 years in prison for kidnapping a lawyer at gunpoint when he was 16 years old, and forcing the lawyer to withdraw cash at multiple ATMs. He also \u201ccommitted a juvenile delinquent act of rape against an unnamed suspect when he was 14,\u201d Fox News added.<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher, whose abduction was captured on surveillance footage, was out for a dawn jog on September 2 when the suspect allegedly grabbed her and forced her into a dark SUV.<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher taught at St. Mary\u2019s Episcopal School in Memphis. She was the granddaughter of the late hardware wholesale tycoon Joseph Orgill III, founder of the privately-held Orgill Inc. The company has annual sales of more than $3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Her body was found about seven miles from the crime scene, where police found her water bottle and smashed cell phone.<\/p>\n<p>Abston\u2019s DNA was reportedly found on a pair of shoes known as \u201cslides\u201d left at the crime scene near the University of Memphis. His GMC Terrain also matched the vehicle seen in surveillance video. Abston was seen cleaning the interior of the vehicle and washing his clothes in a sink shortly after Fletcher\u2019s abduction, according to witnesses, one of whom is Abston\u2019s brother.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement\u2019s search reportedly focused on an area not far from Abston\u2019s brother\u2019s home and a dumpster police towed away for evidence.<\/p>\n<p>A neighbor of Abston\u2019s told the Daily Mail that Abston once asked her for sex and also propositioned other women in the apartment complex in which he lived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen women were around, he would sit in the truck and stare,\u201d she said. \u201cHe was a weird pervert.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eliza Fletcher, the Memphis mother-of-two who was allegedly kidnapped and murdered by Cleotha Abston-Henderson, died after being shot in the back of the head and sustaining blunt force trauma to her head, according to a newly released autopsy report. 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