Eliza Fletcher died from gunshot wound to the head, autopsy finds

Slain Tennessee mom Eliza Fletcher died from a gunshot wound to the again of the pinnacle and blunt pressure trauma to the pinnacle, based on an post-mortem report.

Fletcher’s dying was formally dominated a murder by a forensic pathologist from the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Middle, based on the report, obtained by WREG.

The Memphis mother and heiress to a billion-dollar fortune was out for a jog round 4:30 a.m. Sept. 2 close to the College of Memphis when she was pressured right into a darkish GMC Terrain, surveillance footage confirmed.

Tennessee mom Eliza Fletcher died from a gunshot wound to the pinnacle, based on an post-mortem.

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Cleotha Abston seems in courtroom for his arraignment on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, in Memphis, Tenn.

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Fletcher’s dying was formally dominated a murder.

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Abston had beforehand served 20 years for against the law in 2000.

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The subsequent day, police arrested 38-year-old profession prison Cleotha Abston — who had beforehand served 20 years for aggravated kidnapping in 2000 — and charged him in Fletcher’s abduction and homicide.

Her physique was discovered days later in a wooded space behind an deserted dwelling in southern Memphis, near the place police stated Abston was caught on surveillance digital camera cleansing his garments and the within of the automobile.

He's being held in Shelby County Jail on a $1.42 million bond, jail information present. He's anticipated to seem in courtroom subsequent on Oct. 5.