Cleotha Abston was convicted of raping a man when he was a teenager – almost three decades before he allegedly kidnapped and murdered Memphis business heiress Eliza Fletcher. Now 38, Abston was just ...

A witness gave the Memphis Police Department Cleotha Henderson's full name during their investigation of a 2021 rape allegation and investigators did not make an attempt to pursue Henderson as a ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The man accused of abducting and murdering Memphis teacher Eliza Fletcher is not divulging information related to his alleged crimes, despite facing several murder-related charges for ...

A man kidnapped and held at gunpoint by Cleotha Abston believed that he would have killed him if he had the chance – two decades before the suspect allegedly abducted and murdered Memphis business ...

The Memphis mother of accused murderer Cleotha Henderson — who has a decades-long rap sheet and convictions for a string of heinous offenses in addition to new charges of kidnapping, murder and rape — ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — Police in Tennessee said Tuesday they had found the body of a Memphis woman abducted during a pre-dawn run, confirming fears that Eliza Fletcher was killed after she was forced ...

Surveillance video obtained by investigators shows missing Memphis teacher Eliza Fletcher being violently abducted during her early morning jog by a man matching the description of a suspect charged ...

CHICAGO In a family of vocalists, it was Cleotha Staples' smooth and velvety voice that helped set apart the sound of the influential and best-selling gospel group The Staple Singers. Staples, the ...

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Singer Cleotha Staples, founding member of soul-gospel family act the Staple Singers, died on Thursday at her home in Chicago after a long bout with Alzheimer’s. She was 78. Though younger sister ...