Heiress Eliza Fletcher’s cause of death revealed after she was abducted while jogging

Eliza Fletcher died from a gunshot wound to the pinnacle, an post-mortem report revealed (Footage: AP / MPD)

Eliza Fletcher, a trainer who was kidnapped throughout an early morning run after which killed, died from a gunshot wound to the pinnacle, an post-mortem report launched Thursday revealed.

The 34-year-old kindergarten trainer had a gunshot wound behind her head, blunt-force accidents to her proper leg and jaw fractures, based on an post-mortem report by the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Heart.

‘There are two semicircular defects to the cranium according to a single gunshot to the pinnacle with the bullet travelling in a posterior to anterior (again to entrance) and proper to left course,’ the report mentioned.

Whereas on a jog close to the College of Memphis on September 2, Cleotha Abston, 38, handed the mom of two, based on police.

Authorities allege that Abston obtained out of his SUV and chased Fletcher after which made her get into his automotive round 4 am. Her physique was discovered three days later following an intensive search of the realm.

Abston was arrested and charged with particularly aggravated kidnapping and tampering with proof in relation to Fletcher’s disappearance. He stays within the Shelby County jail on no bond.

After his arrest in Fletcher’s dying, Abston was re-booked on extra prices together with rape and kidnap from an incident a 12 months earlier after his DNA discovered on Fletcher’s sandals linked him to the sooner crime.

A sexual assault report taken on September 2, 2021 contained DNA that matched Abston, however was positioned in a queue of ‘unknown assailant kits.’

Regardless of the similarities, investigators have mentioned that Fletcher’s abduction and homicide had been ‘remoted’ as she and Abston had by no means met earlier than the assault.

Abston beforehand pleaded responsible to aggravated kidnapping a distinguished Memphis lawyer in 2000, when he was 16-years-old. He was sentenced to 24 years, however launched early in 2020.

Fletcher was the granddaughter of the late Joseph Orgill III, a Memphis hardware businessman and philanthropist. Her household’s enterprise has been described as ‘the world’s largest unbiased hardlines distributor with annual gross sales of $3 billion,’ based on the corporate’s web site.

She was additionally the mum to 2 younger boys, and labored as a kindergarten trainer close to Memphis, Tennessee.

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