In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2022

Eliza Fletcher's household is successful mourning.

The billionaire heiress and kindergarten teacher, 34, was found dormant connected Sept. 5, three days aft she was abducted portion retired connected a jog successful Memphis, according to the city's constabulary department. In the aftermath of the tragic discovery, her household released a connection and shared however they are "heartbroken and devastated by this senseless loss."

"Liza was specified a joyousness to truthful many—her family, friends, colleagues, students, parents, members of her Second Presbyterian Church congregation, and everyone who knew her," work a connection published by local quality presumption WREG connected Sept. 6. "Now it's clip to retrieve and observe however peculiar she was and to enactment those who cared truthful overmuch for her."

Thanking the assemblage for their "expressions of emotion and concern" amid this hard time, the household continued, "We are grateful beyond measurement to local, authorities and national instrumentality enforcement for their tireless efforts to find Liza and to bring justness to the idiosyncratic liable for this horrible crime."

They added, "We anticipation that everyone, including media representatives, recognize the request for the household to grieve successful privateness without extracurricular intrusion during this achy time."

During a press conference connected Sept. 6, Memphis police announced that they had arrested and charged Cleotha Abston, 38, with first-degree execution and perpetration of kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping and tampering with grounds successful transportation to Fletcher's disappearance and death. 

Abston told the justice during an arraignment that aforesaid time that helium could not spend a lawyer and was appointed a nationalist defender. His enslaved was acceptable astatine $510,000 and helium is scheduled to look successful tribunal connected Sept. 7.

Per CNN, Fletcher was the granddaughter of precocious hardware mogul Joseph Orgill III. Founded successful 1847, the Orgill institution has yearly income of $3 billion, according to the business' website.