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In Memoriam: Fallen Stars of 2022
Eliza Fletcher's bequest lives connected successful her section community.
Hundreds ran done Memphis streets connected Sept. 9 arsenic portion of an lawsuit to grant the precocious kindergarten teacher.
The event, titled Let's Finish Liza's Run, comes aft Eliza Fletcher, 34, was recovered dormant connected Sept. 5 aft being kidnapped 3 days earlier portion retired connected a jog, according to the city's constabulary department.
The tally began astir 6:20am and stretched 8.2 miles on a way Fletcher would regularly run. Coordinators wrote connected Facebook that they "created this tally arsenic mode to grant Liza and header with our ain feelings."
"Our extremity is to basal up for the women successful the Mid South," the event's Facebook leafage read, "and stress that women should beryllium capable to safely tally immoderate clip of day."
Authorities were alerted of Fletcher's disappearance connected Sept. 2 aft the teacher did not instrumentality location from her greeting run. In a missing persons alert, constabulary said that Fletcher had been approached by an idiosyncratic during her tally and "forced into an SUV."
Fletcher's household issued a connection connected Sept. 6 and shared that they were "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 their statement. "Now it's clip to retrieve and observe however peculiar she was and to enactment those who cared truthful overmuch for her."
Memphis constabulary announced successful a Sept. 6 press conference that they had arrested and charged suspect Cleotha Henderson with first-degree execution and perpetration of kidnapping, aggravated kidnapping and tampering with grounds successful transportation to Fletcher's death.
Henderson went to court on Sept. 7 for his 2nd arraignment and made a 3rd appearance on Sept. 8.
He is owed backmost successful tribunal successful tribunal connected Sept. 19.
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