BRUTAL MURDER OF MEMPHIS MOM ELIZA COULD HAVE BEEN STOPPED? Explosive Claim
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 12 September 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
The suspect in the brutal attack on Memphis mom Eliza Fletcher is now charged with a rape occurring a year before Fletcher's murder.
Cleotha Abston Henderson appeared in court indicted on charges of unlawful possession of a weapon, aggravated rape, and kidnapping in relation to the September 21, 2021 incident.
A sexual assault kit was submitted to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation two days after the alleged rape, but no request was made for expedited analysis. The kit sat for months in line with other cases waiting for testing. The kit was finally processed and once the initial report was completed, the information was then entered into the FBI DNA database on 29 August. A positive match came back three days after Fletcher was kidnapped.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Matthew Mangino - Attorney, Former District Attorney (Lawrence County), Former Parole Board Member, Author: "The Executioner's Toll: The Crimes, Arrests, Trials, Appeals, Last Meals, Final Words and Executions of 46 Persons in the United States", MattMangino.com, Twitter: @MatthewTMangino
- Caryn Stark - NYC Psychologist, CarynStark.com, Twitter: @carynpsych, Facebook: "Caryn Stark"
- Lisa M. Dadio - Former Police Lieutenant, New Haven Police Department, Annie Le Lead Detective, Senior Lecturer, Director of the Center for Advanced Policing and Graduate Program Coordinator, Investigations program, University of New Haven
- Rachel D. Fischer - Registered Nuse, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE), Expert Witness, Private Investigator, Author: "Taking Back the Pen", Forensic Nursing Consulting and Education LLC, LegalRNConsult.org
- Dr. Kristen Mittelman - Chief Development Officer, Othram Inc., DNAsolves.com, Twitter: @OthramTech
- Dave Mack - Crime Online Investigative Reporter
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| 0:43.1 | We just read the headlines about a brutal beating, kidnap and murder of a young |
| 0:51.7 | Memphis mother of two, Eliza Fletcher. |
| 0:56.0 | But now we are learning the whole thing could have been avoided. |
| 1:03.4 | Eliza could very well be alive today, |
| 1:09.2 | teaching at her church school where she taught, taking care of her two little boys. |
| 1:15.6 | I'm so mad I could chew a nail in half because I firmly believe her murder could have been avoided. |
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| 1:36.4 | Where did it all start? |
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| 1:38.7 | It's been just over 12 hours since Eliza Fletcher disappeared. |
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