SHOCK TURN IN BRUTAL MURDER OF MEMPHIS MOM ELIZA FLETCHER
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 22 April 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Cleotha Henderson, the man accused of killing Memphis mom and teacher Eliza Fletcher after allegedly kidnapping her, has pleaded not guilty. He also faces charges in separate case from 2021.
Henderson faces charges of murder and kidnapping Fletcher. In the other case, he faces charges including aggravated rape and kidnapping . Henderson also faces charges of identity theft and of being a convicted felon in possession of a handgun in other cases.
Judge Lee Coffee will hear the different cases against Henderson in one courtroom.
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 Nurse, 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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| 1:10.1 | Crime stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 1:12.0 | In the last days, a major development in the case against a man accused of murdering a beautiful |
| 1:25.7 | young school teacher mom Eliza Fletcher. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for |
| 1:33.1 | being with us here at Fox Nation and Sirius XM 111. We all remember when Eliza Fletcher was |
| 1:42.1 | out jogging super early in the morning between four and five o'clock in the morning. |
| 1:48.2 | And then she goes missing. The frantic search ended in the discovery of her body. |
| 1:56.4 | In the last days, Cleotha Fstenhenderson pleads not guilty to the horrific murder of Eliza Fletcher. |
| 2:08.8 | He appeared at the Shelby County Criminal Court charged with multiple offenses. This, as we know, |
| 2:15.4 | the convicted felon is also accused of raping Eliza Franklin back in 2021. Her rape kit sat there |
| 2:24.4 | basically unnoticed. For over a year, nothing was done. And while he's out walking free, never |
| 2:34.7 | jailed or tried on her rape, he finds Eliza Fletcher and doesn't settle with just attacking her. |
| 2:42.4 | He murders her as well. Again, Cleotha Fstenhenderson H38 arraigned at the Shelby County Criminal Court |
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