Eliza Fletcher homicide: New surveillance footage exhibits suspect hours after heiress was kidnapped

The suspect within the killing of Eliza Fletcher was seen cleansing out his automobile lower than 4 hours after the billionaire heiress was kidnapped, new surveillance video confirmed.

Cleotha Abston, 38, drove his SUV to his brother Mario’s dwelling on the Longview Gardens residence complicated in Memphis, Tennessee, round 8 a.m. on Friday, in accordance with the video footage. Abston is seen sitting in his automobile outdoors the complicated earlier than getting out to open his trunk. It’s not clear what he was attempting to get from the again of the automobile.

POLICE RELEASE DETAILS OF HOW BODY OF ELIZA FLETCHER WAS FOUND

The time stamp on the video was simply 4 hours after Fletcher was kidnapped roughly 7.5 miles away, and her physique was discovered just a few hundred ft away from the place Abston’s automobile was parked within the footage.

Fletcher, the granddaughter of hardware tycoon Joseph Orgill III and a mom of two, went lacking on Friday after she went on an early morning jog. She was discovered lifeless by authorities on Monday after officers traced the tire marks and odor of decay to a driveway in Tennessee close to the place her physique was found, in accordance with the affidavit.

Separate video footage confirmed Fletcher being pressured into an SUV that morning close to the College of Memphis. She was discovered lifeless roughly 7.5 miles from the place surveillance footage confirmed her abduction, in accordance with authorities.

Abston, who has a felony historical past of kidnapping, was arrested over the weekend and faces costs in reference to Fletcher's homicide, together with kidnapping and tampering with proof. It’s nonetheless unclear what occasions led as much as her kidnapping or what the reason for dying was. The matter continues to be beneath investigation.