Body of kidnapped runner Eliza Fletcher is identified by police

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The body discovered this week in Memphis belongs to a teacher who was kidnapped while running there last week; a suspect has been charged with murder, according to authorities on Tuesday.

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According to Memphis police, Eliza "Liza" Fletcher, 34, was identified as the person found dead on Monday in the back of a deserted duplex in the Tennessee city,

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about 7.5 miles from the location where security footage allegedly showed she was dragged into an SUV early on Friday.

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Cleotha Abston, a suspect who was detained over the weekend, will be charged with first-degree murder in addition to kidnapping 

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and other offences when he is arraigned on Wednesday, according to Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy.

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In a news conference on Tuesday, Mulroy expressed his condolences to the family of Fletcher and added, 

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"To lose someone so young and so important is a tragedy in and of itself, but to have it happen in this way, with a senseless act of violence, it's unimaginable."

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