Man Charged With Killing Memphis Teacher Held Without Bond
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A Tennessee judge revoked bond Wednesday for a man charged with killing a Memphis woman who was abducted during a pre-dawn run near a university campus.
Cleotha Abston, who told a Shelby County judge he prefers to be referred to as Cleotha Henderson, will be held without bond on charges including first-degree murder in the kidnapping and slaying of Eliza Fletcher, 34.
General Sessions Judge Louis Montesi had ordered him held on $510,000 bond Tuesday on charges of especially aggravated kidnapping, tampering with evidence, theft and fraud.
Henderson had faced only those charges before the body of Fletcher was identified by police Tuesday as the one found a day earlier behind a vacant duplex. He was then charged with first-degree murder and he made his first court appearance on that charge Wednesday. The judge said the name change to Henderson would be placed in the court record….