Eliza Fletcher Murder Suspect Bond Is Revoked
The suspect accused of abducting and killing heiress Eliza Fletcher was charged with first-degree murder, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Cleotha Abston, 38, was ordered held without bond during a hearing on Wednesday morning. He is scheduled to appear in court again on Thursday, according to reporters inside the courtroom.
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. But his bond was revoked by the judge after the murder charges were added.
Abston told a Shelby County judge he prefers to be referred to as Cleotha Henderson. The judge said the name change to Henderson would be placed in the court record….