TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Oct 6, 2022

A preliminary hearing has been set for Cleotha Henderson, the man charged with abducting and murdering Memphis jogger and school teacher Eliza Fletcher last month, the Daily Memphian reports. Henderson, who also goes by the surname Abston, will go before General Sessions Criminal Court Judge Louis Montesi on Nov. 16. He is represented by public defender Jennifer Case. Henderson is charged with first-degree murder, especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence. If convicted, he could receive life imprisonment, life without parole or the death penalty.