Jogger kidnapped close to UofM campus, police say

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The kidnapper’s automobile that took Eliza Fletcher has been discovered, and the person occupying it has been detained.

Eliza Fletcher nonetheless has not been discovered as of September third, 2022.

Household has posted a $50,000 reward with CrimeStoppers for data that helps authorities arrest these accountable.

Eliza Fletcher, 34, went lacking within the early morning hours. Police discovered her private gadgets however haven’t situated her.

Police say she left her house on Carr Avenue and was kidnapped on Central Avenue, close to the College of Memphis campus.

Her description is 5 foot, 6 inches tall, 137 kilos with blonde hair and inexperienced eyes. She was final seen carrying a pink jogging prime and purple/blue working shorts and had her hair in a bun.

MPD launched this picture of her, seen working:

The College of Memphis despatched an alert to college students saying a girl had been kidnapped at about 4:30 a.m. on Central Avenue.

Officers had been referred to as to the scene round 7 a.m. when Fletcher was reported lacking.

Police say the lady incessantly jogs within the space and was approached by an unknown particular person and compelled into an SUV.

The suspect was in a dark-colored SUV touring westbound on Central Ave.

Police say Fletcher’s telephone was discovered smashed and the telephone and her water bottle had been present in entrance of a house on Central Ave.

Buddies say the lady they know as Liza is an avid runner and is a mom of two kids.

She can be a instructor at St. Mary’s Episcopal Faculty, the place she teaches Junior Kindergarten.

Investigators utilized bloodhounds across the scene of the kidnapping, however the seek for Fletcher didn’t finish close to the UofM.

From Friday morning till night, investigators had been out and in of Fletcher’s house on Carr Avenue in Central Gardens, at one level coming into the entrance door with a riot protect.

One forensic investigator was seen carrying proof markers.

Authorities ultimately left the house with a laptop computer and backyard shears and towed away a cream Jeep Wagoneer.

Anybody with details about Fletcher’s whereabouts ought to name 911 instantly. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has been referred to as in to help MPD.

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