MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Police in Tennessee said Sunday that an arrest has been made in connection with the abduction of a jogger last week. The Memphis Police Department said 38-year-old Cleotha Abston has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence in the disappearance of Eliza Fletcher of Memphis. A second person was also arrested,…
Suspect Charged in Abduction of Missing Memphis Teacher Eliza Fletcher
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—An arrest has been made in the abduction of a jogger in Tennessee, and though she hasn’t been found, police said they believe she suffered serious injuries. The Memphis Police Department said 38-year-old Cleotha Abston has been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence in the disappearance of Eliza Fletcher of Memphis….
Man Charged With Kidnapping Missing Memphis Teacher Eliza Fletcher
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A man has been charged with kidnapping in the disappearance of a Tennessee woman who was out jogging last week when she was accosted and forced into an SUV, police said Sunday. While Eliza Fletcher has not been found, Memphis police said in an arrest affidavit they have evidence that leads them to believe…
Explosion at Afghanistan Mosque Kills at Least 21 and Injures 33; California School Bus Hijacker Paroled | NTD Good Morning
A California man convicted of kidnapping 26 children and a school bus driver decades ago is about to be released from prison. The state’s parole board approved his parole on Aug. 16. A bombing at a mosque in Afghanistan kills at least 21 people and wounds 33 others on Aug. 17. An eyewitness says the…
Terrorists Kidnapping Hundreds of Nigerian Women, Using Them as Sex Slaves
NIGERIA—Hundreds of women are being kidnapped every week and held as sex slaves by bandit terrorists in Nigeria’s north, according to a national politician. And the government is unconcerned, said Umar Barde a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives in a phone interview with The Epoch Times. “They [terrorists] rape both young and old…
Group Warns of Online Child Luring Surge After Edmonton Teen’s Alleged Kidnapping
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection says it is seeing an alarming increase in reports of children being lured online as an American man accused of kidnapping a teenage girl from Edmonton was set to appear in court Tuesday. The 13-year-old girl was missing more than a week before she was found in Oregon on…
DA Seeking Death Penalty in Georgia Country Club Slayings
By Shaddi Abusaid From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA—Cobb County’s district attorney plans to pursue the death penalty against an aspiring rapper accused of fatally shooting three men last summer at a bustling golf course. Bryan Anthony Rhoden faces three counts of murder and a host of other charges on July 3, 2021, slayings at Pinetree…
Suspects Arrested in Connection With Arkansas Teen’s Kidnapping Being Held Without Bond
Two people suspected of kidnapping 17-year-old Trynytee Case of Arkansas near her workplace in downtown Hot Springs earlier this week were taken into custody on Tuesday, authorities say. The Hot Springs Police Department announced in an April 20 press release that Tennessee natives Samuel Wayne Bolling, 38, of Nashville and Dayla Diane Ferrer, 19, of Memphis…
California Woman Pleads Guilty to 2016 Kidnapping Hoax
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A Northern California woman pleaded guilty Monday to faking her own kidnapping and lying to the FBI about it, leaving her motive unanswered in the carefully planned hoax that set off a massive three-week search before she resurfaced on Thanksgiving Day in 2016. Sherri Papini, 39, of Redding, offered no explanation for her elaborate…
Tennessee Man Recognizes Woman’s Hand Signals in Gas Station to Alert Alleged Kidnapping
For Eric Streeval, a tranquil motorcycle ride in Hickman County, Tennessee, on a clear Sunday afternoon turned into a tense rescue operation after he witnessed a woman in a convenience store hand-signaling for help. Streeval had stepped into the Twice Daily Gas Station to grab a drink on April 10 “a little after 1 p.m.,”…
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