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BREAKING: Eliza Fletchers 'killer' could face the DEATH PENALTY as he's charged with first-degree murder of billionaire heiress and is refused bail
He appeared at court in Memphis, Tennessee, charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and tampering with evidence with the judge refusing him bail.
Tennessee is a state with the death penalty, and prosecutors today said that they were not ruling it out if he is convicted.
Prosecutors would not confirm if he would be issued with any further charges, with the judge adjourning the hearing until tomorrow.
It is understood that the convict will be attempting to change his counsel before the arraignment.
Speaking after the hearing, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy confirmed that the incident was ‘isolated’ and that Fletcher had never met her attacker before.
When asked whether Abston-Henderson should have been released early after spending 22 years in prison for kidnapping a lawyer, Mulroy said: ‘It’s easy to talk about things 20202 hindsight.
‘In this particular case clearly, he shouldn’t have been on the street. Our office opposed parole at the time and in hindsight the parole decision was a tragic one.
When asked by DailyMail.com if Fletcher was sexually assaulted, the DA refused to answer.
It comes after court documents reveal that he was previously convicted of raping a man when he was a teenager.
He was detained 16 times from October 1995 to May 2000 for rape, aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon.
According to Action News 5 his first charges were filed against him in June 1995, and that he was part of the ‘LMG’ gang – which stands for ‘Lemoyne Gardens Gangstas’.
Records show that Abston was accused of raping a man and was placed in the custody of Shelby County’s Youth Services Bureau.
Two weeks after he was released from his final spell at the SCYSB to his mother’s care, he was transferred to adult court for kidnapping lawyer Kemper Durand.
DA Mulroy added: ‘I’m not going to go into the juvenile court record for obvious reasons. We can go into the adult court record which shows a conviction for kidnapping.
Cleo Henderson, Abston’s father, is currently in prison for second-degree murder and is scheduled for release in 2044.
Cleotha Abston charged with first-degree murder of Eliza Fletcher and could face the death penalty | Daily Mail Online
He appeared at court in Memphis, Tennessee, charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and tampering with evidence with the judge refusing him bail.
Tennessee is a state with the death penalty, and prosecutors today said that they were not ruling it out if he is convicted.
Prosecutors would not confirm if he would be issued with any further charges, with the judge adjourning the hearing until tomorrow.
It is understood that the convict will be attempting to change his counsel before the arraignment.
Speaking after the hearing, Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy confirmed that the incident was ‘isolated’ and that Fletcher had never met her attacker before.
When asked whether Abston-Henderson should have been released early after spending 22 years in prison for kidnapping a lawyer, Mulroy said: ‘It’s easy to talk about things 20202 hindsight.
‘In this particular case clearly, he shouldn’t have been on the street. Our office opposed parole at the time and in hindsight the parole decision was a tragic one.
When asked by DailyMail.com if Fletcher was sexually assaulted, the DA refused to answer.
It comes after court documents reveal that he was previously convicted of raping a man when he was a teenager.
He was detained 16 times from October 1995 to May 2000 for rape, aggravated assault and unlawful possession of a weapon.
According to Action News 5 his first charges were filed against him in June 1995, and that he was part of the ‘LMG’ gang – which stands for ‘Lemoyne Gardens Gangstas’.
Records show that Abston was accused of raping a man and was placed in the custody of Shelby County’s Youth Services Bureau.
Two weeks after he was released from his final spell at the SCYSB to his mother’s care, he was transferred to adult court for kidnapping lawyer Kemper Durand.
DA Mulroy added: ‘I’m not going to go into the juvenile court record for obvious reasons. We can go into the adult court record which shows a conviction for kidnapping.
Cleo Henderson, Abston’s father, is currently in prison for second-degree murder and is scheduled for release in 2044.
Cleotha Abston charged with first-degree murder of Eliza Fletcher and could face the death penalty | Daily Mail Online