Eliza Fletcher was laid to rest during a private ceremony eight days after she was abducted and killed while jogging near the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee.
Loved ones and the Memphis community gathered Saturday morning to bid farewell to Tennessee teacher and mother Eliza Fletcher who was abducted and killed on Sept. 2, while running near the University of Memphis campus.
Senior pastor Dr. George W. Robertson told mourners"everything in this service has something to do directly with Eliza Fletcher's life." Eliza Fletcher's father leans against a wall as mourners gather at the Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 10, 2022, for the funeral service for Eliza Fletcher.He spoke about Fletcher's love of designing her own Nike tennis shoes and how she"was very proud of those shoes."
Eliza Fletcher's mother, Adele Wellford, and husband, Richard Fletcher, seen with mourners as they gather at the Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 10, 2022, for the funeral service for Eliza Fletcher. Fletcher, 34, was running near the University of Memphis campus around 4:30 a.m. on Sept. 2 when she was abducted and killed, allegedly at the hands of a stranger named Cleotha Henderson. Henderson, who has a violent criminal past, has since been hit with several charges, including first-degree murder, and murder in perpetration of kidnappings, in addition to other counts that include aggravated kidnapping and tampering with/fabricating evidence.
Mourners gather at the Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 10, 2022, for the funeral service for Eliza Fletcher.
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