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Man Charges In Jogger Abduction Has Served Prison Time For Abduction & Rape

The man charged with kidnapping a Tennessee woman jogging near the University of Memphis last week spent 20 years behind bars for a previous kidnapping. U.S. Marshals arrested 38-year-old Cleotha Abston on Saturday after police detected his DNA on a pair of sandals found near to where Eliza Fletcher was last seen. Police also linked the vehicle they believe was used in the kidnapping to a person at a residence where Abston was staying. Late Monday, police tweeted that a body had been found in a Memphis neighborhood but that the identity of that person and the cause of death was unconfirmed.

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