MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Eliza Fletcher, a Memphis kindergarten teacher and 34-year-old mother known as Liza to her loved ones, was abducted Friday while she was out for an early morning run.The Memphis Police Department (MPD) is still searching for Fletcher and a $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to her whereabouts.Here's a timeline of events surrounding her disappearance:Fletcher, an avid runner who has qualified for the Boston Marathon, goes for a run around 4 a.m.
She takes her usual route near the University of Memphis, according to authorities.ELIZA FLETCHER ABDUCTION: MEMPHIS JUDGE SETS BOND FOR MAN CHARGED IN RELATION TO KIDNAPPINGWhile running down a stretch of Central Avenue around 4:20 a.m., she is "abducted and forced into" a dark-colored GMC Terrain.According to an affidavit, investigators reviewed video surveillance from near 3876 Central Ave., which showed the GMC Terrain "passing and then waiting for the victim to run by."Police say that a surveillance camera captured the same car in the area of the abduction 24 minutes before Eliza Fletcher was taken.A spokesperson for the Memphis Police Department told Fox News Digital that it located the dark-colored GMC Terrain, which was earlier labeled a vehicle of interest, and added that the male occupant of the car "has been detained for further investigation." (Memphis Police Department) A male, later identified as Cleotha Abston, 38, then "ran aggressively" toward Fletcher and forced her into the passenger side of the SUV, court documents say.Police also said that there "appeared to be a struggle" when Fletcher was pulled into the car.Court documents state that the GMC Terrain sat in a nearby parking lot for four minutes with Eliza Fletcher inside.