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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rachel Sharp

Eliza Fletcher suspect Cleotha Abston’s teenage rape conviction revealed as he is held without bond for murder

AP

Cleotha Abston Henderson was convicted of raping a man when he was a teenager – almost three decades before he allegedly kidnapped and murdered Memphis business heiress Eliza Fletcher.

Abston Henderson, now 38, was just 14 years old when he committed a juvenile delinquent act of rape against an unnamed male, according to court documents.

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