CNN station WHBQ got the autopsy report for the abducted Memphis teacher, Eliza Fletcher, who was found dead from a gunshot wound to the back of the skull and severe force trauma.
“Autopsy examination revealed a perforating gunshot wound of the head,” the report from the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center said. “Based on all the currently known and available information, the cause of death is gunshot wound and blunt force injury of the head and the manner of death is homicide.”
#ElizaFletcher’s autopsy has been released:
➡️ Cause of death gunshot wound & injuries to the head
➡️ Bruises on her right thigh
➡️ Advanced state of decomposition https://t.co/IL7pjD20VA pic.twitter.com/rLvsnlMxHz
— Bria Jones WREG (@BriaJonesTV) September 29, 2022
Eliza Fletcher Cause Of Death
The body of a Tennessee kindergarten teacher who had been kidnapped while out for a morning jog was discovered earlier this month, and the authorities have now confirmed how she died.
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According to the Associated Press, autopsy results from the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center in Memphis determined that 34-year-old Eliza Fletcher died from a gunshot wound to the back of the head, jaw fractures, and sharp force wounds to the right leg.
Memphis teacher Eliza Fletcher died from a gunshot wound to the back of her head, autopsy reveals: https://t.co/JCBcRhHlzD pic.twitter.com/sYuhKcWIwK
— HLN (@HLNTV) September 30, 2022
When reached for comment by PEOPLE, WTRFC did not directly respond. On September 2nd, while out on her morning jog in Memphis, Fletcher, a mother of two, was kidnapped and thrown into the trunk of a black SUV.
Two days after Fletcher went missing, Memphis police claimed recovered DNA matching Cleotha Abston Henderson’s on a pair of shoes found at the scene. Henderson, 38, was arrested and charged with exceptionally aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence.
Surveillance footage allegedly shows Abston Henderson spending over an hour cleaning the GMC Terrain SUV he is accused of using to kidnap Fletcher. His brother Mario reportedly informed authorities that he was “washing his clothes in the sink of the house” and “acting very strange.”
The next day, a body was discovered seven miles from the location where additional security footage showed Fletcher being taken. After further investigation, authorities revealed that Abston Henderson’s charges had been increased to those of first-degree murder and first-degree murder in the commission of kidnapping.
There has been no appeal from Abston Henderson so far. The public defender representing him has previously declined to comment to PEOPLE.
