Hundreds finish run of slain teacher Eliza Fletcher in Memphis
On the Facebook page, event organizers said, “We created this run as way to honor Liza and cope with our own feelings. Our goal is to stand up for the women in the Mid South and emphasize that women should be able to safely run any time of day.”
Fletcher, a mom of two, was a junior kindergarten teacher at Memphis’ St. Mary’s Episcopal School, where faculty and staff lit candles this week in her memory.
“Liza was a light to all who knew her. Her contagious smile and laughter could brighten any room. Liza was pure of heart and innocent in ways that made her see the very best in everyone she met,” her obituary, posted Thursday by Canale Funeral Directors, read.
Suspect in Fletcher’s killing makes court appearance
It is unclear what sentence prosecutors would pursue if Henderson is convicted.
“It is premature for us to discuss right now what punishment we’re going to seek,” Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said Wednesday. In Tennessee, a first-degree murder conviction carries a sentence of life in prison — with or without parole — or the death penalty.
Henderson appeared Thursday in a Shelby County court after he filed a motion for a change of attorney because of an alleged conflict of interest. The Shelby County Public Defender’s…
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