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Authorities are working to confirm ID of body after disappearance of Tennessee woman

Police say a body had been found in a Memphis neighborhood but that the identity of that person and the cause of death was unconfirmed.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — 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

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