More than one thousand people are planning to pay their respects to Eliza Fletcher with a run through Memphis after her body was discovered.
The 34-year-old mother, billionaire heiress, and kindergarten teacher was found dead days after being kidnapped by 38-year-old career criminal Cleotha Abston-Henderson who forced her into his car while she was enjoying her morning run in Memphis.
Now, some 1,500 runners are preparing to honor the young woman’s memory by finishing an 8-mile track through Memphis dubbed ‘Liza’s run.’
According to the reports, the run was organized by a group of local women who vowed to follow the steps of Eliza and finish the run that she was supposed to complete before her kidnapping.
“We created this run as a way to honor Liza and cope with our own feelings,” the organizers of the run said.
“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.”
Liza’s run is scheduled to take place along Central Avenue and Belvedere Boulevard. Attendants are asked to gather at 4 am, twenty minutes before the run begins.
Though the event is set for Friday, many runners have already taken to the streets on their own to honor the kidnapped jogger.
“Enough is enough! Tired of the ‘why is she running alone?’ ‘Why is she running so early.’ Men do not have have to worry. We run for Eliza Fletcher,” Colorado State University’s lacrosse team announced.
“Tonight we run for Eliza Fletcher,” Rhino Chasers running club tweeted on Thursday.
The show of solidarity comes shortly after the authorities found Fletcher’s body in a wooded area near the home of the suspect’s brother.
Cleotha Abston-Henderson has since been charged with the woman’s kidnapping and is set to face first-degree murder charges as well.
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