Amended lawsuit says Henderson avoided rape charge for months despite evidence from girlfriend
Alicia Franklin, seen here on Sept. 18, claims that the Memphis Police Department neglected her case and that the inaction played a role in the later murder of jogger Eliza Fletcher. (Ben Wheeler/The Daily Memphian file)
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An amended lawsuit contends Eliza Fletcher’s alleged killer avoided arrest for rape in 2021 despite implicating details that a second witness gave Memphis police days after the attack.
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Ben Wheeler
Ben Wheeler is an investigative reporter for The Daily Memphian. He previously worked at the Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan and Herald-Citizen.
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