Developments linked to Eliza Fletcher case shift violent crime discourse
Alicia Franklin was allegedly raped by Cleotha Henderson, aka Abston, in 2021. However, the rape kit results were not completed until August 2022, a few days before Eliza Fletcher was kidnapped and murdered. (Ben Wheeler/The Daily Memphian)
The city’s discussion on what to do about violent crime is different after two high-profile crimes have raised larger questions. The difference is among the topics discussed on “Behind The Headlines.”
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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