Update: 4 p.m.: Memphis police released images of three people they say are “persons of interest” in a deadly shooting overnight in the Tennessee city. One person was killed in the shooting and 10 more wounded, five of them critically. The five non-critical victims were later released from the hospital, police said. Along with the …
The man accused of kidnapping and killing Memphis jogger Elia Fletcher last September appeared in court Friday to face more charges and enter a not guilty plea. Cleotha Abston-Henderson was arrested two days before Fletcher’s body was found outside an abandoned home on September 5 on charges of murder and kidnapping, as CrimeOnline previously reported. …
A Memphis man faces multiple charges after he allegedly beat his girlfriend and threw their 1-year-old baby onto the ground. Memphis Police said they were called to the Airport Inn shortly after 5 p.m. on Sunday, and a woman told them she’d been involved in a physical alteration with her boyfriend, who is also the …
A Memphis woman reported missing last week has been found dead. Shatiqua Palmer’s roomnate told police that Palmer 32, left with a Lyft driver, saying she would be right back, on Thursday, WREG reported. The roommate and Palmer’s mother also said they tried to call her several times but the calls went straight to voicemail. …
A woman accused of fatally shooting a toddler and leaving another woman in critical condition late Friday afternoon has surrendered to police. WREG said the shooting took place at an apartment complex in North Memphis at about 5 p.m. Police said the women knew each other and that the suspect fled in a gray Infiniti, …
An 18-year-old Tennessee man has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of a 15-year-old girl earlier this month in Memphis. Seth Walls told police on September 11 that he was “messing with” his gun while he, Haley Reedy, and another person were sitting on a couch, with the other person between him and …
A Memphis man has been arrested for a road rage incident earlier this month in which he allegedly shot at a car with two children inside. Chance Lewis, 18, was identified as a person of interest during the investigation, and a woman who was a passenger in the car identified him in a photo lineup, …
Memphis police have issued a missing child alert for a 14-year-old girl who didn’t come home from school on Thursday. Mikayla Rhodes was last seen wearing black pants and a hoodie with red shoes. She is wearing her hair in two twists and wears glasses. Police said she was dropped off at school Thursday morning …
A 62-year-old Memphis woman has been acccused of stabbing her boyfriend in the stomach after he slapped her in the face during an argument. The unnamed boyfriend was rushed to Regional One Hospital in critical condition from a stab wound that “caused his entrails to fall out of his body,” according to court records. Diane …
The woman suing Memphis Police for not properly investigating her September 2021 rape case — and leaving Cleotha Henderson on the street to allegedly kidnap and kill Eliza Fletcher — says she gave investigators everything she knew about the suspect, including his name and phone number. But a rape kit from Alicia Franklin wasn’t touched …
A Memphis rape victim has filed suit against the city, claiming police botched the investigation into her September 2021 case, ultimately leading to the abduction and murder of Eliza Fletcher. The woman, who is not being identified because she is the victim of a sexual assault, is seeking unspecified damages and says that police failed …
New charges against the accused killer of Memphis mom Eliza Fletcher come from the results of a DNA test on genetic material from a rape last September. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation told WREG in a statement that it didn’t complete testing on the sample from that rape until August 29, and Cleotha Henderson was …
