A Tennessee kindergarten teacher who police said was kidnapped during a pre-dawn run and then killed earlier this month died from a gunshot wound to the head, according to an autopsy report.
during a pre-dawn run and then killed earlier this month died from a gunshot wound to the head, an autopsy report released Thursday showed.
“There are two semicircular defects to the skull consistent with a single gunshot to the head with the bullet travelling in a posterior to anterior and right to left direction,” the report said.Fletcher was running on the University of Memphis campus when she was forced into a vehicle after a struggle about 4 a.m. Sept 2. Police said herSept. 5 behind a vacant home after a massive police search lasting more than three days.
After her body was found, another police affidavit said officers noticed vehicle tracks next to the duplex’s driveway, and they “smelled an odor of decay.” The killing of Fletcher, a mother of two, shocked the Memphis community and has led to a flood of support for her and her family. A church held a vigil to pray for her and her family, and runners in Memphis and several other U.S. citiesHenderson was charged
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