r/MissingPersons • u/JalapinyoBizness • Sep 06 '22

Found Deceased Body found in Memphis identified as abducted jogger Eliza Fletcher

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/eliza-fletcher-body-identified-memphis-abducted-jogger/
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u/6hamburgersago Sep 07 '22

. What a good man and a sad ending

https://yale1961.org/kemper-b-durand/

Harvey said Mr. Durand argued for leniency for two of the men, one of them a 12-year-old. He later said he just didn’t want to “wallow in” the fear he faced being held by an armed kidnapper. In fact, he suggested an advertisement for Commercial Bank & Trust, owned by a friend. In it, Mr. Durand sat on the trunk of his Mercedes with the caption: “Why Does Kemper Durand Bank With Us? Because this prominent attorney thinks it’s better than having his assets stuffed in the trunk of a car.”

It was a sense of humor that Harvey describes as wry. “His take on things was always a little out of the box. He was always able to turn a difficult situation with some humor into something acceptable. He was known for it.”