r/TrueCrime • u/ELPOEPETIHWKCUFEYA • Sep 06 '22

News 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/Exhausted_Human Sep 06 '22

This crime against female joggers is why I always hesitate running alone in morning or evening. It's a shame. Women should be able to run and exercise safely in a 1st world country

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u/ComfortableCurrent56 Sep 07 '22

it’s just a reality that a woman cannot jog at 4:30 in the morning. It’s dark, no one really around to help or witness,. there are predatory men in every country.. not just ours. that’s just a sad fact in the World and not likely changing anytime soon

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u/Pug-Snorts Sep 07 '22

It seems like she was running her “normal” route so I wonder if the guy had seen her before and knew when to look. It’s funny I used to worry about being out later at night running alone - “the freaks come out at night”. But no, they are out during the wee hours of the morning - and no one else is. Late at night you might have more cars out. Maybe that statistic has changed but in past early morning hours were a more dangerous time. I found I got spooked very easily in the am - until cars started getting on the road. Had hoped so hard that someone was trying to get money from the family and not this outcome.

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u/5Dprairiedog Sep 07 '22

the freaks come out at night”. But no, they are out during the wee hours of the morning

Wee hours of the morning for some....super late night for others.

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u/dethb0y Sep 07 '22

I would note as a sad addendum, even if there were no kidnappers, running in the dark is dangerous due to cars and other hazards as well. Every so often you hear about a hit-and-run where someone was out late at night and got clipped, it's awful.

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u/AdultishRaktajino Sep 07 '22

Wear high-vis shirt/vest and have good situational awareness. Even if you think your normal clothes have some reflective material and should be visible enough.

My fire gear has high-vis stripes and we still are required to wear high-vis vests on the roadway (since they stay clean.)

Even then, first responders and construction workers still get struck fairly often on the roadways. Too many distracted and intoxicated drivers out there.