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Report poses fresh questions about a 2021 rape investigation of Cleotha Henderson and why he was free the day Eliza Fletcher died
Nine Months after Alicia Franklin was raped, her assailants' DNA was finally tested and identified. He's the same suspect in the Eliza Fletcher murder....
Police say the same man attacked two women. One white. One Black. But if they'd taken Alicia Franklin's case more seriously, would Eliza Fletcher...
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If MPD had arrested Cleotha Abston on rape charges last year, would he have been on the streets this month when Eliza Fletcher disappeared?
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