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Woman missing after being forced into SUV during jog near college, Tennessee cops say

34-year-old Eliza Fletcher was jogging near the University of Memphis campus, police say.
34-year-old Eliza Fletcher was jogging near the University of Memphis campus, police say. Screengrab from the Memphis Police Department Facebook

A 34-year-old woman is missing after she was reportedly forced into an SUV during an early-morning jog near a college campus, police in Tennessee announced.

Eliza Fletcher was jogging around 4:20 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 2, near the University of Memphis in the area of Central Avenue and Zach Curlin Street when she was taken away in a vehicle, according to a news release from the Memphis Police Department.

Fletcher was running when an “unknown individual approached her,” according to police.

The suspect may have been in a dark-colored SUV traveling westbound on central, the release said.

Fletcher is 5 feet, 6 inches, 137 pounds with brown hair and green eyes, according to the release.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Memphis Police Department at (901) 545-2677 or call 911.

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This story was originally published September 2, 2022 at 12:14 PM with the headline "Woman missing after being forced into SUV during jog near college, Tennessee cops say."

Alison Cutler
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Alison Cutler is a National Real Time Reporter for the Southeast at McClatchy. She graduated from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and previously worked for The News Leader in Staunton, VA, a branch of USAToday.
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