Memphis police identify body of Eliza Fletcher, Champions League preview, and more trending news
Shakhtar players celebrate at the end of the Champions League Group F soccer match between RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk, in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.
Here’s a look at trending news for today, Sept. 6.
Eliza Fletcher
Police in Tennessee said Tuesday they had found the body of a Memphis woman abducted during a pre-dawn run, confirming fears that Eliza Fletcher was killed after she was forced into an SUV on Friday morning.
The news followed an exhaustive search throughout the long weekend with dogs, ATVs and a helicopter in a case that has drawn national media attention and is already becoming a source of partisan controversy over criminal sentencing and parole.
U.S. Marshals arrested Cleotha Abston, 38, on Saturday after police detected his DNA on a pair of sandals found near to where Fletcher was last seen, according to an arrest affidavit.
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Michael Sohn – staff, AP
Shakhtar players celebrate at the end of the Champions League Group F soccer match between RB Leipzig and Shakhtar Donetsk, in Leipzig, Germany, Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022.
UEFA Champions League
In this unusual season for European soccer, the World Cup in Qatar has split the Champions League into a sprint and a marathon.
The group stage kicks off Tuesday and squeezes six rounds of games into eight full weeks, with the last group matches on Nov. 2.
The congestion is caused by the shutdown of top-tier European soccer during a World Cup being played from Nov. 20-Dec. 18 in Qatar’s cooler months.
In a normal season, teams never play Champions League games in consecutive weeks and the group stage would run into mid-December.
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Ethan Swope
A firefighter takes a hose to a burning property while battling the Fairview Fire Monday, Sept. 5, 2022, near Hemet, Calif. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Fairview fire Hemet
Southern California Edison reported “circuit activity” at about the same time the first flames from a wildfire near Hemet were reported, the utility company said of the area where a fast-moving blaze has killed two people and injured another and burned at least seven structures.
It’s unclear what the circuit activity was or whether Edison’s equipment played a role in starting the fire. Edison reported the incident Monday evening with the Public Utilities Commission as the Fairview fire quickly spread. Fire officials on Tuesday morning said the fire has burned 2,400 acres and the cause remains under investigation.
“Our thoughts are with those who have been affected by the Fairview fire, especially those who have lost loved ones and suffered injuries,” said David Eisenhauer, a spokesperson for Edison.
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