The teacher and mother of two is believed to have been kidnapped and killed during an early morning jog near the University of Memphis campus on Sept. 2.
A run is planned for Friday morning on Central Avenue in the UofM area where Fletcher’s run came to an abrupt stop. Organizers say this event is a way to honor and finish the run Fletcher started the day she was abducted.
Friday morning’s 8.2-mile run is set to begin at 4:20 a.m. at Central and Belvedere. According to theA gym in Jonesboro, Arkansas held similar events to symbolize the end of Fletcher’s run. “We’re going to come together as a gym family, as a local community, as a running family to finish the run for her,” Callie Talley said.
Talley says some gym members knew Fletcher and her family and wanted to put on this event to pay tribute to her life.
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