Teacher (and Orgill heiress) Eliza Fletcher abducted while running in Memphis TN Fri. morning.

Well when everyone armed up in the Ukrainian war people were promoting stories about grandma fighting with a gun.

Nevertheless, A gun in this circumstances would not have helped the victim and it’s absurd to think that any runner should run with a gun.

Letsrun

the only place where instead of focusing on the fact that FBI and police are involved in finding the kidnapping of a runner they argue about gun control and focus on the fact that she is an educator (one of the emotionally most demanding jobs in todays field). Atleast 4chan could ban together and agree and apprehend sick animal abusers who vacuum sealed kittens.

if anybody knows anything please contact the police. Her loved ones, family, coach, and that community are worried sick about her and nobody deserves to have this happen. Especially at 4 am when trying to just live your life.

This is why I run in the suburbs, not city.

I always take these with a grain of salt. Was she kidnapped? Maybe. Was it a hoax? Maybe. I want to wait for an investigation, not make a kneejerk determination.

how is it abnormal at all? I live in a rural area, and carry a gun for protection from wild animals. If I were in an urban area - especially a ghetto area like Memphis, Chicago, DC, Baltimore, etc - I'd also need it for my protection, but with that comes the risk of getting sued by his cash-chasing family members.

Memphis is not diverse on the neighborhood level, and their crime is insane accordingly. Same with Baltimore as well. However, a city like San Jose (where I used to live) is, and hence crime is much lower.

Also, look up homicide rates by race. For some, big cities are equivalent to safe cities in Asia or Europe, while for others who commit more crime it’s higher.

As a woman who runs alone early in the morning often when it's dark, it's nice to see LetsRun's response is different from articles on MSM, which generally say women (and people in general) shouldn't run alone early in the morning. It seems Letsrunners realize it's either run alone or run on the treadmill, practically speaking, for many adults with kids and responsibilities.

I don't know anything about Memphis, but I obviously hope the best for this woman. She was a Boston qualifier, and I bet she ran a lot. I'm training for a marathon in the early morning (though not that early morning) in a suburb of Seattle, so it was definitely creepy to read about this. With that said, statistically speaking, your chance of being murdered while running regardless of your gender and race and when you run, is incredibly low.

I do think your chance of being assaulted is much, much higher, but probably still pretty low if you run in a safe area.

Do we know if she was wearing ear buds/headphones?

Earbuds make running a much riskier activity than it needs to be. Taking away one of your senses is incredibly reckless.

Word in Memphis is this could be a contract job. She was kidnapped about a mile from my house.

Not really. Someone attempted to abduct a young woman in East Buntyn a couple of months ago, less than a mile from the track. And once you cross Southern headed south, you're in a different world.

She's a BILLIONAIRE

Now it makes sense.

Well, somewhat: why would a billionaire jog alone at 4 am?

dailymail.co.uk

Cops tow car and take shears from home of abducted mother-of-two

https://www.facebook.com/DailyMail

The wealthy family of a 34-year-old school teacher who was abducted in Memphis while out jogging is offering $50,000 for information leading to her rescue.

Open link

A billionaire heiress and a $50,000 reward for her return?

I guess rewards were not affected by inflation.

good luck, but in a suburb of Seattle you may have to deal with a couple methed-out homeless people, instead of the shootings in Memphis/Chicago.

Man… the same old “the whole city is ghetto and dangerous because there’s two blocks of gang violence no where near the actual city”.

I have run in the city hundreds of times and never felt unsafe. Keep your fearmongering to yourself.

You need to be more fearful. Memphis is about the most violent city in the country.

When this missing teacher case is solved, surely LR will facilitate an honest discussion of the perps and exactly what happened.

Trying for more victim blaming? Unfriggin'real.

Not victim blaming. A mere PSA not to run with ear buds jack.

I lived in Memphis twice in the 90s. crime was everywhere. Violent, often drug and gang related, but plenty was random too. Remember the girl killed at Oak Court Mall on Poplar during Christmas season and not even noticed in her car in parking deck for several days? Sorry, I don’t believe it’s a safe place at any hour. Random opportunistic crime, crime for no reason at all, it has it all. I’m saddened for this young lady and her loved ones and friends. As others noted, I don’t think this will have a good ending.