Unidentified Body Found Near Area Where Billionaire Heiress Eliza Fletcher Was 'Violently' Abducted

A body was found near the area where 34-year-old teacher and hardware heiress Eliza Fletcher was violently kidnapped in Memphis, Tennessee.

The identity of the deceased and cause of death is unconfirmed, Memphis police said Monday.

The body was found about 20 minutes from the spot Fletcher was kidnapped Friday when she was out for an early morning jog, according to CNN. Investigators have been working to locate the mother-of-two, who comes from a family that founded a $3.2 billion private hardware company.

Surveillance footage of the kidnapping captured a black GMC Terrain SUV passing Fletcher during her 4 a.m. jog. The suspect, Cleotha Abston, 38, exited the vehicle and ran "aggressively" towards her, the police affidavit said.

A struggle ensued as Abston forced Fletcher into the SUV's passenger side.

After Abston managed to get Fletcher inside the vehicle, he stayed in a parking lot for about four minutes before driving away.

Cops called the abduction "violent" and said there is "physical evidence that she suffered serious injury," the affidavit said.

The black SUV captured in the surveillance footage was found in a parking lot near Abston's residence. He was arrested Saturday and charged with especially aggravated kidnapping and tampering with evidence.

Based on witness statements, investigators believe the injuries that Fletcher sustained would have "left evidence of blood in the car" that Abston would have "cleaned," the police affidavit said, according to the New York Post.

The location of the unidentified body found Monday was less than a mile from where witnesses spotted Abston cleaning the vehicle that Fletcher was kidnapped in.

Abston is due to appear in court Tuesday.

He previously spent nearly 20 years in prison for a similar crime. At the age of 16, Abston kidnapped Memphis-based prosecutor Kemper Durand, who was heading home when the incident took place in May 2000, according to the New York Post.

Abston held Durand at gunpoint, ordered him to hand over his car keys, and forced him inside the trunk of the car.

"For the next several hours, Kemper was trapped in the cold darkness of his car trunk as the two men drove the car throughout the city," read Durand's obituary from 2013. "From time to time, the car would stop. The men would open the trunk, pull Kemper out, make him withdraw money from an ATM machine, and hand it over."

It took hours before they stopped at one particular ATM, where Durand spotted a security guard and yelled for help, bringing an end to the ordeal and the eventual arrest of Abston and his accomplice.