Jury Convicts Memphis, Tennessee, Man of Raping a Woman a Year Before Jogger’s Killing

Police tape surrounds a crime scene in a file photo. Scott Olson/Getty Images

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A Tennessee man has been found guilty of raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a school teacher who was on an early morning run.

A jury in Memphis convicted 40-year-old Cleotha Abston of kidnapping and raping the woman in September 2021.