Eliza “Liza” Fletcher, a Tennessee-based teacher whose grandfather, Joseph Orgill III, co-ran the Memphis-based hardware distributor Orgill Inc., was abducted in the early hours of Friday morning while jogging near his college campus University of Memphis, The Sun reports. Memphis police say a “vehicle of interest” in her kidnapping has been located and a man inside has been arrested, but there is still no sign of Fletcher. No further details about the man being held were immediately available. While Fletcher’s total net worth is unclear, she is the heir to the Orgill Inc. fortune. as of 2020, the business is valued at over $3.2 billion and is ranked 143rd on Forbes’ list of America’s largest private companies. The Daily Beast contacted Orgill Inc. for comments. Fletcher, who teaches preschool, was reportedly exercising around 4:30 a.m. on Friday in purple jogging shorts and a pink top when the assailants in a dark SUV picked her up and forced her into the car. She was reported missing around 7 a.m., and when officers examined the scene, they discovered Fletcher’s broken cell phone and abandoned water bottle. Her family is offering a $50,000 reward for any information on her whereabouts. Fletcher is described as a white, married mother of two, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 137 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. Her Instagram account is a wall-to-wall showcase of her husband of eight years, Richard “Richie” Fletcher III, and two sons. Memphis police were seen towing Fletcher’s family car, a white Jeep Wagoneer, from her home Friday afternoon. On Friday night, Shelby County sheriff’s deputies spent several hours searching a wooded area of Overton Park, a park about 1.5 miles from where Fletcher was abducted. The Fletchers are members of Second Presbyterian Church in Tennessee, which released a statement about the abduction on Facebook: “Please join us in praying for Lisa’s safety and that she will be found soon. Please also pray for her family. The Sanctuary is open for prayer until this afternoon.” The story continues According to public safety data, at least 100 kidnapping incidents have been reported in Memphis in 2022 alone. Fletcher’s pastor at Second Presbyterian Church said the parish was grieving with her family. “She and her husband Richie are both very active and great leaders in our church,” said Pastor George Robertson. “They have two little boys who come up to me every week and hug me.” “One day we will eliminate this kind of tragedy,” he told the Commercial Appeal. “We also regret the kidnapping that happened a few days ago near Wolfchase. We are sorry for all this violence and evil in our city. It just makes us sad. We mourn for ourselves, we mourn for the Fletchers, and we mourn for our city. Our whole city is hurting.” Fletcher graduated from the Hutchinson School in Memphis in 2006, according to the Commercial Appeal. And he graduated from Belmont University with a master’s degree in teaching. He is an avid runner and has previously qualified for the Boston Marathon. Hutchinson High School posted messages of love and an “urgent call for prayer” on Facebook and said Fletcher was a “beloved graduate and we are praying for her safety and for her family.” Her friend Hart Robinson told WREG that anyone with information should call police. “We want to find her, we don’t know what’s going on,” he said. “If you know anything or saw anything, we’re just asking you to come forward.” Read more at The Daily Beast. Get the Daily Beast’s biggest scandals and scandals straight to your inbox. Register now. Stay informed and get unlimited access to the Daily Beast’s unparalleled reporting. Register now.
