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\"#Memphis is one of the greatest cities in America. The outpouring of love for #ElizaFletcher and our community this morning is another reason why,\" Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said on Twitter. \"We will not recede into the shadows. We’re going to let it shine.\"

Several women have been killed during runs in recent years, highlighting the ongoing dangers that face- female runners.

\"You can go out at noon and suffer harassment or suffer violence. Women know that all too well, whether it's running or just in their daily life,\" Beth Meadows, the race director at Nashville Running Company, told ABC Nashville affiliate WKRN at the city's run on Friday. \"That's another reason to why I think everyone across the country is running at this time of day, to say, you know, women should be safe at all hours.\"

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Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP
PHOTO: Runners head down the sidewalk past Fountain Square on Georgia Avenue during "Finish Eliza's Run," Sept. 9, 2022 in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Jenny Fogo organized a run in honor of Fletcher in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

\"Like so many women today, I feel that I am Liza -- I am a mom, and I a wife, a runner,\" she told ABC Chattanooga affiliate WTVC. \"For her situation to end up the way it did is just horrifying and hard to wrap your head around.\"

Runners also gathered in solidarity at the same time in cities including Tupelo, Mississippi; Charlotte, North Carolina; Huntsville, Alabama; Boston; and Philadelphia.

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The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via AP
PHOTO: Runners make their way down Main Street in Tupelo, Miss. as they hold their "Liza's Lights" run early Friday morning, Spet. 9, 2022, in Tupelo Miss.
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\"She’s a teacher, she was a mother, and she was doing a thing we all love doing,\" Scott Heigl-Yates told ABC Philadelphia station WPVI.

The runs come as Fletcher's loved ones will soon gather to lay her to rest, with funeral services scheduled for Saturday morning.

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Daily Memphian via AP
PHOTO: Thousands of runners, supporters and mourners attend a 4:20 a.m "Let's Finish Liza's Run" event in honor of Eliza Fletcher, Sept. 9, 2022 in Memphis, Tenn.
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Fletcher's family said in a statement that they \"heartbroken and devastated\" by the loss of Fletcher, whom they described as a \"joy to so many.\"

\"Now it's time to remember and celebrate how special she was and to support those who cared so much for her,\" the statement read. \"We appreciate all the expressions of love and concern we have received. We are grateful beyond measure to local, state and federal law enforcement for their tireless efforts to find Liza and to bring justice to the person responsible for this horrible crime.\"

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