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Authorities charged a man Tuesday in connection with the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, more than seven years after Wright's bullet-riddled body was found decomposing in a Tennessee suburb.
Billy Turner, 46, was indicted on a charge of first-degree murder and was being held on $1 million bond, Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich said. Court records did not list a lawyer for Turner or a date for a court hearing.
Weirich and Police Director Michael Rallings declined to discuss any details of the arrest or investigation.
Wright's body was found in suburban Memphis on July 28, 2010, 10 days after the 34-year-old was reported missing. He was shot multiple times. The seven-year investigation into his death has been one of the Memphis Police Department's most high-profile unsolved cases.
Police said last month that they had found a gun used in the killing in a lake near Walnut, Mississippi, about 75 miles east of Memphis.
Wright's mother, Deborah Marion, had told news outlets recently that she was not giving up hope as the search for her son's killer dragged on. She told WREG-TV in Memphis on Tuesday that she had been told an arrest was made. ``Thank you, Jesus. Thank you, Jesus,'' she said. ``You gotta pray for what you want and that's what I did.''
The 6-foot-11 Wright played for the Memphis Grizzlies and four other NBA teams as a forward and center in 13 seasons before retiring in 2009. He averaged 8 points per game and more than 6 rebounds per game during his career.
Born and raised in Memphis, he was a fan favorite thanks to his charity work with youth and his father's involvement as a coach in summer leagues. Former NBA players and friends including Anfernee Hardaway and Elliot Perry attended a memorial service for Wright in the days after his body was found.
The father of six was last seen on July 18, 2011, as he left the home of his ex-wife, Sherra Wright. According to an affidavit, Sherra Wright told police that she saw him leave her home carrying money and a box of drugs. Before he left, Sherra Wright said she overheard her ex-husband on the telephone telling someone that he was going to "flip something for $110,000,'' the document said. Sherra Wright said Lorenzen Wright left her home in a car with a person she could not identify. The affidavit said Sherra Wright gave the statements to police in the Memphis suburb of Collierville, where she lives, on July 27, nine days after he left her house for the last time.
In the early morning of July 19, a police dispatcher in the suburb of Germantown received a call from Wright's cell phone. Dispatchers acknowledged that they heard noises such as gunshots before the call was dropped. Dispatchers said they didn't alert patrol officers or commanders because they couldn't confirm that it came from their jurisdiction. They didn't send a patrol officer or relay the information to Memphis police until days later.
Wright's mother filed a missing-person report with Collierville police on July 22, 2010. Authorities in Collierville were accused of dragging their feet in the days after the report was filed, and an apparent lack of communication kept authorities from linking the 911 call to the missing-person report. Wright's body was found in a field near some woods in the height of summer, complicating the investigation because evidence had likely deteriorated in the heat. An autopsy report showed that bullet fragments were lodged in Wright's skull, chest and right forearm. The corpse was badly decomposed, weighing 57 pounds. Wright's playing weight was around 225 pounds.
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I used to think there was a lil bit of potential if healthy but ? confirmed unaggressive trash
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Peezy_Jenkins wrote: »I used to think there was a lil bit of potential if healthy but ? confirmed unaggressive trash
Lol I think it's there but ? forbid he plays consistently
Him and John henson been suffering from the same ? -
utah killing okc. utah just has better ball movement.
melo has been useless the past two weeks.
he need to come off the bench this point in his career -
I need the Thunder to play better so they can get New Orleans the ? outta here
But at the same time ? OKC -
russ working on a quadruple double got 6 TOs right now
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damn booker
looks like that ? hurt -
damn booker might have the same injury as AD
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I just don't know what the ? russ be thinkin sometimes man
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utah had nobody in the 4th who could score. too many white people on the court
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Peezy_Jenkins wrote: »I just don't know what the ? russ be thinkin sometimes man
neither does he cuz he doesn't think lol -
Other than Westbrook, OKCs starting 5 had 3 assists. They really gotta work on ball that movement.
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this the brad beal they been needing
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NoCanadiansEH wrote: »Peezy_Jenkins wrote: »I just don't know what the ? russ be thinkin sometimes man
neither does he cuz he doesn't think lol
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Peezy_Jenkins wrote: »Lol has Beal even had a good game since wall been out? Defenses been focused on him now n what do u know he's in his worst stretch of the season
I haven't heard anyone call them an elite team either, that bench been getting called out as a glaring weakness All year
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Blazers need to hurry and trade lillard so turner can run the offense
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There should be a big move before the season ends. They see it.
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took beal getting embarrassed by his play recently to ball out..hopefully hes a bit more consistent thats the only knock on his game really
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There should be a big move before the season ends. They see it.
Philly is a perfect trade partner. Dame/CJ + Vonleh for Saric JJ(expiring but is also a solid addition) and the Laker pick. Portland gets some much needed cap relief and a solid young core. I can see Portland pushing for Fultz but that's a bit of an over pay. -
af.r.i.c.a. wrote: »There should be a big move before the season ends. They see it.
Philly is a perfect trade partner. Dame/CJ + Vonleh for Saric JJ(expiring but is also a solid addition) and the Laker pick. Portland gets some much needed cap relief and a solid young core. I can see Portland pushing for Fultz but that's a bit of an over pay.
I'm starting to like Vonleh...put Ed Davis into the trade machine instead
They can keep Fultz...S/O PG though -
Peezy_Jenkins wrote: »Lol has Beal even had a good game since wall been out? Defenses been focused on him now n what do u know he's in his worst stretch of the season
I haven't heard anyone call them an elite team either, that bench been getting called out as a glaring weakness All year
this the "better than wall" beal they needed, im surprised he hadnt played well b4 last night with wall out -
Me waiting on the rockets to play a game
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HustleThaDon wrote: »Me waiting on the rockets to play a game
LOL, if Anthony Davis is projected to play on Monday, i plan on going to the game. -
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Yeahhh I'm not going to that knicks game
@iron man1 and/or @AZTG (wait I don't think you live here no mo)
Would y'all like to go if I can still make it happen?
