Produced by Josh Gelman, Alvin Patrick and Jaime Hellmann. According to the Commercial Appeal, "police sources confirmed earlier . "We literally threw everything we had at this investigation. The police eventually made a headway when they discovered a 911 call that had been placed by Wright around 12:05am, 19th of July. Lorenzen's ex-wife, Sherra, went on the news -- appearing shaken. You need to let us know. Shes constantly saying about [other] women he [was] with some women.. The ex-wife of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in a high-profile case. I never got that with Sherra. A Memphis native, the 6-foot-11 Wright played 13 seasons for the Memphis Grizzlies and four other NBA teams. Family and friends of slain NBA basketball player Lorenzen Wright grieve during a memorial service at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. on Aug. 4, 2010. What's goin' on? James Brown: Never had gotten romantically involved with an interview subject? . Toney Armstrong: I had already announced my retirement. "A Murder in Memphis" is set to air at . Dr. Bill Adkins: And I turned on the television And -- I saw Deborah, his mom -- running down the road, tryin' to get to his body It was a total shock. Who are Pedro Riveras Children and Grandchildren. Although he skyrocketed into the fast life of the NBA, Wrights childhood friends said that he never lost touch with his roots. You know, he had no money! Lorenzen Wright played for several pro teams before ending up with his beloved hometown franchise, the Memphis Grizzlies. She said the last time she saw Lorenzen was on that Sunday night, July 18, at her home. Lorenzen Wright tied the knot with Sherra Robinson. But on July 25 came stunning news. After they broke up, Wright Robinson relocated to California with her kids. I mean, I've heard stories about that. A third person was involved -- someone who claims to have been in on it an unindicted co-conspirator. Phil Dotson: And, I ended up droppin' him off that night at about 10:00 p.m. And when I dropped him off, he said, "Let me go in here and deal with this. Plainview teen preparing to take Houston Rodeo entertainment stage with Plainview 8-year-old places 5th at state free throw contest, Texas bluebonnet season is almost here. Then, seven long years after the murder, police got the break they needed. Phil Dotson: That Sunday evening we had gone to pick up his son -- Lorenzen Jr. -- from the gym. I just sat there. And I just told her, I said, "This is your opportunity to tell your side of the story.". That Lorenzen didn't really know Bobby Cole. According to the Shelby County Sheriff's . Feb. 28, 2023 Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 6:37 a.m. Facebook Twitter Email. Her perfume was unfair, you know, and so, that's how it all started I had never interviewed a woman and then dated her, never crossed the line. On the 18th of July 2010, Wright returned to Memphis in order to spend some time with his kids. After having Lorenzen Jr., the couple got married and had a daughter named Loren, twin boys named Lamar and Shamar, another daughter named Sofia, a son named Lawson and a girl named Sierra, who died of sudden infant death syndrome when she was a baby. Phil Dotson: "Have you talked to Lorenzen? OSherra Wright and co-defendant Billy Ray Turner appear in court in Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 5, 2018. Wright was never implicated in any criminal activity. It would prove to be a fateful meeting. In college, Wright scored more than 1,000 points and was mentioned on All-American team She has asked Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee -- who approved her guilty plea in Lorenzen Wright's slaying and sentenced her to 30 years in prison -- to hold an evidentiary hearing on her petition. Sherra, I want to thank you for giving me my grandchildren, thats what I want to thank you for, she said in court. And he asked me for permission to -- to look at -- into the case. And when we pull up at the house he said, 'I'm going to go in here and I'm going to calm her down, and I'll call you later and then we can go out.". Sherra Wright alleged that her conviction was "unlawfully induced" and involuntarily entered without her understanding the nature and consequences of the plea, her court filing showed. April Thompson, an investigative reporter at WREG, the CBS affiliate in Memphis, was on this story from the start. That he was introduced by a third party and it was kind of a passing relationship. But in a city divided, both racially and economically, there is something that brings people together. April Thompson: I have heard people say that she liked the wealth I asked her what she was doing for money. It seemed to Gipson that this would be an easy case to solve. April Thompson: His mother told me directly, "I have had to live with the loss of a son. In an interview with The Commercial Appeal after her guilty plea, Sherra Wright said she did so for the sake of her children. One, a previous murder attempt by Wright and Turner. And I want everybody to know in this city that he was a good guy, not what he was portrayed to be. In a new video that's been circulating, first reported by The New York Times, the secretary urged his staff to discharge children from the federal governments broken system of shelters faster. "I absolutely think that he did not do it.". Memphis Grizzlies' Lorenzen Wright, center, slides by Denver Nuggets' Kenyon Martin, left, and DerMarr Johnson, right, as he drives to the basket during the first quarter Friday, Feb. 25, 2005, in Memphis, Tenn. Sherra Wright in a Memphis courtroom on Jan. 25, 2018. Sherra Wright Robinson is an American author with the book, Mr. Tell Me Anything under her belt. LONDON (AP) British police said Tuesday they have launched a major search for a two-month-old baby after officers arrested the infant's mother and her boyfriend who had been missing since January. They are being charged with killing Wrights ex-husband NBA star Lorenzen Wright. Growing up in Oxford, Mississippi, Wright found a fierce passion for playing basketball. Sherra now has two court appointed attorneys: Juni Ganguli and Laurie Hall. was born in 1975 and from Memphis, Tennessee (USA) and she is 44 years old as of 2019. Armstrong's prayers were answered seven years after the murder of Lorenzen Wright on Nov. 9, 2017. But it was a family tragedy in 2003 that would break Lorenzen's heart and eventually his marriage for good. Once celebrated as one of Memphis' favorite sons, the memory of Lorenzen Wright still haunts this town. And it was personal. Lorenzen was reported officially mission on July 22 by his family, but it was six days later, on July 28, that his body was found, in a wooded area on Callis Cutoff Road, just west of Hacks Cross Road. He claims he fell in love with her during an interview about Wright Robinson's life, which included talking about her new book. On July 28, 10 days after Wright's disappearance, his body was found in the woods in Memphis' outskirts. the investigators that took a part in this investigation -- should be celebrated, you know, at this point. By 2016, six years after the murder of hometown hero Lorenzen Wright, Memphis had all but given up hope that the crime would be solved. Two of Wright's children gave statements to the Tennessee. They were also reports of domestic violence and infidelity as Robinson caught her husband with other women on several occasions. Within months she was married, for a third time, to a music producer, Tim Robertson. Shot as many as 11 times five years ago Sunday, Wright, a beloved former University of Memphis and Grizzlies standout, was left to die in a secluded meadow, the killer never found. I mean, he could run the floor better than any big man I ever saw in my life. And still, there were no arrests for the murder of Lorenzen Wright. LORENZEN WRIGHT [NEWS INTERVIEW] Thinking about what I'm going to be doing next year, whether I'm going to be at the University of Memphis or you know, in the NBA. Sherra was -- she's hilarious. ", I hope the truth comes out, Phil Dotson, another of his friends, told "20/20.". The Germantown Police Department, which declined to comment to ABC News for this report, did not follow up on the call. Most troubling for Lorenzen's family was that he seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Infant death syndrome was determined to be the cause of death. He was beloved. If Henry Ford had seen this in his plants, he would have never become famous and rich, Becerra told staff during a meeting last summer in a recording. Her father happened to be his coach and friends said Wright fell for her. Hello? By summer 2010, Wright was living in Atlanta with Gipson, while his ex-wife remained in Memphis with the kids. Marion is forced to wait longer for a resolution. So he comes over Were kicking back, were relaxing, smoking cigars on the patio., That evening, Dotson said Wright's ex-wife called him demanding that he bring their son back home "now. Turner and Robinson were both charged with first degree murder and attempted first degree murder. Kelvin Cowans: It was great. And she was like, "No, I don't want Herb to have it." Wright, 34, had been missing for 10 days before his body was discovered. Hundreds of companies that employed nearly 4,000 children last year were found in violation of federal labor laws, a dramatic increase in the last five years. APRIL THOMPSON: So how are you getting by now? Fighting to stay in the league, Wright was at the tail end of his career when he went back to the Hawks for a time, and then played for the Sacramento Kings and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Born on Nov. 4, 1975 in Oxford, Mississippi, Lorenzen Wright would become a Memphis high school and college basketball star, spend 13 years in the NBA, marry his teenage sweetheart, father. Meanwhile, Wright Robinson seemed to move on with her life. Sherra would later insist that Lorenzen had affairs with multiple women and had been abusive to her and her children.. April Thompson: A lot of people expected some kind of resolution. Toney Armstrong served with the Memphis Police Department for 27 years and was their deputy director back then. Just this week, a surprise development in one of Memphis, Tennessee's, biggest murder cases. She and Turner then conspired to kill him in Memphis, authorities have said. Memphis players wore armbands with Wright's number 42 for Saturday night's game as a show of support. Wright's uncle, Curtis Wright, told The Associated Press that police called the player's father, Herb Wright, Wednesday afternoon with the news he had died. You have to understand she had just written a book about her life with Lorenzen, OK and where I come from, you don't write books about people you helped to kill. Kelvin Cowans: Never. Toney Armstrong: I can tell you that we threw everything but the kitchen sink at this investigation. Just -- just gut-wrenching to sit across the desk and talk to her -- and to see the pain that -- that she was in. Kelvin Cowans: Tough, really tough. And Lorenzen was a big part of that. He had a . Wright eventually moved to the Atlanta Hawks and then was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies in 2001. Kelvin Cowans tried to put all the pieces together by writing a book about his complicated relationship with Sherra Wright. I can't reach him." They were getting older. Wright, 34, had been missing for 10 days before his body was discovered. . Wright, a 6-foot-11 Memphis native and was a right-handed center who played in 778. John Keith Perry Jr. [to reporters on March 19]: His family's a Christian family. Prosecutors declined to comment to ABC News for this report. Life seemed to continue on until November 2017, when police announced a huge break in the Wright murder investigation: They had found one of the murder weapons -- a gun -- in a lake in Walnut, Mississippi, about 45 minutes away from Wrights former home. After they learned about the plea, Wright Robinsons lawyers worried that Turner would strike a plea deal with prosecutors in the Wright murder case and testify against Wright Robinson. WASHINGTON (AP) The Biden administration said Monday that it is creating a new task force to crack down on an explosion of the illegal exploitation of migrant children for labor in the U.S. She then took Sierra, the youngest of the couple's five children, to the hospital. On Thursday the L.A. Times revisited the tragedy, this time talking to others in the couple's life, including two of their now adult children. I mean, Lorenzen Wright was a true hometown hero. WREG NEWS REPORT: Police in Memphis, Tennessee, have found the body of former NBA player, Lorenzen Wright. ", Kelvin Cowans: We got on the phone and she wasn't happy about it at all, and --. Sherra Wright received $1 million from her ex-husband's life insurance policy. James Brown: Who is Billy Ray Turner and how does he fit into the case? When he saw the announcement of her arrest on the news, Cowans was blown away. Wright, 27, flew back to Memphis after learning of his daughter's death. That frantic call was placed at 12:05 a.m. on the morning of July 19 -- just hours after Lorenzen was dropped off at Sherra's. Dr. Bill Adkins: When you're used to spending $40,000, $50,000 a month in just change, just spendable income and you get accustomed to that, you know, $10,000 a month seems like poverty row. Wright's killing nearly 11 years ago is one of the most highly publicized murder cases in Memphis' history. Watch fullscreen. Wright's family attended the Miami game and the children had been in the locker room after the game. Prosecutors allege Wright's ex-wife, Sherra Wright, masterminded a plan to kill her ex-husband and recruited Turner and . Dr. Bill Adkins: When he stepped up to that podium -- everybody just cheered. Lawson Wright is one of them. In 2010, he was found shot to death over. This eventually led them to Wrights remains in a wooded area on a desolate road that he used to take to get to his mothers house. His grandmother, his father Herb, his mother Deborah, his ex-wife Sherra and their six children were dealing in their own ways with Lorenzen's death. James Brown: Do you think that someone knows, has known, who the killer or killers were but has just held onto the information? Wrights mother, Deborah Marion, was thrilled to have her son home again. As Memphis mourned, months turned into years and the city became obsessed with solving the murder of its favorite son. Lee Harvey Oswald Bio, Wife, Children, Brother, Mother, Who Killed Him? Cole was a drag racer, who worked the circuit, but it turns out, he also had ties to a notorious drug syndicate. While he was awaiting sentencing, Martin allegedly started talking to investigators. On the 911 recording are his dying words and the sound of 11 gunshots: 911 OPERATOR: Germantown 911, where's your emergency? Sherra Wright and Billy Ray Turner were charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and conspiracy. Lorenzen and Sherra Wright talk with the media about the death of their daughter Sierra The Commercial Appeal But it was a family tragedy in 2003 that would break Lorenzen's heart and. Lorenzen Wright's Seven Children. Our prayers go out to him. A week later on August 4, Lorenzen's hometown turned out in force to say one last emotional goodbye at the FedEx Forum. What were Lorenzen Wright Body Measurements? Prosecutor Paul Hagerman [to reporters]: I expect nothing but a fight. Dr. Bill Adkins: The arguments primarily were about two things: infidelity and finances. WREG NEWS REPORT: The former wife of NBA star Lorenzen Wright appeared at an extradition hearing today. Becerra has long been viewed as an advocate for immigrants. Turner has said he is eager to prove his innocence. Lorenzen Wright had made a desperate call for help and no one knew about it. Marc Perrusquia: By her account, he left with a box of drugs. Martin alleged that a metal detector was used to try to find a gun that had been dropped during the crime, and that he and Turner then drove to the lake in Mississippi where Turner disposed of a gun, according to prosecutors. Lorenzen was crushed by the tragic death of a seventh child, a baby girl who fell victim to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Pastor Bill Adkins has been a long-time advocate for unity in the City of Memphis. Lorenzen Wright Jr. was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 11, 1995. Lorenzen and Sherra Wright talk with the media about the death of their daughter Sierra, "Goddamn:" Lorenzen Wrights desperate call for help, The coroners report said Lorenzen had been hit by five bullets from two different guns: two shots to the head, two to the chest and one to his right arm. ", "And he was like, 'OK, all right, fine. Born in Oxford, Mississippi, Lorenzen Wright moved to Memphis to play basketball at Booker T. Washington High School. DEBORAH MARION [WREG NEWS REPORT]: nowhere he could be that I don't know where he is We checked all his friends from here to Atlanta, Mississippi, everywhere. Phil Dotson: He had just signed a six-year, $42 million deal at that point. They got the wrong guy.". He would sign every autograph that he came across. the grief over, you know, losing Lorenzen. Tribune Broadcasting. There was no incidence to it. Phil Dotson: His daughter Sierra passed away of sudden infant death syndrome. But what they didn't realize at the time was that Lorenzen had actually left behind a clue. She also claimed armed men wearing trench coats had recently come to the home looking for Wright. All night . So-- I reached out to him as well, and didn't hear anything back. The couple eventually separated in early 2009 and finalized their divorce in February 2010. There was a lot of speculation going around that she knew something, that she had something to do with it. They questioned Robinson and she told them that he left her house around 2am on the 19th of July. He also claims that he went with Turner to the Mississippi lake to throw away that gun. During his 13-year career, Lorenzen played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers,. Despite the drug allegations against Lorenzen, many people were still suspicious of Sherra. Dr. Bill Adkins: Basketball in Memphis became -- a instrument of change which brought races together. His body was found in a wooded area in southeast Memphis nine days later. Billy Ray Turner was then a 47-year-old landscaper. A source tells MyEyeWitnessNews.com that the body suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The case went cold for seven years, until Billy Turner was charged with Lorenzen Wright's murder in December 2017. The coroners report said he'd been hit by five bullets from two different guns: two shots to the head, two to the chest and one to his right arm. On July 28, his body was discovered shot to death in a wooded area on Callis Cutoff Road, just west of Hacks Cross Road. Lorenzen went on to dazzle fans at the University of Memphis, but not for long. Under Tennessee Law, the judge immediately sentenced Turner to life in prison. Lorenzen Wright was one of 89 murder victims in Memphis in 2010. Dotson said that was the last time he saw Wright. Memphis Grizzlies player Lorenzen Wright tries to get his team psyched while coaching a scrimmage at his annual basketball camp in July 2005. Lorenzen told me the marriage ended because he didnt trust Sherra anymore and she felt the same about him but they were still going to try to find a way to raise these kids, said Mike Gipson, another one of Wrights friends. Marc Perrusquia: supposedly, a few weeks before they actually killed him, they tried to kill him down in Atlanta. Within six months she agreed to leave her marriage, leave Memphis, and move with him to Houston. Hes a celebrity from Memphis, so I thought this would be an open and shut case, he said. Turner was indicted on first-degree murder charges and pleaded not guilty. "It's hard to play when something tragic like this happens. Lorenzen Wright, #42 of the Memphis Grizzlies, goes up for the dunk against the Amare Stoudemire and Joe Johnson of the Phoenix Suns in Game three of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2005 NBA Playoffs in Memphis, Tenn., April 29, 2005. ", 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. She also published a book titled Mr Tell Me Anything. He went missing on the night of July 18, 2010 . To April Thompson, the crime seemed personal. Always volunteered. Deborah Marion [yells in court]: How could you murder my son? Lorenzen Wright's Children. Dr. Bill Adkins: What troubled me the most was Lorenzen was killed twice. Marion, who was in the courtroom that day, said that after 12 years, she felt like "she can sleep now. Billy Ray Turner has hired John Keith Perry Jr., an experienced defense attorney with a good record. Lorenzen Wright, #42 of the Memphis Grizzlies, shoots a free throw during Game One of the Western Conference Quarterfinals against the San Antonio Spurs at the SBC Center on April 17, 2004 in San Antonio, Texas. Authorities were already watching Cole when Lorenzen sold him the cars and investigators suspected the vehicles were used to launder drug money. Wright would go on to spend a total of 13 years in the league during which he played for teams such as the L.A. Clippers, Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers. Dr. Bill Adkins: I decided to go take a look for myself. The two men had earlier tried to kill Wright in his Atlanta townhouse in early 2010 but did not succeed. It has been the subject of a book and TV documentaries. Lorenzen Wright was 2.11 meters tall, or 6 feet and 11 inches tall. No arrests have been made. It was about a philandering NBA player. Toney Armstrong: The journey has led you right back to the person that was supposed to be as close to him as anybody, and that was his wife. 911 CALL: [BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG]. I think Lorenzen was killed for money. No. At that moment, instead of expressing outrage, Marion said she made the decision to focus on her six grandchildren. And I can't -- I'm not gonna believe anything other then he's fine now. I wouldn't never moved away with her if I thought she was guilty. They found the needle in the haystack. Billy Ray Turner is charged with conspiring with Wright's ex-wife in the slaying. He's also Sherra Wright's cousin. And he symbolized hope in our community. Log in. Marc Perresquia: When you read this book, you go, like, "Wow.". Sherra Wright faces a charge of first-degree murder for his death. He has already pleaded guilty to a gun charge related to Lorenzen Wright's shooting. It was very emotional. At the time, a review by the Germantown Police Department concluded that the dispatchers had properly followed procedures. Had Wright Robinson gone to trial, she faced the prospect of spending the rest of her life in prison. My watch is a car, or my ring is a house, I mean, he was good to me. That same year, Wright was traded to the Atlanta Hawks. The Grizzlies were in the game early in the third quarter, leading by as many as seven, but the Mavericks took control for a 114-87 victory. Wright, according to his ex-wife, left his home in Collierville, Tennessee on the night of July 18, 2010. The chilling recording captured the 34-year-old's dying word: "Goddamn." He hadn't been resting for 12 years." Patricia Vassar, Deborah Wright's sister, sits down next to Lorenzen Wright's grave Sunday, November 13, 2022. Gayle Rose: he was one young man who was working to make a difference in his children's lives, in other children's lives. In 2010, NBA player Lorenzen Wright died and left six surviving children by his ex-wife Sherra Wright-Robinson. He picked up his eldest son from the gym and later dropped him off at his ex-wifes house. She was followed by her twin brothers Lamar and Shamar Wright, who were subsequently joined by their youngest child, Sofia Wright, who is now in her early teens. Turner's trial has been scheduled for January after two delays. Lorenzen and Wright had six children together. Later on, it was reported that a 911 call had been received from his cell phone in the early hours of July 19. On april 11, 1995, their first child lorenzen wright jr. 5:14 Pm Cdt July 14, 2021. He was killed physically. draft by the Los Angeles Clippers. Lorenzen Wright, who played 13 years in the NBA, including five with the Memphis Grizzlies, has died. Two days after dropping off Lorenzen at his ex-wife's home, his friend, Phil Dotson got an unexpected call. 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