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UPDATE: Memphis Police Sgt. Dennis Evans with the Digital Forensics Unit of Memphis Police Department is the next expert to testify. Sgt. Evans said phone records shows several phone calls from Billy Ray Turner’s cell phone to Jimmie Martin the night of Lorenzen Wright’s murder. The calls ranged from 8 seconds to 39 seconds. The […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Family and friends came together to celebrate the birthday of the late Lorenzen Wright, who would have been 47 years old this month had he not been murdered in 2010. WREG explored how loved ones are coping after all these years. It was a tearful afternoon for those who love Lorenzen Wright. Despite […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man sentenced to life in prison for the murder of NBA standout, Lorenzen Wright, appeared back in court Friday. Turner is already serving life in prison for the killing of Wright, and Judge Lee Coffee decided to wait to sentence him on the other charges. The sentencing scheduled for Friday was […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– It took years for police to solve the murder of Lorenzen Wright. Now, Billy Ray Turner, the last person charged with Wright’s killing, has been convicted. But the case may never have been cracked without the help of a special crime fighting unit. We sat down with the man who headed up that […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sherra Wright, ex-wife of slain NBA star Lorenzen Wright, has been denied parole. The case needed three concurrent votes for a final decision. Wright was denied parole based on the seriousness of the defense, according to the press release. WREG spoke with Lorenzen Wright’s mother, Deborah Marion who said she was not […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Phone calls between Sherra Wright, Billy Ray Turner and Jimmie Martin kicked off testimony Wednesday morning. Lorenzen Wright Trial Day 3: Who testified? Detective Jesse Browning with the Multi Agency Gang Unit that broke the case dubbed “Operation Rebound” testified that Sherra Wright, Billy Turner and Jimmie Martin were corresponding by text and […]

UPDATE: The trial will continue Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. UPDATE: Deborah Marion, Lorenzen Wright’s mother, ran out of the courtroom after the prosecutor asked for the 911 call to be played. UPDATE: Claudia Robinson said “J” showed up to the house to pick up the money. Turner was present at the time and he […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sherra Wright, her children and supporters testified on her behalf in a parole hearing Wednesday, as Lorenzen Wright’s family and law enforcement officials spoke against her release. If parole is granted, Wright could be released three years after she was sentenced to serve 30. “I’m sorry for what happened to him. I’m […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Greteva Frierson, who was gunned down Friday morning during an apparent act of domestic violence, was the goddaughter of slain NBA star Lorenzen Wright. Read the original story here. It is a bad dream Deborah Marion just can not seem to wake from. “It’s like 12 years ago all over again,” Marion […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The ex-wife of basketball stand out Lorenzen Wright is up for parole after taking a plea deal just three years ago in his 2010 murder. Sherra Wright will go before the parole board in Nashville Wednesday morning. Wright admitted to facilitating the murder of her ex-husband Lorenzen Wright. Instead of going to […]

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Some people may find some of the images and materials discussed in this trial disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. Lorenzen Wright Trial Day 4: Who testified? 4:17 p.m. UPDATE: Martin said Sherra asked him to train Lorenzen’s dog in May 2010. She came to his home in Batesville to tell him that and […]