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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A judge has ruled that Billy Ray Turner will serve two 25-year sentences for his convictions in the Lorenzen Wright murder case. Billy Ray Turner appeared in court Friday for a sentencing hearing. Turner was sentenced to 25 years for conspiracy to commit murder and 25 years for attempted murder. Those sentences […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The man who helped police solve the Lorenzen Wright murder case was back in court Thursday. Jimmie Martin is hoping to get a new trial in another murder case that has him serving a 22-year prison sentence.  Martin may have been the prosecution’s top witness in the Lorenzen Wrights murder, providing never before heard […]

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. — Memorial Day weekend of 2015 nearly destroyed Valeria Henderson. The mother of an Army Sergeant is still grieving while his killer remains on the run. Memphis police say her son, Calvin Wilhite Jr. was shot near the FedEx Forum on May 24. “I hate them, I hate them,” Henderson said. “That was […]

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. — 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. — 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 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Lorenzen Wright’s mother, Deborah Marion, is headed to Nashville next week for what could be a difficult day. Sherra Wright is up for parole after serving less than five years of her 30-year prison sentence. Marion and other family members are ready to testify in Wright’s parole hearing and they hope to […]

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. — Sherra Wright, who pleaded guilty to her involvement in the 2010 death of her husband and basketball player Lorenzen Wright, is scheduled to go before the parole board in a few weeks. In July of 2019, Wright took a plea deal in her murder trial. She pleaded guilty to facilitation of murder […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Nearly a week after a jury convicted Billy Ray Turner in the Lorenzen Wright murder, his family returned to his gravesite to pay respects Sunday evening. Wright’s mother has been coming to his grave since he died in 2010, but for the first time in a long time she felt a sense […]