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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Billy Ray Turner, the man accused of killing Memphis basketball player Lorenzen Wright, will head to trial this fall. On Tuesday, a Shelby County judge announced Turner would have another hearing in April followed by trial on October 26, more than a year after the original trial date of September 2019. His […]

Another brief court appearance and another delay in the Lorenzen Wright murder case on Wednesday.

A judge set a new hearing date Wednesday in the Lorenzen Wright murder case to give lawyers time to prepare expert witness schedules for a trial or even reach a plea deal in the former NBA player’s slaying nine years ago in Memphis, Tennessee.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A group of people fighting for justice for former Memphis Grizzlies and Tigers player Lorenzen Wright hosted a vigil at his grave site Saturday morning and marched more than four miles, calling for justice. Even though Wright’s ex-wife has been convicted in his murder and another man is awaiting trial, they say […]

Billy Ray Turner, one of the defendants in the Lorezen Wright murder case, appeared in a Shelby County courtroom on Thursday.

Billy Ray Turner, one of the defendants in the Lorezen Wright murder case, was briefly in a Shelby County courtroom on Monday for a hearing.

Billy Ray Turner, Sherra Wright’s co-defendant in the Lorenzen Wright murder case, had his trial date reset by a judge Thursday.

The man accused of helping Sherra Wright kill her ex-husband Lorenzen Wright will be in court on Thursday.

Sherra Wright racked up more than 50 disciplinary incidents while she was incarcerated in Shelby County jail facilities from March 2018 until July 2019, according to records obtained by WREG.

With Sherra Wright’s case wrapped up, attention now turns to her alleged accomplice, Billy Ray Turner.

One of the suspects in the Lorenzen Wright murder case will make an appear in court on Thursday.