Idead and in an advanced state of decomposition: that was how they found the body of Lorenzen Wright in the middle of a Memphis forest on July 28, 2010. The former teammate of Pau Gasol on the Grizzlies was brutally murdered without any guilt being found until in 2017 the Memphis Police have arrested Billy Turner as the main suspect in the crime.
Today, almost 12 years after the assassination of the ex jugador de Clippers, Hawks, Grizzlies, Kings y Cavaliersa Tennessee jury has convicted Turner’s life sentence after being convicted of Wright’s murder in his home state of Memphis.
The jury deliberated for two hours before releasing the verdict and finding Ray Turner guilty of first-degree murder, attempted murder and conspiracy in Wright’s death. Shelby County Judge Lee Coffee sentence the defendant to life in prison for murder. A conviction to which the rest of the charges will later be added.
“We will never close this down. I will never see my son again, but it is a satisfaction for me and my family”insurance Deborah Marion mother of Pau Gasol’s former partner on the Grizzlies.
a crime of which Sherra Wright, ex-wife of pvot , was accused as the intellectual author of the murder. Sherra surprisingly pleaded guilty in July 2017 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Lorenzen Wright jug durante 13 seasons in the NBA and was considered one of the most solvent interiors of his generation. Baptized ‘Chicken Wings’ by the great Andrs MontesWright averaged eight points and more than six rebounds per game during his career.