Nearly 12 years after his death rocked the basketball world, former NBA player Lorenzen Wright's murder case came to a close Monday when a Memphis jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder.
Nearly 12 years after his death rocked the basketball world, former NBA player Lorenzen Wright's murder case came to a close Monday when a Memphis jury found a man guilty of first-degree murder.
Wright was last seen July 18, 2010, while visiting his children at his ex-wife's home in Collierville, near Memphis, shortly before midnight. Wright is believed to have been killed on July 19, 2010, when gunshots were heard during his 911 call. His body was found in a wooded area in southeast Memphis nine days later. Lorenzen Wright was killed in July 2010, but the conspirators in his murder wouldn't be arrested for another seven years.
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