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NBA player murdered

Former NBA big man Lorenzen Wright, whose body was found in the woods outside Memphis, was shot to death and the case is being investigated as a homicide, police said Thursday. Police wouldn’t answer questions about motive or suspects.
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Lorenzen Wright

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Former NBA big man Lorenzen Wright, whose body was found in the woods outside Memphis, was shot to death and the case is being investigated as a homicide, police said Thursday. Police wouldn’t answer questions about motive or suspects. But records indicate that Wright, 34, revered in his hometown as a generous and likable sports hero, was probably carrying a large amount of cash when he disappeared on July 18. A court affidavit also said Wright had sold two vehicles to a man affiliated with a Memphis drug ring that’s suspected in six deaths. His family filed a missing person report with police on July 22, four days after he was last seen. Wright’s mother said in the report that she was worried because his silence was out of character and “he probably has a large amount of cash on him.” The report said that the day he disappeared, he had been dropped off at a restaurant by a woman and later taken to his ex-wife’s house in Collierville, a Memphis suburb. The ex-wife, Sherra Wright, told officers that Wright left her home in the middle of the night with someone. Family members said Wright’s body was found near an apartment complex in southeast Memphis on Wednesday.