Murder With My Husband
244. The All-Star Murder: The Tragic Case of Lorenzen Wright
Mon, 25 Nov 2024
In this episode, Payton and Garrett delve into the chilling case of Lorenzen Wright, a beloved NBA player whose mysterious disappearance shocked the community. When police receive word that Lorenzen is missing, an intense search begins for one of the town’s most cherished basketball stars. NEW MERCH LINK: https://mwmhshop.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/themwmh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/murderwithmyhusband/ Discount Codes: https://mailchi.mp/c6f48670aeac/oh-no-media-discount-codes Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@murderwithmyhusband Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-dark/id1662304327 Listen on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/36SDVKB2MEWpFGVs9kRgQ7?si=f5224c9fd99542a7 ABCNews.go.com - https://abcnews.go.com/ABCNews/lorenzen-wrights-mother-speaks-justice-12-years/story?id=85315581 ESPNPressRoom.com - https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2021/07/twin-sons-of-murdered-former-nba-player-lorenzen-wright-open-up-in-new-e60/ SI.com - https://www.si.com/nba/2022/03/21/man-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-murder-of-lorenzen-wright AETV.com- https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/nba-star-murder-wright ESPN.com - https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33971477/wife-murdered-nba-player-lorenzen-wright-denied-parole-30-year-prison-sentence-plotting-death CNN.com - https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/21/us/lorenzen-wright-murder-verdict/index.html Oxygen.com - https://www.oxygen.com/snapped/crime-news/why-sherra-wright-killed-nba-player-lorenzen-wright LocalMemphis.com - https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/crime/true-crime/lorenzen-wrights-murder-closed-timeline-of-everything-leading-up-to-conviction/522-2548cf93-ad2a-4114-922b-6dbb9ca6b968 Yahoo.com - https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dateline-unforgettable-happened-lorenzen-wright-132728922.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ2GTf2UmzVbmKYweh8yUFVGuwSP5b7X9eLv2xA2E5Qn5nRaZP3So8kpTwMOvYysb4hVWHVEy94nhBN-zNazfy8vxhxJDOncODRkRfCjbeHE0ifS_MI34Sejf-fPirUs017kRspE6Jg7jpspt3cHPFwTUe3xFOO8_3j2F6ET9WD5 Dateline - https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/playback/vod/GMO_00000000486899_01/ef011c8f-24c7-36d7-b891-1b5001b42dd1?orig_ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&paused=true WeGotThisCovered.com - https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/who-is-sherra-wright-robinson-and-what-did-she-do/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: What happened to Lorenzen Wright?
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Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast. This is Murder With My Husband. I'm Peyton Morland.
And I'm Garrett Morland.
And he's the husband.
And I'm the husband. Thank you for being here. While you guys are listening to this, Peyton and I are... In a cabana. Probably on the pool. Or... On the pool. You know what I'm saying? Walking on water. We're probably hanging out by the pool. Eating food. We are... We're not home.
Celebrating my birthday!
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Chapter 2: How did Lorenzen Wright's disappearance unfold?
Anyone out there who has one child, props.
I'm just saying, I can't. A lot of kids, man.
But it wasn't all diamonds and rosé at the right household. The couple had its fair share of hard times as well. In 2003, Lorenzen was playing for his hometown team, the Memphis Grizzlies. But while on the road, Shara called him with devastating news. Their daughter, Sierra, had passed away from sudden infant death syndrome just days before her first birthday.
And I can't imagine receiving a call like that. So to say both Shara and Lorenzen were ruined from the loss is an understatement. It certainly made an already rocky marriage a lot worse. Arguments between the couple escalated. Lorenzen lost himself more in the glitz and glamour of his career. He would spend nights out partying with other women.
And there were rumors that both he and Shara were straying from their marriage around this time. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Over the next two years, though, Lorenzen's career with the NBA started to wind down. He went on to play for the Sacramento Kings, then to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
And in 2009, after 13 seasons of professional basketball, the now 33-year-old Lorenzen Wright was ready to retire. I mean, by this point, Lorenzen had made an estimated $55 million from the sport.
Holy crap.
But 2010 would be the year of change for Lorenzen.
55 mil.
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Chapter 3: What details emerged from the 911 call?
Ehrlich gesagt, je mehr sie realisieren, dass Shara die Einzige ist, die dies beurteilt, oder das hinkt, sie finden keinen einzigen Schreck von Beweis außerhalb ihres Statements, das sagt, Lorenzen war involviert in irgendeiner Drogenaktivität. Unfortunately, it takes some time for police to rule this theory out. Time that honestly could have been better spent looking at other angles.
And if they had listened to Lorenzens mother, Debra, that might have meant taking a closer look at Shara, Lorenzens ex-wife and her ex-daughter-in-law.
Alright, yeah, let's hear it.
Because from the beginning, Debra is confident that Shara knows more than she's saying.
It's always the ones closest to you, man.
But when police go back to try and speak with Shara in the months after Lorenzens death, she's not very helpful. She's quite the opposite, actually. She's radio silent. They figure maybe she's still grieving. She has six kids to take care of on her own now. Maybe she just wants to move forward with life.
Just because you don't want to keep talking to the police doesn't necessarily make you a suspect. But it does seem fishy that she wouldn't want to find out who murdered the man who gave her that beautiful family. However, police just don't think she fits the profile. Not only is she a mother of six, she's deeply religious.
She's in the process of becoming an ordained minister, which honestly doesn't really mean that much. And reportedly, she was now dating a cop. While I don't think there's any big conspiracy in that.
It's kind of nuts though, I'm not going to lie.
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Chapter 4: What evidence was found at Lorenzen's crime scene?
Warte, geben sie ihm Immunität?
Sie zeigen sich auf die Tennessee-Prison, wo Jimmy gehalten wird. Und sie haben dieses Geheimnis mit ihm, um zu hören, was er sagen muss. Und er sagt, zwei Monate bevor Lorenzens Mord, wurde er an die Sheriff's House angerufen.
Entschuldigung, um dich zu unterbrechen, eine Frage. Wenn sie versuchen, Geld zu machen, und sie sagen, oh ja, wir geben dir das oder geben dir das, und nichts ist geschrieben oder gedreht. Ich meine, sie könnten einfach die Information nehmen und falsch, korrekt?
Ich weiß es nicht. Ich habe es eigentlich gedacht, als ich Law & SVU gesehen habe. Und ich habe es nie aufgeschaut, weil sie einfach einen Deal auf dem Tisch haben und dann einfach die Informationen teilen. Ich bin so, ist da kein Papier?
Geh' dir einen verdammten Kontrakt. Ich teile nichts, bis ich das finde.
Wenn jemand das weiß, lasst es bitte in den Kommentaren auf Instagram oder YouTube. Weil ich habe das eigentlich gedacht und habe es nie aufgeschaut.
Ja, ich habe es nie aufgeschaut, also bin ich interessiert.
So we have Billy Ray Turner and Jimmy Martin showing up at Shara's house. Okay. Now, Billy also had a bit of a criminal history, but in the years leading up to Lorenzen's murder, he had kind of turned himself around. He started a landscaping business. He went to Shara's church, where he becomes the deacon of that church, and also began an affair with Shara while she was still married to Lorenzen.
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Chapter 5: What were the circumstances surrounding Lorenzen's death?
Okay. So he's the deacon, but he's not exactly rich with morals. But here's the thing. When Jimmy gets to share us that night, she tells him she can help him out with some cash, but she needs a favor. She says, she looks at Billy, she looks at Jimmy, her cousin, and says, I need you to kill Lorenzen.
And Jimmy says, after agreeing to the plan, he and Billy went to Atlanta one weekend in 2010 because, remember, that's where Lorenzen was living after their divorce. They went to his condo one night with plans to shoot him. They crawled in through an open window, but he wasn't home. Instead, they find a bald-headed man sleeping on the couch. It's not their guy. Turns out it's Lorenzen's roommate.
So what do they do? They leave. Their plan has failed. They go back to Shara and they break the news to her.
What the freak?
She's like, okay, let's make a new plan. Sie sagt, kill Lorenzen the next time he's in Memphis. So that July, Jimmy says he drove around Memphis with Shara and Billy looking for the perfect place to commit the murder. And that's when it dawned on Shara. She and Lorenzen used to have a little lover's lane they would sneak off to when they were very young.
It was a wooded area that would be perfect for his murder. Like, fathom what I'm saying.
Diabolical. That is so evil.
Shara realized maybe she could lure Lorenzen out there one evening.
What a freaking witch with a B and all the bad words that I could possibly think of, but I'm not going to use them on this podcast.
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Chapter 6: Was there a deeper mystery behind Lorenzen's life?
Schreckliche Person, Mann.
Ja, das ist tatsächlich komplett schrecklich. Sechs Kinder, einen Mann getötet, der gerade gerettet ist. Komplett schrecklich und es ist mir niemals überraschend, die Fälle, die wir beobachten. That is our episode for this week and we will see you next time with another one. I love it.
I hate it.
Goodbye.