Lorenzen Wright's voice was last heard on a desperate 911 call in July of 2010, but his story — and the path that led him to that moment — began long before that fateful night.
WREG TV began covering Wright from the time he emerged on the local high school basketball scene in Memphis in the early 1990s, through his college playing days at the University of Memphis and his 13-year run in the NBA, including playing on his home turf with the Memphis Grizzlies. He was considered by many to be a shining star.
Killing Lorenzen: Love | Basketball | Murder is an investigative podcast by WREG's investigative team about the life and death of Lorenzen Wright, and his ex-wife Sherra Wright, now sitting behind bars after pleading guilty to facilitating his murder, nearly nine years to the day later.
In this episode, Sherra Wright and Lorenzen's parents sue the city of Germantown, Tennessee, saying they failed to follow up on a 911 call from Lorenzen.
For the first time, we hear from the psychic who Wright's family turned to for answers, and we look at how a book written by Sherra was a reflection of her troubled marriage.
Plus, we take you back to the day the first break came in the Lorenzen Wright murder case, and the clue that finally moved the murder case forward.