Basketball star murdered by 'GOLD DIGGER?'

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 25 November 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Former NBA player Lorenzen Wright made millions of dollars during his basketball career, but he also lost millions of dollars. His bullet-riddled body was found in a swampy field in suburban Memphis. He had been missing for 10 days. Who killed the NBA star? Joining Nancy Grace Today:Troy Slaten - Criminal Defense Attorney, Los Angeles California Bobby Chacon - Former Special Agent FBI, screenwriter on "Criminal Minds"Dr. Angela Arnold - Psychiatrist, Atlanta Ga www.angelaarnoldmd.comJoe Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics Jacksonville State University, Author,"Blood Beneath My Feet" featured on "Poisonous Liaisons" on True Crime NetworkLevi Page - Investigative reporter Crime Online

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0:00.0	The
0:01.0	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
0:05.8	We see them on TV.
0:16.6	We read about them in the tabloids.
0:19.1	They're famous.
0:20.5	They're young.
0:21.5	They're athletic.
0:23.1	They got it all right.
0:24.8	Well, not this NBA star who ends up dead.
0:30.9	Why?
0:38.7	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
0:46.8	At nearly seven feet tall, Lorenzen Wright was a giant in his hometown.
0:51.7	First as a local high school star, then at the University of Memphis, and finally in
0:57.4	the NBA with the Memphis Grizzlies.
0:59.9	Lorenzen was the hometown boy.
1:03.0	It makes good.
1:04.2	Former Memphis Police Director Tony Armstrong says Wright's impact was big.
1:09.5	You can imagine with all the lives that he had touched not only here in this city, but
1:13.1	all across the world, it was a phenomenal story.
1:17.6	Lorenzen, an NBA great.
1:21.5	Joining me and all star panel to break it down and put it back together again.
1:25.5	First of all, renowned criminal defense attorney joining us out of LA Troy Slayton.
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