Verdict: Who Is Billy Ray Turner? Guilty For Murder Of Lorenzen Wright: In the year 2010, an American basketball player Lorenzen Wright was shot and killed by Billy Ray Turner from Memphis. The news of his death was a huge shock to everyone. The news of his murder made the headlines everywhere and gained everyone’s attention. Lorenzen Wright was the most talented and popular basketball player who gained huge fame and reputation in the sports world at a very young age. After 12 years of this incident, people have been searching again for details about the murderer of the player, Billy Ray Turner. In this article, we are going to provide you with all information about the murderer. Follow More Update On GetIndiaNews.com
Who Is Billy Ray Turner?
Billy Ray Turner was found guilty of all charges in the killing of NBA star, Lorenzen Wright by the judge. In the 2010 shooting death of the NBA star Lorenzen Wright, a Shelby County jury discovered Billy Ray Turner guilty of the first-degree murder. He was sentenced to life in jail for the murder of the basketball player. The other charges will be dealt with at the next date. Turner, the reported murderer of Lorenzen Wright’s murder case is finally proven guilty, according to the verdict given by the trial in court.
Talking about the basketball player, Lorenzen Vern Gagne Wright was an American professional basketball player who was born on 04 November 1975 in Oxford, Mississippi. He played 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He was drafted seventh overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1996 NBA draft. He also played for the Memphis Grizzlies, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Atlanta Hawks. He went missing on 18 July 2010. His dead body was found after 10 days of his missing. In December 2017, His ex-wife Sherra Wright Robinson was charged with assisting in his murder.
Turner was a good friend of his ex-wife Sherra. He failed to defend himself as innocent after all the claims were announced invalid. Even after decades, in this case, the decision was not changed. Detectives missed critical proof that would have aided a faster investigation because of the time delay during the time Wright was killed and the time police found him fatally. Turner was a Memphis landscape painter. Stay tuned with us to catch more updates about the case.
