Ex-Wife Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering NBA Player

A NBA player's body was found in a field in Memphis, Tennessee, more than seven years ago. On Friday, authorities arrested his ex-wife in connection with his murder. Fox 13 reports Sherra Wright was arrested Friday at her home in California on suspicion of first-degree murder. 

She's also accused of attempted first-degree murder for what authorities say was an earlier attempt to kill her husband, Lorenzen Wright, according to the Commercial Appeal. On July 19, 2010, Lorenzen Wright's cellphone called 911 from a field in Memphis. The call was cut short by gunshots, and Wright's body—shot at least five times—was found in the field nine days later. He was 34 when he died.

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