GUILTY TN - NBA Star Lorenzen Wright, 34, Collierville, 18 July 2010 *Arrests*

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Cathy Russon @cathyrusson 2h
Not sure why he has a mask on at this point.....



Cathy Russon @cathyrusson 2h
Billy Ray Turner looks at the exhibit showing the crime scene where #LorenzenWright's body was found. #BillyRayTurner @LawCrimeNetwork





Cathy Russon @cathyrusson 3h
Lorenzen Wright was supposed to be at Sherra Wright's home the next morrning, July 19th, to get his kids and head back to Atlanta. He didn't show. He wasn't reported missing until July 22, 2010 (3 days later) by his mother. Sherra never reported him missing. #BillyRayTurner

Cathy Russon @cathyrusson 3h
Where #LorenzenWright body was discovered 9 days after he was killed. Red dot is wear his body was discovered. Yellow dot is Billy Ray Turner's home. #BillyRayTurner @LawCrimeNetwork

 
Cathy Russon [URL='https://twitter.com/cathyrusson']@cathyrusson [/URL]1h
The gun was found in a container in the lake. #BillyRayTurner @LawCrimeNetwork





Cathy Russon,[URL='https://twitter.com/cathyrusson']@cathyrusson [/URL]1h
In 2012 Sherra's cousin, Jimmie Martin, told police one of the guns was thrown into a lake off County road. Nothing found (volunteer divers) When Det. Browning took over the case in 2016, he had the lake searched again (FBI) The gun was found. #BillyRayTurner @LawCrimeNetwork





Cathy Russon [URL='https://twitter.com/cathyrusson']@cathyrusson [/URL]1h
TEXT MESSAGES NOT SHOWN - Prosecutor mentions SEXUAL texts between #SherraWright and #LorenzenWright where Sherra is encouraging Lorenzen to come from ATL to her place in TN. @LawCrimeNetwork #BillyRayTurner
 
Cathy Russon [URL='https://twitter.com/cathyrusson']@cathyrusson [/URL]1h
Lorenzen Wright's mother takes a long look at #BillyRayTurner when the text message was shown of him asking Sherra Wright for his "commission." @LawCrimeNetwork


Cathy Russon @cathyrusson 2h
25 minutes before #LorenzenWright called 911 and was shot to death on that call, #BillyRayTurner sent a message to Sherra Wright - "Imma need my commission......U owe me..." @LawCrimeNetwork




Cathy Russon@cathyrusson 2h

Burned in a firepit sometime in the summer of 2010 in #SherraWright's yard were several items






 
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Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]1h
Detective said after murder weapon was found and announced in media, Sherra Wright & Billy Turner became suspects in a wiretap, who is identified by detective in the courtroom.

[URL='https://twitter.com/cathyrusson']Cathy Russon [URL='https://twitter.com/cathyrusson']@cathyrusson[/URL][/URL]1h
Judge Coffee takes the 9mm out of the evidence box, describes it and says it's been rendered safe. #BillyRayTurner @LawCrimeNetwork





 
Cathy Russon [URL='https://twitter.com/cathyrusson']@cathyrusson [/URL]1h
The state is done with their direct examination of Det. Browning. Judge is stopping for the night. The jury will go to their hotel. Cross-exam tomorrow morning at 10am CT/11am ET. #BillyRayTurner @LawCrimeNetwork



Cathy Russon Retweeted

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]1h
Detective said Sherra Wright used different phone to communicate after she flew to Memphis, which detective said was NOT a longterm planned trip.

Cathy Russon Retweeted

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]1h
Detective Browning on how Sherra reacted on the phone to gun discovery news: It was chaotic, she was pretty distressed and not happy and did NOT act like this was an encouraging sign in solving the murder of Lorenzen Wright and acted like this was BAD news.
 
Ashley Willcott @AshleyCourtTV 4h
SCAN the new QR Code on @CourtTV @CourtTVUK
to learn details about the live trial! LOVE THIS!

Chanley Shá Painter @ChanleyCourtTV 6h
“That’s my baby” #LorenzenWright’s mother chokes up identifying her son in a photo.. Jurors take occasional notes during her testimony@courttv #BillyRayTurnerTrial


Chanley Shá Painter@ChanleyCourtTV 6h
PROSECUTION WITNESS #1: Deborah Marion, the mother of #LorenzenWright Inside the courtroom, she was very fidgety when she sat down to await the jury to enter- seemed anxious Now testifying she already has the jury chuckling.. @Courttv #BillyRayTurnerTrial

Chanley Shá Painter @ChanleyCourtTV 5h
ON CROSS: Claudia admits she signed an immunity agreement to testify.. Defense wants to insinuate she isn't being truthful about not being complicit in the alleged conspiracy to murder her cousin's ex husband #lorenzenwright

Chanley Shá Painter @ChanleyCourtTV 4h
STATE WITNESS 3: DET. JESSE BROWNING, MEMPHIS PD #LorenzenWright #BillyRayTurnerTrial

Chanley Shá Painter @ChanleyCourtTV 6h
PROSECUTION WITNESS #1: Deborah Marion, the mother of #LorenzenWright Inside the courtroom, she was very fidgety when she sat down to await the jury to enter- seemed anxious Now testifying she already has the jury chuckling.. @CourtTV
#BillyRayTurnerTrial
 
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Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 2h

Exhibit 57 is the 9 mm handgun that the state says additional evidence will prove was the gun used to kill Lorenzen Wright.

[URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']Brad Broders@BradBrodersTV 2h
Exhibit 44 is series of sexually suggestive texts sent from Sherra Wright to Lorenzen Wright days before he is killed. Prosecutor said "we don't need to read those texts out" but they are Sherra encouraging Lorenzen come from ATL to MEM for sexual reasons.
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Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 2h

Detective Browning describes evidence of text message of Sherra Wright made to Billy Turner 25 minutes before 911 is made early morning Lorenzen Wright was killed. Sender of message: Sherra Wright. Billy Turner receives it. Text: "Imma need my commission....you owe me boy."


[URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 2h
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Detective Browning describes how neighbors reported strange fire on 2010 summer night at Sherra Wright's home. Search warrant granted; investigators found remnants of things not common place for a backyard fire, including documents and office supplies. Shown in new exhibits.

Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 3h
More than 30 exhibits have been introduced today.


Brad Broders
@BradBrodersTV 3h
Detective Browning is reviewing exhibits from items retrieved from Lorenzen Wright crime scene.
 
Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]3h
Detective Browning is reviewing exhibits from items retrieved from Lorenzen Wright crime scene.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]4h
They are again playing the 911 call to Detective Browning on the stand.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]4h
After short recess, third witness takes stand: Memphis Police Detective Jesse Browning.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]6h
Robinson said she was preparing lunch and overheard a conversation that Lorenzen had a hit on Sherra. She said "I insist that can't be so". She said Sherra then turned to Turner and said: "it's him or me". Robinson said she wanted to part of that conversation and left.


Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]6h
Robinson identifies Billy Turner in the courtroom as the "yard man" she would see time to time when she worked for Sherra as a nanny & said it appeared that there something romantic going on between them.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]6h
Marion finishes on the witness stand. Second witness called: Claudia Robinson, Sherra Wright's first cousin. She said she and Sherra had been close.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]6h
Deborah Marion breaks down a little when answering that her son was “Lorenzen Wright”.



Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]6h
Court back in session from lunch recess: First witness called by prosecution: Lorenzen Wright's mother: Deborah Marion.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]7h
Update: lunch recess now set until 1:30.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
They are taking a short break and will then have the first witness.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
Perry wraps up opening statement: "I ask that you listen & weigh evidence with seriousness it deserves. I don't care if they have a detective badge on, challenge it. This case with all due respect to Lorenzen Wright's family, has nothing to do with him. It's about Billy Turner.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
Perry: You'll see pictures of Billy Turner the evening of July 18 leading into the hours when Lorenzen Wright was killed (that doesn't link him to the crime).

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
Hagerman: In those nine days, you figure out where the phone was, you triangulate that, and you find (Lorenzen Wright). In those nine days, those three conspirators - Sherra, Jimmie and Billy - covered up the crime. The cover up is part of the conspiracy.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
Hagerman: But Germantown (911) did nothing, they didn't contact surrounding agencies. So Lorenzen Wright body sat on Callis Cutoff for days. His mother after three days had to come report him missing. Not Sherra Wright, not last person who was with Lorenzen, but his mother.

Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 8h
Hagerman: (had 911 operator followed through), they would have found person Sherra (Wright) texted right before the crime, Billy Turner, within hours of this crime. It wouldn't have taken much to find Jimmie Martin. He wasn't there during crime but they would have found him also.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
Hagerman: (Had 911 operator in Germantown followed through), investigators would have found blood on barb wired fence, they could have found another gun that had been fired on little street during murder. They would have found it tossed on a nearby street & found bullet casings.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
Hagerman: Jimmie Martin had sketchy criminal past but is indebted to Sherra because Sherra made his bond & was paying for his attorney (when indicted on separate murder case involving Martin's girlfriend). (Turner & Martin) were her team of killers, co-conspirators.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
Hagerman: Billy Turner was Sherra Wright's friend, yard man, romantic secret interest. Billy Turner was someone Sherra Wright could trust, manipulate and use. There was Jimmie Martin. #BillyRayTurner #LorenzenWright

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
Hagerman: There was a plan to get them there, where he's vulnerable and there's no witness. The second thing it took was evil. It took an evil heart. It took a particularly evil heart - one filled with jealousy & desperation & hurt & greed and literally two $2 million reasons.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]12h
I’m heading downtown shortly to cover opening arguments of #BillyRayTurner trial, accused of killing Memphis basketball star #LorenzenWright in 2010. I’ll update proceeding on Twitter &
@ABC24Memphis website, recap on air at 5 & 6.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]8h
Hagerman playing short 911 call the night #LorenzenWright was shot and killed. He said "on this call, you'll hear from the victim and the killer. That's what it sounds like to a kill a man. Near wired fence not too high, in secluded area.

Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 8h
Hagerman: It didn't courage, it didn't take strength, it didn't take bravery. Instead, it took two things. The first thing it took was a plan. First, Lorenzen had to be lured to Memphis and then he had to be lured in the middle of the night in a road he had no place being.
 
Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]1h

Starting 10 this AM,@ABC24Memphis will again live stream Day 2 of testimony in the #BillyRayTurner trial, the man accused of killing Memphis basketball star #LorenzenWright in 2010. Like yesterday, I'll live tweet notable moments of witness testimony from Shelby County Court.

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]1h
ICMYI, here are the notable moments from opening statements/first witnesses called by the state Tuesday:

[URL='https://t.co/aw4OFaL0fO']localmemphis.com

Opening statements begin in trial of Billy Ray Turner for murder of Memphis Grizzlies player...
Opening statements begin Tuesday in the trial of Billy Ray Turner, charged with killing former NBA player Lorenzen Wright.[/URL]

Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]16h
The defense will be scheduled to cross examine the witness, Detective Jesse Browning.
 
Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 6m
Detective Browning confirms Sherra Wright met with several people and several friends before Lorenzen Wright was killed but adds that Billy Turner was only person who met with Sherra Wright in secret, through a second party. #LorenzenWright

Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 4m
Det. Browning confirms that during time after the gun was told to media had been found in 2017, it wasn't Billy Turner trying to reach Sherra Wright but Sherra Wright trying to reach Billy.
Det. Browning: I don't think Billy knew at first who was trying to reach him.

Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 2m
Det. Browning: There were other communications with other individuals - (but) one in particular was Billy Turner. Sherra's text messages were pretty limited after the homicide, between her & Billy, a night or two after the killing of Lorenzen Wright.
 
Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]1m
Special Agent Braswell said evidence exhibit #34 - which contains nine, 9 mm cartridge casings - that when she compared it to the cartridge casings, she found that test cartridge fired MATCHED that pistol (the murder weapon used on #LorenzenWright).

Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 2s
Special Agent Braswell confirms she investigated the murder weapon uncovered in MS lake, said gun was covered in dirt and black sludge and that before she could even test fire, she had to soak the gun, then take the gun apart, so every part was in the same type of solution.

Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 2m
Special Agent Braswell confirms in testimony that the TBI can not only match gun casings to gung casings and bullets to bullets, scientists can also match bullets fired from a particular gun.

Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 6m
Detective Browning wraps his testimony.

Brad Broders @BradBrodersTV 5m
New witness: TBI Special Agent Cervinia Braswell, who worked 15 years as forensic scientist in firearms identification, which examining firearms to make sure they work. She's reviewed more than 2000 weapons, has testified more than 140 times in trials, qualified as expert.
 
Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]43s
Dr. Ross confirms crime scene pictures, including bullets recovered from chest, right arm and inside the head of the deceased. (Lorenzen Wright)


Brad Broders [URL='https://twitter.com/BradBrodersTV']@BradBrodersTV [/URL]1m
Dr. Ross performed autopsy of #LorenzenWright, identified remains of Lorenzen Wright through dental records. Dr. Ross said he noticed defects of remaining skin attached to the skull, other defects due to gunshot wound(s).
 

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