Photo by Gustavo Castillo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Sherra Wright, 38, was arrested on a fugitive from justice warrant during a traffic stop on Interstate 15 near Hidden Valley Parkway at around 8 p.m. Friday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said.
She remained in custody at the Robert Presley Detention Center as of Saturday morning without bail, according to jail records.
She was due to appear at the Riverside Hall of Justice on Monday morning.
Law enforcement officials did not say when she would be extradited to Memphis, where she was charged with first-degree murder in Lorenzen Wright’s death, according to a news release from the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office.
Lorenzen Wright, who was a first-round draft pick by the Clippers in 1996, went missing on July 18, 2010. His decomposing body was found 10 days later with multiple gunshot wounds in a wooded area near a southeast Memphis suburb. He was 34 years old.
An autopsy report showed bullet fragments were lodged in Wright’s skull, chest and right forearm.
The case had gone cold up until last month when investigators found a murder weapon at the bottom of a lake in Walnut, Mississippi, leading to the indictment of Billy R. Turner two weeks ago on a first-degree murder charge.
Turner, a landscaper, and Sherra Wright, who received $1 million from her ex-husband’s life insurance policy, attended the same church, according to media reports.
Police told The Associated Press that they were confident the pair knew each other, but would not elaborate further on their connection.
During Lorenzen Wright’s three seasons with the Clippers (1996-1999) he averaged 7.7 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. He played a total of 13 seasons for five different teams in the NBA.
>> Want to read more stories like this? Get our Free Daily Newsletters Here!