Relatives and friends of Lorenzen Wright(notes) gathered Wednesday and grieved for the former NBA player who has been missing for 10 days, as police investigated the discovery of a manââ¬â¢s body outside of Memphis.
Wrightââ¬â¢s uncle, Curtis Wright, told The Associated Press that police called the playerââ¬â¢s father, Herb Wright, Wednesday afternoon with the news he had died.
Sgt. Alyssa Macon-Moore of the Memphis Police Department wrote in an e-mail to the AP that police were investigating the death of an unidentified man beside a wooded area about 15 miles south of downtown Memphis. Asked if the man was Wright, she wrote they could not confirm the victimââ¬â¢s identity Wednesday night.
Relatives and friends of Lorenzen Wright(notes) gathered Wednesday and grieved for the former NBA player who has been missing for 10 days, as police investigated the discovery of a manââ¬â¢s body outside of Memphis.
Wrightââ¬â¢s uncle, Curtis Wright, told The Associated Press that police called the playerââ¬â¢s father, Herb Wright, Wednesday afternoon with the news he had died.
Sgt. Alyssa Macon-Moore of the Memphis Police Department wrote in an e-mail to the AP that police were investigating the death of an unidentified man beside a wooded area about 15 miles south of downtown Memphis. Asked if the man was Wright, she wrote they could not confirm the victimââ¬â¢s identity Wednesday night.