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According to the former Mrs. Wright, Lorenzen left her home at 10:30 PM on July 18. He allegedly returned shortly thereafter with drugs and money. She claims that she then heard him mention on the phone that he was going to "flip something for $110,000." That is when he left the house with an unidentified person before he was killed.
Wright's body was found on July 28 in the woods. He had been missing for 10 days before being found. There have been no arrests and there are no suspects in the investigation.
Whether or not Lorenzen Wright decided to become a drug dealer before he died is not yet proven or unproven. Given that his ex-wife Sherra has drawn suspicion due to her own behavior, the public is a long way from being able to create many definitive conclusions about exactly how Lorenzen Wright actually died.
The suspicion is very strong that Wright may have kept the company of Memphis drug dealers. In FBI testimony, it was determined that Wright had sold one of his vehicles to a known drug dealer and allowed the dealer to keep the car in Wright's name. Therefore, the associations Wright maintained shortly before his death might have been less than desirable.
What is also sad is that it appears that Wright may have made some difficult choices due to his challenging financial situation. He was nearly broke, and had two homes foreclosed earlier this year. This is not an ideal situation for a man being asked to pay $26,000 per month in child support. So, no matter how you slice it or dice it, Lorenzen Wright's life had become quite complicated before his death, and the murder was a culmination of the chaos that had been created around him.
Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition and a Scholarship in Action Resident of the Institute for Black Public Policy. To have Dr. Boyce commentary delivered to your email, please click here.