A former NBA player has been charged with murder following his arrest on Friday.
Chance Comanche, who played for the Portland Trail Blazers last season and was recently released by G League team, the Stockton Kings, was initially charged with kidnapping along with his girlfriend Sakari Harnden.
A woman by the name of Marayna Rodgers was reported missing in Las Vegas on December 7, with Comanche and his partner the main suspects. Charges were upgraded to murder after her body was found this weekend.
FBI agents arrested the 19-year-old Harnden on Wednesday, with bail set at $500,000. Comanche, 27, was taken into custody two days later and was subsequently released by the Kings; no bail was set.
According to detectives. Rodgers, a 23-year-old medical assistant, planned to meet Harnden while out with some other friends on December 5. Comanche ended up accompanying his girlfriend, after which, Rodgers went missing.
“Early in the investigation, detectives suspected foul play and obtained evidence to arrest Harnden and her boyfriend Comanche for their role in the kidnapping and disappearance of Rodgers,” a statement from the Las Vegas police noted.
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Comanche will appear in a Sacramento court this Tuesday.
