Deborah Marion has found peace of mind after the killers of her son, former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, were sentenced to prison. In May 2022, she attended the parole plea of Lorenzen’s ex-wife Sherra Wright-Robinson, which was denied by the court.
Deborah Marion was fighting for justice for her son, former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, who was shot dead in 2010. She had constantly been looking for answers to the murder of her son for several years.
Finally, after seven years of unsolved mystery, the gun believed to have been used to murder Wright was found in a Walnut, Mississippi lake on November 9, 2017. Shelby County church deacon at Mt. Olive No. 1 Missionary Baptist Church in Collierville, Billy Ray Turner was indicted on the first-degree murder.
In December 2017, Billy Ray Turner was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison, whereas, in July 2019, Wright-Robinson pleaded guilty to facilitation of first-degree murder and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
