NBA NBA G League Player Confesses To Murder Per Court Records

A former NBA G League player for the Stockton Kings was arraigned in court on Tuesday on murder and kidnapping charges.

Chance Coamche, 27,  G League player for the NBA affiliate the Stockton Kings, Chance, alongside his accomplice Sakiri Harndon, 19, were arrested for the kidnapping and murder of 23-year-old Marayna Rodgers.

According to a report from the Las Vegas Police Department, former G League player Chance Comanche confessed on “December 15 to his and Harndon’s murder of Rodgers inside Harndon’s vehicle by way of strangulation.”

Comanche gave detectives a confession and told authorities Rodger’s body was dumped in a Las Vegas suburb.

NEWS: Former Stockton Kings G League player Chance Comanche allegedly admitted to fatally strangling a woman earlier this month near Las Vegas, according to court records obtained by AP.

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Here’s what CBS News reported:

A former player for the Stockton Kings, the Sacramento Kings G League affiliate, was arraigned in court Tuesday on kidnapping and murder charges related to the death of 23-year-old Marayna Rodgers in Nevada.

A Las Vegas Police Department arrest report obtained by CBS Sacramento details a coordinated, months-long plan between Chance Comanche, 27, and his alleged accomplice Sakiri Harndon, 19, to kill Rodgers. The report shows that Comanche confessed on December 15 to his and Harndon’s murder of Rodgers inside Harndon’s vehicle by way of strangulation.

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Texts shown in the report show an effort by the pair to lure Rodgers away from her friends, kill her and dispose of her body. Comanche told investigators he used an HDMI cord to strangle Rodgers after he and Harndon picked her up under the guise of a double prostitution meet-up.

During his confession, Comanche revealed where Rodgers’ body was left, which led to homicide detectives locating her remains in a Las Vegas suburb last week. Investigators allege the murder occurred just hours after the Stockton Kings played the G League Ignite in Las Vegas on December 5.

Comanche was arrested at the Stockton Kings practice facility on December 15 and appeared in a Sacramento County courtroom on Tuesday, December 19. Comanche waived his extradition rights and is set to be transported from Sacramento to Clark County, Nevada, where this case will play out. Harndon had already been arrested on December 13 by Las Vegas police.

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Per NBC News:

A former NBA G League player allegedly admitted to strangling a woman in Las Vegas in a murder plot that had him posing as a prostitute’s customer, court documents revealed Tuesday.

Chance Comanche, 27, appeared in a court in Sacramento County, California, and waived his extradition back to Nevada, where he’ll face charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

The 6-foot-10 Comanche and his former girlfriend Sakari Harnden, 19, worked in tandem to choke Marayna Rodgers, 23, early Dec. 6, hours after the Stockton Kings played the NBA G League Ignite in Henderson, Nevada, according to a Las Vegas police affidavit supporting the arrest.

Comanche was taken into custody last week in Sacramento before he was read his Miranda rights, spoke to Las Vegas police detectives and explained the plot, the affidavit said.