Comanche Lucka G-League player with the Stockton Kings, the Sacramento Kings' affiliate team, and a 19-year-old woman will face murder charges following the death of another young woman, 23, who had disappeared in Las Vegas, police announced on Sunday.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that the remains of Marayna Rodgers, a Washington state physician's assistant who was last seen in the Las Vegas area, were found in a desert area in Henderson, east of Las Vegas, Nevada.
The night of the match against Team Ignite
Chance Comanche, 27, was apprehended by the FBI on Friday in Sacramento County, California, and was taken into custody. According to police, the victim was out with friends on December 5 and had a meeting with the accused woman, Sakari Harnden, who was accompanied by the G-League player, her boyfriend.
That day, his team faced Team Ignite in Henderson, and Chance Comanche had scored 16 points in this meeting. “ From the beginning of the investigation, detectives suspected foul play and obtained evidence leading to the arrest of Harnden and her Comanche boyfriend for their roles in Rodgers' kidnapping and disappearance “, declared the police.
Following his arrest, Chance Comanche, who averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds with the Kings this season, was released from his contract.
He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday and his extradition to Nevada is pending. An undrafted player when he left Arizona, the interior player made his only appearance in the NBA, with the Blazers, at the very end of the last regular season.
