- Both sides pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and murder charges last week.
- Comanche was eliminated by the Stockton Kings, Sacramento’s G-League affiliate.
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Former NBA G League player Chance Comanche and his ex-girlfriend will be tried together before a judge and jury in March of next year after allegedly being behind the murder of a woman whose body was found in Nevada in December.
Comanche, a 27-year-old Los Angeles native who last played for the Stockton Kings before his arrest in Sacramento, California, three months ago, appeared before a judge in Clark County, Nevada, on Wednesday after pleading not guilty. on murder and kidnapping charges last week, according to reports.
ESPN He noted that the 6-foot-10 former Arizona power forward, who can also play center, “will not face the possibility of the death penalty if convicted at trial.”
Comanche’s ex-girlfriend, Sakari Harnden, who faces murder and kidnapping charges in connection with the death of the same woman, Marayna Rodgers, 23, of Lynnwood, Washington, also pleaded not guilty.
Las Vegas police said Rodgers, a medical assistant, died of asphyxiation on Dec. 6. Her remains were later found in a roadside ditch in the suburb of Henderson.
Chance Comanche played for the Stockton Kings, Sacramento’s G-League affiliate, until December 1.
Comanche’s ex-girlfriend, Sakari Harnden, 19, also faces kidnapping and murder charges.
An autopsy ruled Marayna Rodgers’ death a homicide due to asphyxia due to strangulation.
Rodgers’ body was found beneath a rocky makeshift grave near a roadside ditch in Henderson.
Rodgers, a 23-year-old physician assistant from Lynnwood, WA, was strangled to death on December 6.
Autopsy results obtained by multiple outlets, including ESPN, ruled that Rodgers’ death was a homicide caused by asphyxia due to strangulation.
Comanche was retired after his arrest by the Stockton Kings, the G League affiliate of the Sacramento Kings.
He had 16 points and six rebounds when the team played the G League Henderson Ignite on December 5, just one day before Rodgers was killed.
Comanche once played in an NBA game for the Portland Trail Blazers on April 9 of last year. He scored seven points in 21 minutes.
Based on information obtained by Las Vegas police, detectives were able to recover remains later identified as Rodgers by the Clark County Coroner.