LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former NBA G League player allegedly admitted to fatally strangling a woman whose remains were found earlier this month near Las Vegas, according to court records obtained Wednesday. 27, was taken into custody last week in Sacramento, California, where he described for Las Vegas detectives the alleged murder of Marayna Rodgers, 23, according to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department affidavit. “I cannot comment on the substance of any statements made to law enforcement, Comanche attorney Michael Goldstein said Wednesday. “We made our initial appearance...

Former NBA G-League player Chance Comanche appeared to confess to the murder of a woman in Las Vegas, according to court documents. The former Stockton Kings player confessed he strangled a woman with the help of his former girlfriend, according to Clark County court documents. The body of Maryana Rodgers, a 23-year-old medical assistant, was reportedly found near Henderson, Nevada, after Comanche’s confession, according to a Las Vegas arrest warrant, the outlet reported. Rodgers was reported missing on Dec. 7, according to the court documents. Detectives said she was killed...

LAS VEGAS -- Chance Comanche, a former NBA G League player, has confessed to strangling a woman in Las Vegas. He was arrested last week in connection with her disappearance, according to court documents. Comanche, 27, appeared in a Sacramento County court on Tuesday and waived his extradition back to Nevada, where he’ll face charges of murder and conspiracy to commit murder, KCRA3 in Sacramento reports. The body of 23-year-old Marayna Rodgers was recovered from a desert area last week by Las Vegas Metropolitan Police after Comanche and his girlfriend,...

A former NBA G League player who was arrested in the murder of a 23-year-old woman earlier this month has confessed to investigators that he strangled the victim with an HDMI cord and buried her body in a Nevada desert, court documents show. Chance Comanche was arrested Friday by the FBI in Sacramento, Calif. The 27-year-old is being held without bond while awaiting extradition to Nevada. According to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Comanche and his ex-girlfriend, 19-year-old Sakari Harnden, are responsible for the murder of Marayana Rodgers, whose...

Stockton Kings’ Chance Comanche, left, drives to the basket during a game against the G League Ignite on Dec. 5 in Henderson, Nev. Former NBA player Chance Comanche has admitted to working with his girlfriend to strangle a woman to death in Las Vegas earlier this month, according to authorities and court documents. The former Beverly Hills High basketball star admitted to Las Vegas homicide detectives that he conspired with Sakari Harnden to kill Marayna Rodgers in the early hours of Dec. 6, a court filing said. Comanche, 27, who...

Comanche, 27, and Harnden, 19, were both charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping on Monday in Las Vegas. Comanche appeared in a Sacramento County court Tuesday and waived his right to challenge extradition, according to Sacramento TV station KCRA, allowing Nevada officials 30 days to transport him to Las Vegas to face trial. The warrant includes dozens of text messages sent from Nov. 30 to Dec. 6 between Comanche, a player for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League, and Harnden, a woman whom Comanche told...

SACRAMENTO — 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. Texts shown...

A former player with Sacramento Kings G League affiliate, the Stockton Kings, told police he and his 19-year-old ex-girlfriend devised a plan to lure a woman away from her friends in Las Vegas to kill her because the ex-girlfriend said she was having “issues” with her. Chance Comanche, 27, was taken into custody Thursday by the FBI during a practice session in Sacramento and is being held at the Sacramento County Main Jail. His ex-girlfriend Sakari Harnden, whom he said he met on a dating app over a year ago,...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — An arrest report obtained by Channel 13 lays out how a former NBG G League player told police he and a 19-year-old woman planned the killing of 23-year-old Marayna Rodgers. Chance Comanche, 27, told Las Vegas police the killing was done at Harndon's direction because she told him she was having issues with Rodgers, the report states. Police found Rodgers' body Wednesday in a ditch on Vincenzo Lane in Henderson. According to the report, Comanche told detectives he and Harndon left Rodgers' body there after strangling...

A G League player originally from Beverly Hills and his girlfriend have been accused of killing a woman in Las Vegas, police said on Sunday. Chance Comanche, 27, who graduated from Beverly Hills High School, and his 19-year-old girlfriend Sakari Harnden were both arrested in recent days for their alleged connection to the disappearance of 23-year-old Washington woman Marayna Rodgers, according to the Las Vegas Police Department. Detectives learned that Rodgers was out with friends on Dec. 5 when she arranged to meet with Harnden, who would bring her boyfriend...