Affidavit: Ex-G League participant admitted to killing

LAS VEGAS — A old fashioned NBA G League participant allegedly admitted to fatally strangling a girl whose stays were came across earlier this month advance Las Vegas, in step with court docket data got Wednesday.

Probability Comanche, 27, used to be taken into custody final week in Sacramento, California, the save he described for Las Vegas detectives the alleged extinguish of Marayna Rodgers, 23, in step with a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department affidavit.

“I will be capable to’t comment on the substance of any statements made to law enforcement,” Comanche lawyer Michael Goldstein stated Wednesday. “We made our initial appearance the day prior to this, and the allegations will likely be addressed in court docket.”

The basketball participant, who is being held without bond, appeared Tuesday in a Sacramento County court docket and agreed now to now not fight his transfer in custody to Nevada, the save authorities stated he’ll face extinguish and conspiracy to commit extinguish charges.

“We are going to let the courts deal with it,” Goldstein told reporters outdoors the court docket. “We are going to deal with it in Nevada.”

Comanche’s old fashioned female friend, Sakari Harnden, 19, is furthermore coping with charges in Rodgers’ demise, police stated. She is being held without bond in a Las Vegas detention center.

Anna Clark, a deputy Clark County public defender representing Harnden, declined comment Wednesday concerning the case.

Rodgers, a scientific assistant from Washington notify, used to be reported missing Dec. 7 right via a outing to Las Vegas to focus on with visitors. Her stays were later cloak in the Vegas suburb of Henderson.

In step with the affidavit, Comanche and Harnden worked collectively to choke Rodgers in the early hours of Dec. 6.

Police stated Harnden and Rodgers were each and every sex employees and that Harnden had an ongoing dispute with Rodgers over an costly glimpse.

In step with the affidavit, the save called for Comanche to pose as a sex customer who would tie Rodgers’ palms in the serve of her serve. Comanche then extinct a cord while Harnden extinct each and every her palms to choke Rodgers, the affidavit stated.

As soon as Rodgers used to be pointless, police stated, Comanche and Harnden left her physique in a ditch off the aspect of a boulevard.

Sooner than his arrest, Comanche had been playing for the Stockton Kings, the NBA G League affiliate of the Sacramento Kingsand averaged 14 components and 7 rebounds in 13 games.

Comanche, a 6-foot-10 energy forward and center, conducted college basketball at the University of Arizona from 2015 to 2017 before declaring for the NBA draft.

He went undrafted and signed a free agent contract with the Portland Depart Blazers in April but conducted wonderful one sport.

Sacramento signed Comanche in October but waived him 10 days later, at which level he joined Stockton.