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By Alicia Cruz The Black Urban Times Originally posted 9/11/2010 The murder investigation into the death of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright continues as investigators track the Memphis natives last steps and continue following leads. The rumor mill has been churning with reports of the murder investigation having shifted towards Wright's former wife, Sherra Wright as a suspect in her ex-husband's murder. Sherra Wright has not made any new statements to police and she has not been officially identified as a suspect in her former husband's murder. WREG TV Memphis recorded movers loading a moving van with furniture from the Wright home in Collierville. Sherra Wright's attorney, Gail Mathes told WREG TV that her client plans to move her children closer to her former husband's parents in Memphis. The older Wright children, according to Mathes, are having a hard time coping with the death of their father and the rumors that their mother may be involved. Lore...

By Alicia Cruz Originally posted 8/29/2010 A month after police found the bullet-riddled body of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright in a wooded area about 15 miles south of downtown Memphis, no one is in custody, but the homicide investigation hasn't exactly stalled. Investigators seem to be focusing their attention on the ex-wife of the former Memphis Tiger and Memphis Grizzlies, Sherra Wright. Neighbors of Ms. Wright told My Eyewitness News that homicide investigators searched Sherra Wright's home and a fire pit in the backyard because on one of the hottest nights of the year --the same night her ex-husband disappeared -- the mother of six started a fire in her backyard. The investigators could be seen removing several items from the home, and at one point, were in the backyard looking very carefully at Wright's grill and fire pit. PREVIOUS COVERAGE OF LORENZEN WRIGHT INVESTIGATION According to a WREG report, officers seized a letter that was addressed to Loren...

By Alicia Cruz Yahoo Associated Content Remember Michelle McMullen , the Harrisburg, Pa., mother who dropped off her young son to a friend in Pa., before disappearing? Well, she was found, safe and sound in Oakland, California in January 2011. For those of you not familiar with the story, it was featured on the Investigation Discovery show, "Disappeared." ~~~Watch Michelle's episode, " The Long Drive Home ."~~~ McMullen was attending college at Grambling University when she drove to her hometown of Harrisburg, Pa., in September 2008 to leave her son, Jayden with a friend. Before leaving her friend's home, McMullen instructed the woman to wait a few days before turning the little boy over to her parents, Rev. Lillie and Michael McMullen . A week after she left, McMullen's vehicle was found abandoned alongside a road near a Mac-Truck Plant in Hagerstown, Maryland. Police found McMullen's wallet and other personal belongings inside the vehic...

By Alicia Cruz The Black Urban Times Contact reporter Alicia Cruz at nj.newsroom.cruz@gmail.com Investigators announced the increase of a reward being offered for anyone with information concerning the murder of a Chicago honor student killed last month after performing at President Barack Obama's second inauguration. The reward, now at $24,000, is being offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for the shooting death of Hadiya Pendleton . Police believe members of a rival gang may have mistaken Pendleton, 15 and majorette, for a gang banger. The teen was a rising star with no criminal record, say police. Pendleton was amongst classmates in the Kenwood neighborhood when she was shot in the back. Another teen was injured. Police say the shooter fled the park after the shooting and jumped into a White Nissan. Her shooting death became the subject of a recent discussion on gun control. Read more HERE Hadiya Pendleton Dead Emanuel Meets With Hadiya P...

Photo/LAPD  By Alicia Cruz Associated Content The San Bernadino County Sheriff's Department has now said that the charred remains found in the burned out Sherman Oaks cabin where former LAPD officer, Christopher Dorner was hiding have been positively identified as those of Dorner. A spokesman for the California based law enforcement agency, which lost one of it's deputies during a tense shootout with the former Naval officer, made the announcement almost 30 minutes ago. This a breaking news item and will be updated as information becomes available. Contact reporter Alicia Cruz at nj.newsroom.cruz@gmail.com RELATED Fringe fans hail Dorner as ‘hero ’

Editor’s note : Maxine "One Bad Max" Davidson is a supervisor at a call center in Jacksonville, Florida. She enjoys restaurant surfing, writing and traveling in her spare time. She is single, happy and believes that by going "cold turkey" in the dating world for one year will lead her to her soul mate. She has asked to guest write for the Black Urban Times when she is not stalking seeking her mate for life. LOL By OneBadMax Guest Writer It's Valentine's Day again. A day to express love to our significant others. For some, it's a day of loathing. For others, it's a day to reflect and refuse to sulk. Perhaps you're fresh out of a relationship . Maybe you're in between relationships (or marriages or divorces). On the other hand, maybe, you intentionally go out of your way on Valentine's Day to be anything but loving just because you can. Different strokes for different folks. ****Valentine's Day Myths Revealed **** I decided ...

Opinion: Alicia Cruz Associated Content I'm sure Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (after Thursday’s incident) will thank TSA employees for attempting to show acts of kindness, but will offer to go through the proper procedures just like the rest of us in the future. I haven't read about any statements from either couple's camp following their security breach at New York's John F. Kennedy airport yesterday morning, but hopefully they'll turn down special treatment and just trudge through those long, annoying lines just like the rest of us weary travelers from now on. I can recall flying into Atlanta's Hartsfield International airport on my way to an assignment. I didn't know there was a smoking booth located on the concourse that I was already on so, like many die-hard stogie lovers, I trekked all the way out to the front of the airport, which required me to take an underground train. When I finally arrive at my smoking post, a woman who worked for ...