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NBA Minor League star and his girlfriend charged with kidnap, murder of woman, 23, after a game in Las Vegas – Grand Jury see photos of makeshift rocky desert grave

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eb3b3fcbe5b5e7a660bab2c1a3e3cd44" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362929&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Basketball player&comma; Chance Comanche&comma; 27&comma; was indicted along with his girlfriend co-defendant 19-year-old Sakari Harnden on March 11 for murder <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e5ed1f408986c6cf4d105ebe1038dfdb" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362929&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Both face murder and kidnapping charges in the Dec<&sol;strong> 6&comma; death of Marayna Rodgers&comma; 23&comma; a medical assistant from Lakewood&comma; Washington&comma; who also worked as a prostitute <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4081997251c46a162ec0b80e7a5b24cb" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362929&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Newly released surveillance footage shows the final moments before Rodgers was allegedly kidnapped and killed by the Comanche and Harnden <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-26ba6b5411f82ec4d6c7a54a37c314f9" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362929&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Rodgers was reported missing on Dec&period; 7&comma; two days following her encounter with Comanche and Harnden in Las Vegas on a prostitution date <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-612133f9536a7cac2dc4781702aa6b98" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362929&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Comanche admitted that he plotted with Harnden to lure Marayna with a hoax prostitution date&comma; before she was strangle&comma; her body buried in a makeshift grave in the Nevada desert <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35bfff0a3b332db8ff38ef101ec00f00" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362929&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong>Harnden&comma; <strong>a prostitute and old friend of the Marayna&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong>&comma; wanted the victim killed because she&&num;8217&semi;d implicated her ex-boyfriend in a case of double-homicide in California&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b2087aaf737b2d04dc48a7e3ef137d61" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;362929&semi;font-size&colon;14px"><strong><strong>Comanche&comma; who played for the <strong><strong>Stockton Kings<&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;strong> in<strong><strong> NBA&&num;8217&semi;s G-League&comma; was fired by the team after his Dec&period; 15 arrest<&sol;strong> <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Chance-Comanche-left-and-Sakari-Harnden-right-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458856" style&equals;"width&colon;843px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Chance Comanche&comma; &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; 27&comma; was indicted along with his girlfriend co-defendant 19-year-old Sakari Harnden &lbrack;right&rsqb;&period; Both face murder and kidnapping charges in the December 6&comma; death of Marayna Rodgers&comma; 23&period; Comanche&comma; a Former NBA G-League player&comma; played for the Stockton Kings prior to his Dec&period; 15 arrest<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Haunting video footage shows the final moments before a Las Vegas medical assistant was allegedly kidnapped and killed by a former NBA minor league player and his girlfriend&period;<br>Chance Comanche&comma; 27&comma; played in the NBA G-League star for the Stockton Kings prior to his December 15 arrest&period; He faces murder and kidnapping charges in the December 6 death of 23-year-old Marayna Rodgers&period; <br>Comanche was indicted by a grand jury on March 11&comma; along with his co-defendant 19-year-old Sakari Harnden&period; Following their initial court appearance in Sacramento in December&comma; the suspects were extradited to Nevada to face charges of kidnapping and murder&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"&lowbar;y4josvcZ-o&quest;rel&equals;0" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"620" height&equals;"349" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;&lowbar;y4josvcZ-orel0" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;&lowbar;y4josvcZ-orel0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" rel&equals;"prettyPhoto"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;&lowbar;y4josvcZ-orel0&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span>&NewLine;<&sol;div><figcaption class&equals;"wp-element-caption"><strong>Newly released footage shows the final moments before medical assistant&comma; <strong>Marayna Rodgers<&sol;strong><&sol;strong>&comma;<strong> was allegedly kidnapped and killed by former NBA minor league player Chance Comanche and his girlfriend<&sol;strong><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Newly-released surveillance video shows the victim one of the last times she was seen alive&period; Rogers appears to be smiling in the video as She&&num;8217&semi;s seen walking with Sakari Harnden at a Las Vegas liquor store together&period; <br>Marayna Rodgers&comma; a 23-year-old medical assistant from Lakewood&comma; Washington&comma; was reported missing on Dec&period; 7&comma; two days after detectives said she was killed following her encounter with Chance Comanche and Sakari Harnden in Las Vegas&period;<br>The grand jury saw images from the rocky makeshift grave where Rodgers&&num;8217&semi; body was found&period; The bloodied remains had been stripped then left in a grave covered by rocks&period;<br>More footage from a local grocery store show the suspects -Comanche and Harnden &&num;8211&semi; casually shopping together just hours after the killing in which they both participated&comma; according to investigators&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Marayna-Rodgers-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458843" style&equals;"width&colon;832px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The victim Marayna Rodgers&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; 23&comma; disappeared on Dec 6&comma; while visiting Las Vegas from her home in Washington&period; She was was choked to death police said<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Police in Las Vegas said Rodgers&comma; a medical assistant&comma; was choked to death early December 6&period; <br>Comanche&comma; a 6-foot-10 power forward and center&comma; was dropped following his arrest by NBA G League team Stockton&comma; the minor league affiliate of the Sacramento Kings&period;<br>In the footage shot by Sacramento&&num;8217&semi;s<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;kcra&period;com&sol;article&sol;stockton-kings-chance-comanche-murder-confessions-details&sol;46181267&num;&colon;~&colon;text&equals;He&percnt;20appeared&percnt;20in&percnt;20a&percnt;20Sacramento&comma;have&percnt;20a&percnt;20comment&percnt;20about&percnt;20the" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener"> KCRA<&sol;a>&comma; Comanche is seen in a cramped cell as he waives his extradition to Nevada&period;<br>According to the court documents&comma; Rodgers had traveled to Las Vegas for prostitution&comma; and Harnden also worked as a prostitute&period; Both were previously friends and had planned to meet up for a prostitution double date&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Chance-Comanche-4&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458875" style&equals;"width&colon;840px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Comanche who has admitted to the killing appeared in a Sacramento courtroom on March 11&comma; where he waived his rights<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">A day prior to the murder&comma; the Stockton Kings played the G League team Henderson Ignite in Las Vegas&period; Comanche police said plotted the murder during the game and the killing happened in the hours after the game&period;<br>Posing as a sex-work customer he lured Rodgers to her death&comma; according to the court documents&period;<br>The set-up that involved Comanche posing as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;trick” where she could earn &dollar;1&comma;000 on that one date&period;<br>The After the murder the plan was to bury the body in the Nevada desert&period;<br>The suspect ultimately made a full confession to police&comma; according to the arrest warrant&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Final-moments-of-Marayna-Rodgers-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458861" style&equals;"width&colon;839px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Photos from the grand jury reveal the <strong>makeshift<&sol;strong><&sol;strong> <strong>rocky grave in the Nevada desert <strong>where the body of Marayna Rodgers was found <&sol;strong><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In one text message exchange obtained by police&comma; Comanche shared a coffin emoji with Harnden&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;I can snap her neck or just strangle the &lbrack;expletive&rsqb;&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Comanche allegedly wrote in a group chat obtained by police&period; <br>Comanche allegedly told investigators he was following Harnden&&num;8217&semi;s instructions when he lured Rodgers to her death and later killed her by strangulation&period;<br>He and Harnden met on a dating app more than a year ago&comma; and although their relationship lasted only a few months&comma; they have remained in touch&comma; according to police&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Marayna-Rodgers-left-and-Sakari-Harnden-right-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458864" style&equals;"width&colon;844px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>tills from surveillance footage show the final moments before Rodgers was kidnapped and killed on Dec 5&comma; 2023&period; She appears to be smiling walking toward Harnden near a Las Vegas liquor store <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Marayna-Rodgers-body-was-found-at-this-spot-outside-Las-Vegas-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458859" style&equals;"width&colon;835px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The victim&&num;8217&semi;s body was found&comma; bloodied and stripped&comma; in a ditch covered with rocks in the Nevada desert<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Chance-Comanche-left-and-Sakari-Harnden-right-1-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458857" style&equals;"width&colon;847px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Finger pointing&colon; Comanche &lbrack;left&rsqb;&comma; 27&comma; allegedly told investigators he was following instructions from his girlfriend Sakari Harnden &lbrack;right&rsqb; a 19-year-old prostitute&comma; when he lured Rodgers and they jointly strangled the victim <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Harnden and Rodgers were friends in Washington state&comma; where the latter was working as a medical assistant&period; However&comma; Harnden recently became upset with Rodgers for telling others that the 19-year-old had implicated her own &lbrack;Harnden&&num;8217&semi;s&rsqb; former boyfriend in a double murder in California&comma; according to police&period;<br>Rodgers and her boyfriend&comma; identified as Tremaine&comma; traveled to Las Vegas from Washington on Dec 1&comma; with the intent of &&num;8216&semi;engaging in prostitution&comma;&&num;8217&semi; according to the police report&period;<br>Learning of their trip&comma; Harnden allegedly plotted with Comanche to lure Rodgers away from Tremaine and her other traveling companions in Las Vegas so they could kill her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Marayna-Rodgers-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458847" style&equals;"width&colon;837px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Rodgers &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was a medical assistant <strong>from Washington state <&sol;strong>who was visiting the Las Vegas area with friends on a prostitution gig<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Las-Vegas-Metropolitan-Police-warrant-details-of-the-Marayna-Rodgers-murder-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458848" style&equals;"width&colon;829px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police warrant &lbrack;image&rsqb;&comma; details Rodgers&&num;8217&semi; murder <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Pretending to be a prostitution client or &&num;8216&semi;trick&comma;&&num;8217&semi; Comanche called Rodgers to a meeting place&comma; where he strangled her with an HDMI cord with some help from Harnden&comma; police claim&period; The pair allegedly ditched Rodgers&&num;8217&semi; body in Henderson&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;While Chance used the cord to strangle Marayna&comma; Sakari hand both of her hands on the neck of Marayna choking her&comma;&&num;8217&semi; read the arrest warrant&period; <br>Chance said once he stopped strangling Marayna he released the tension in the cord&comma; but Sakari continued choking her&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Once Marayna was unresponsive&comma; both Sakari and Chance began checking her neck for a pulse as well as touching her to see if she was still breathing&period; Chance made reference to fluid coming out of Marayna&&num;8217&semi;s mouth which caused them to believe Marayna was dead&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Sakari-Harnden-3-1024x659&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458890"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Comanche is claiming his girlfriend Sakari Harnden &lbrack;photo&rsqb; a 19-year-old prostitute&comma; instigated the killing because the victim implicated her ex-boyfriend in a double murder<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;03&sol;Chance-Comanche-2&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-458842" style&equals;"width&colon;845px&semi;height&colon;auto"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<ul class&equals;"wp-block-list"><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Comanche who has admitted to plotting&comma; soliciting murder&comma; kidnapping and murder is seen dunking for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League on December 9&comma; 2023 &&num;8211&semi; four day after he killed Marayna Rogers<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The pair then drove around looking for a place to dump the body before ultimately finding a ditch and covering Rodgers&&num;8217&semi; corpse with rocks&comma; according to police&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Both Sakari and Chance removed Marayna from the car and placed her in the ditch and began covering her body with rocks&comma;&&num;8217&semi; read the warrant&period; &&num;8216&semi;Chance admitted to using a towel to move the rocks so their DNA could not be traced&period;<br>&&num;8216&semi;Chance was asked what happened to Marayna&&num;8217&semi;s belongings and he said Marayna&&num;8217&semi;s cell phone was smashed by a rock and placed inside Sakari&&num;8217&semi;s car with Marayna&&num;8217&semi;s other belongings&period;&&num;8217&semi;<br>During his police interview&comma; Comanche pointed out the location on a map where Rodgers’ body was later found in a ditch covered by rocks&period; <br>Admitting that he had plotted with Harnden to kill Rodgers&comma; Comanche told his police interviewers that and that he had first tried to hire a friend for the hit at a price of &dollar;3&comma;000&comma; but that person was not interested&period;<br>After the killing&comma; Harnden and Comanche returned to his hotel room before Comanche eventually left the room to get on his team bus&period;<br>During Harnden’s interview with police&comma; she did acknowledge meeting Rodgers for a prostitution date and confirmed that Comanche was in the back seat of her car when they met up&period; <br>She was also among those who reported Rodgers missing to police and had claimed that Rodgers left in an Uber to meet another date before going missing&period; That versions proved to be false when Las Vegas police contacted Uber to corroborate the claim&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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