The former G-League player and girlfriend arrested in connection with the disappearance of a 23-year-old Washington medical assistant in Las Vegas have been charged with kidnapping and murder, according to police.
Chance Comanche, 27, was released from the Stockton Kings, a developmental affiliate of the Sacramento Kings, shortly after his arrest.
He played a G-League game in Henderson, Nevada, 15 miles from Las Vegas, the night before Marayna Rodgers was last seen and reported missing.
Rodgers vanished on Dec. 6, when she was on a trip to visit Las Vegas and got into a car with her friend, Sakari Harnden, 19, according to KLAS.
Based on the information obtained after Comanche and Harnden’s arrest detectives were able to recover human remains, later identified as Rodgers, in a desert area in Henderson, Nevada, police said in a press release.
According to police, it was determined that Harnden and Commanche were responsible for Rodgers’ death and both will be charged with open murder.
Harnden, the girlfriend of Comanche, was arrested in Las Vegas on Dec. 13 and booked into the downtown Las Vegas Jail, also on a first-degree kidnapping charge, KLAS reported, citing court records.
A criminal complaint accused Harnden of “detaining Rogers against her will and without her consent for the purpose of killing her and/or inflicting bodily harm,” according to the outlet.
Harnden was also arrested on a theft charge for allegedly stealing a Rolex.
Comanche was in Portland, Oregon for the Kings’ game against the Rip City Remix on Dec. 7, less than 24 hours removed from Rodgers’ vanishing.
It is not known how long Comanche was in Las Vegas.
He was arrested in California by California FBI Criminal Apprehension team and is pending extradition to Nevada for kidnapping, according to a statement by police on Sunday.
Comanche is being held in the Sacramento County Main Jail without bail, according to records.
Comanche, a 6-foot-10 center, is due in court Tuesday.
He played college basketball at Arizona and played in one NBA game, with the Portland Trail Blazers on April 9.
