NBA G League Player and Girlfriend Arrested In Killing and Kidnapping of Woman Found Dead in the Desert

Comanche, 27, and Sakari Harnden, 19, are charged with killing Marayna Rodgers

An NBA G League player was arrested in connection with a murder, after authorities alleged he and his girlfriend kidnapped and killed a woman in Las Vegas who was reported missing on Dec. 7.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Department alleged that the victim, Marayna Rodgers, had arranged to meet Sakari Harnden, 19, who would bring her boyfriend, 27-year-old Chance Comanche on Dec. 5. Rodgers was not heard from again, police said.

Comanche, 27, who played for the Stockton Kings, the G League affiliate of the Sacramento Kings, was arrested Friday in Sacramento, the police department said. Harnden, 19, was arrested in Las Vegas two days before, the department said.

Both were charged with kidnapping, police said, but their charges will be upgraded to open murder.

After Comanche and Harnden were arrested, police said they found Rodgers’ remains in the desert.

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The Sacramento Kings announced they released Comanche on Friday, the same day he was arrested. On Dec. 5, the day Comanche allegedly met Rodgers, the Stockton Kings played a game in Henderson, Nev., just outside of Las Vegas.

Harnden is in custody in Clark County, being held on a $500,000 bond, while Comanche is awaiting extradition from California to Nevada. It is not immediately clear if either has retained an attorney or entered a plea.

Comanche is 6-foot-10 and played college basketball at Arizona. He appeared in one NBA game last season for the Portland Trail Blazers.

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