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>> it was shocking. what do you mean lorenzen wright is missing? >> anthony covered the story for wnc tv him of his. >> the whole town was a buzz. >> lorenzen's former wife, cheryl, told reporters he was fine the last night she saw him. >> you're not going to leave anything other than he's fine. i just need someone to call and see him or anything from him. >> rents mother was already expecting the worst. >> i told the police when i first caught him missing. my son isn't going to be good when you'll find him. >> your intuition was telling you? >> no way. no way. >> you must normally feel a spir...

Mind went blank. like, what do you mean that he is dead? then he told me, he's been in the field for some days, and it was bad. it was bad. i hung the phone up, and i cried. i cried. all i can think of, i just started having flashbacks of all the things that we have done together, best man at my wedding, my children's godfather, being at his wedding, but someone had pulled my heart out of my chest and just stomped on it. >> so, it was your best friend? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: word also spreads out to atlanta, where lorenzen's old friend and her mate mike gibson was officiously awaiting any...

Interviewing a whole new cast of characters to answer that very question. >> the performance that we had on the streets, every informant that we talk to, basically said that that was not the case. >> reporter: ren's family and friends were outraged at sherra for even suggesting that he might be dealing. >> when she came out and said that, he left with a box of drugs, i said, people came to the house, we'll, you take all his credibility away. none of it made sense. >> was lorenzen knowingly involved in any criminal activity. >> not that i know of at all. i never saw anything that would be out o...

Anything. it's mind boggling. >> reporter: that would be sherra wright, ren's ex-wife. she was interviewed by investigators when he first went missing. >> i just need somebody the cost to say they heard anything from him. >> reporter: -- before ren's murder. >> there were mysterious gunmen showing up, gunmen with guns in their waistbands, knocking on doors, knocking on her door, looking for lorenzen. >> reporter: sherra said she was not sure who they were or what they want it. she also told police about the last time she saw ren, on the night he disappeared. >> she gave a statement that basica...

It's difficult for the kids. it's been difficult for me, but i believe that we deserve to be happy. >> reporter: the court proceedings were contentious and exposed all the specifics of sherra's. >> more than $55,000 in furniture. more than $180 spent on expenses in four different properties. >> and the judge decided to get a receiver to take over the funds and to investigate what was going on with the money. >> reporter: which meant what was left of lorenzen's insurance money was now out of sherra's control. but losing a court did not stop sherra from watching a new career as an author. she wr...