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killed a love interest that he had. it's that time, 2012, when he's going to present, that he tells that he wants to flip into a deal. >> jimmy said he knew what happened to ren and he offered to tell a story to detectives. so, in 2012, two years after ren was killed, a meeting was held at this tennessee prison, where jimmy claim to reveal who was behind the murder. that was his very own cousin and ren's ex-wife, sherra. >> chief told me that she'd been having threats from lorenzen and he hired somebody to kill her. she wanted him dead, before he killed her. >> jimmy said a meeting took place at sherra's the house, some two months before ren's murder. two other men were there. >> billy was over there and another gentleman. but i don't know his name. >> billy? >> yeah, he was a gardener.

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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 of the ordinary. >> reporter: so the drug theory, which seemed to sidetracked the investigation was not that. ren's mother had never believed it anyway. she was certainly the key to solving her son's murder was much closer to home. >> i told the police, you need to go talk to his ex-wife. >> reporter: lorenzen's mother

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had never been sherra's fan. she was convinced that her daughter in law knew elite more about what really happened to ren. >> what did the police take about? you >> that i was a crazy lady. i thought them, i will keep on doing this, when there is blood warmth in my body. >> you will need a sign from god to back off of sherra? >> exactly, exactly. >> reporter: detectives did notice one thing, while deborah was relentless, sherra was reclusive. police did not hear a peep from her. >> the level of grief from both of the women, they were total opposite of each other. >> in fairness, one is the mom, one is divorced. >> you still have six kids with a man that was murdered. >> sherra it's not acting upset enough. that does not make somebody a killer. >> it does not make you a killer, it makes you a high level person to register. >> reporter: sherra hardly seemed like a killer, she was dating a sheriff's deputy who was deeply religious and spent a lot of time at church, where she was on track to become an ordained minister. she's also extremely devoted to

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gibson. >> the reason i've been there, i'd be gone to now, you know? >> according to jimmy, he and billy spotted security guards, out of the condo and hightailed it back home. jimmy said after their failed attempt, they met with sherra again. now, she had a whole new plan for ren's murder. this time, on her home turf. >> she was, like i want to come to memphis. it'll be easier that way. >> sure enough, at sherra's request, ren did come back to memphis for the last time. >> and then what happened? >> he ran. [sound of gunfire] [inaudible] [sound of gunfire] [inaudible [inaudible ily hiv pills because i switched to every-other-month cabenuva. for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete long-acting hiv treatment you can get every other month. it's two injections from a healthcare provider. now when i have people over, hiv pills aren't on my mind.

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>> she said she could help me with my court case. if this happens, i get it insurance, money i got the nba money and i'll take care of y'all. she said, whoever does the shooting gets $50,000. >> money can be a great motivator. jimmy said it was long before sherra and billy came to his house in batesville, mississippi. a sleepy little town south of memphis. this time, she revealed how and where she wanted them to do the job. >> she said, well, why don't you want billie go out there and take care of it? >> where did she want you to take care of him at? >> i guess go to his house. >> in atlanta? >> so we went. >> with directions from sherra, he said they headed to atlanta and straight to lorenzen's apartment complex, where they climbed to an open window. but ren wasn't there. >> there is somebody on the couch with a bald head. >> police later figured out the bald headed man asleep on the couch was ren's roommate,

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sherra's tomorrow's life with lorenzen. it was hardly a bestseller, but ketanji anthony found it a thrilling read. >> dissimilarities between sherra, lorenzen and they do make characters in the book are uncanny. as you go to the book, you are hearing claims of infidelity to domestic violence. >> so, i asked her, did this really happen? she said, oh yes, it absolutely happened. 99.9% of that book is our realize, i just changed the names around. >> reporter: the book ends with the sherra and lorenzen character settling in for a night of romance. but in real life, ren's close friends were beginning to share the same suspicion his mom and police already had. that on the last night of his life, sherra was not ren's, she might have been involved in his murder. >> i felt very confident that

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name, which is a classic drug scream where drug dealers come into money illicitly, like they won the lottery. >> reporter: deborah insist that it was not her son who so the cars but the guy who worked for him. in fact, ren was never charged with anything. but not that he was dead, the city buzzed with rumors that ren may have been the victim of a drug hit, especially given the way he was found in that field, executed. >> you had the take the drug very seriously, it was something that everybody was talking about? >> absolutely, famous people get killed and a drug rate, absolutely -- we had to make sure that we looked at everything. >> reporter: with his nba career done, the big paychecks had dried up, plus, those huge alimony and child support payments were due. police wondered if ren was desperate for money. could he have been dealing drugs to make some quick cash? so detective started

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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 basically said, ren left in the middle of the night. >> he had been in her house? >> he had gotten there from atlanta sometime and deny. he leaves. >> reporter: sherra's timeline of lorenzen's last night at him arriving at her home around eight pm. she said ren later left around

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month-year-old daughter sierra. >> reporter: -- found the baby not breathing in her crib on saturday. she roster to a nearby medical center, where she was pronounced dead. >> the doctor or port said that she died from sits, sudden infant death syndrome. >> she's we got, i know that. i am going to work hard to try to get myself there. >> did a causation in his marriage? >> i think you did. he was on the road when it happened. not being able to get there and protect his daughter, i think he always regretted the. >> reporter: ren's friends say that two years later, the couples problems escalated to a whole new and now dangerous level. >> there was a situation that happened, and lorenzen went to the house where supposedly she was there with another guy. she knew the gentleman. >> he went ballistic. i think he had a gun. >> reporter: the story made the local newspapers, which

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she played some type of role in it, but to what degree, i did not know. >> so maybe indirectly. >> indirectly, before the fact, after the fact, she had something to do with. it >> reporter: may be, but no man was able to prove it. as the fifth anniversary of ren's murder came and one, sherra would embark on a whole new chapter of her life with a new man in a new city, because she sicker pass and finally clear her name? >> you can run, but you can't hide. u can' hide i didn't know who i would be. but here i am... being me. keep being you... and ask your healthcare provider about the number one prescribed h-i-v treatment, biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in many people whether you're 18 or 80. with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to undetectable—and stay there whether you're just starting or replacing your current treatment. research shows that taking h-i-v treatment

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