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G-League player arrested for murder

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A G-League player is in police custody on suspicion of murder.

Comanche was arrested on Friday afternoon by members of the California FBI for a kidnapping charge in connection with the missing person case. He was not granted bail, per the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. The center has played the past two seasons for the Stockton Kings, the G-League affiliate of the Sacramento Kings.

The Stockton Kings confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that they released Comanche. The team had no further comment. He was averaging 14 points and 7 rebounds a game this season.

Comanche’s inmate record shows he was arrested without a warrant for a PC 1551.1 felony, which, according to California law states that a person may be arrested without a warrant ‘upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of any other state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.’

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The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that Sakari Harnden, 19, was also arrested on Wednesday in Clark County, Nevada on a kidnapping charge in the case. She was identified as a friend of Rodgers’ and reportedly met up with her on Dec. 5. with Comanche, who was identified as Harnden’s boyfriend. Rodgers wasn’t seen or heard from since.

Comanche, who played college basketball at Arizona, has a court date scheduled for Tuesday and is to be extradited to Nevada.

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