LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A 17-page arrest report obtained by Channel 13 lays out how a former NBA G League player told police he and a 19-year-old woman planned the killing of 23-year-old Marayna Rodgers.
Chance Comanche, 27, told Las Vegas police the killing was done at the direction of Sakari Harnden because she told him she was having issues with Rodgers, the report states.
Harnden and Comanche each face a charge of open murder.
Police found Rodgers' body Wednesday in a desert area in Henderson. According to the report, Comanche told detectives he and Harnden left Rodgers' body there after strangling her.
While Metro Police did not release the address of the rocky desert area Rogers' body was found in, several neighbors living off of Pancho Via Drive say they saw the coroner, detectives, K-9 units, and more a day after the arrest report says Comanche told police the location of Rodgers' remains.
Comanche, who was released by the Stockton Kings after his arrest in California, had played in a Dec. 5 game against the NBA G League Ignite in Henderson, the report states.
Rodgers' friends reported her missing on Dec. 7. A day earlier, Harnden filed a missing persons report for Rodgers, who was last seen around 1 a.m., according to the report.
According to the report, police reviewed messages between Comanche and Harnden in which Comanche told Harnden what to say about Rodgers' disappearance. In one message, police noted Comanche sent a coffin emoji to Harnden.
Comanche told police he and Harnden planned to lure Rodgers away from her friends and described strangling Rodgers with an HDMI cord while Harnden used her hands.
Comanche says he stopped strangling her once he saw her struggling to breathe after about 10 seconds. He says Harnden did not stop.
Rodgers' boyfriend, identified as Tremaine in the arrest report, told detectives he and Rodgers were in Las Vegas the weekend of Dec. 1 "with the intent of engaging in prostitution."
A verified GoFundMe page under Rodgers' name, created by Tremaine McAdams, identifies her as a surgical tech who lived in Washington state. The fundraiser was established on Dec. 9 to cover costs associated with the search for Rodgers, the page states.
As of Tuesday morning, the Clark County Coroner's Office had not confirmed Rodgers' cause of death.
Harnden was arrested on Dec. 13 in Las Vegas and made an initial appearance in court Tuesday morning. She is expected back in court on Wednesday.
Comanche was expected to be extradited to Nevada but had not been booked into the Clark County Detention Center as of this report.
