Judge to rule on confession from suspect in Trenary’s killing
McKinney Wright, left, talks with his lawyer Bill Massey in Judge Karen Massey's court on Nov. 20, 2018. Wright and Quandarius Richardson are accused of killing Greater Memphis Chamber President Phil Trenary. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
A local judge will rule by next week whether one of the defendants accused of killing former Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary in 2018 voluntarily confessed to the crime.
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Phil Trenary Chris Craft McKinney WrightAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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