No bail for ex-G League player held in woman’s killing

A former NBA developmental league player accused with his ex-girlfriend of killing a woman whose body was found last month in southern Nevada faced a Las Vegas judge on Tuesday following his transfer in custody from a jail in Sacramento, California.

Chance Comanche, 27, who played for the Stockton Kings before his Dec. 15 arrest in Sacramento, arrived Sunday at the Clark County Detention Center for an initial appearance on Tuesday morning, jail and court records showed.

Las Vegas Justice of the Peace Diana Sullivan ruled that Comanche will continue to be held without bail and scheduled a preliminary hearing for Feb. 2.

Comanche’s’ former girlfriend, Sakari Harnden, 19, also is jailed in Las Vegas pending a separate preliminary hearing Wednesday on charges related to the disappearance and death of Marayna Rodgers, 23, of Lynnwood, Washington.

Police in Las Vegas said Rodgers, a medical assistant, was choked to death early Dec. 6. Her remains were later found in a roadside ditch in suburban Henderson.

Comanche, a 6-foot-10 power forward and center, was dropped following his arrest by Stockton, the NBA G League affiliate of the Sacramento Kings. The team had played the G League Henderson Ignite on Dec. 5.