family could be seen in this video celebrating what would be one of their last christmases altogether. the house was decorated, and there were plenty of presents under the tree. ren was playing center for the kids, and in the garage, sarah had a surprise waiting for him. you love it, daddy? i love it. reporter: it was right out of a christmas movie, but behind the scenes, reporter mark says that their life was not always so picture perfect. people who knew them yell, they knew that they had troubles. reporter: a volatile mix of infidelity and jealousy, he says. it was a darker, darker side. reporter: for lorenzen, life in the nba was intoxicating. under the bright lights in the biggest cities with plenty of
face. was it finally liberating for lorenzen the be finally out of the marriage? finally free. reporter: as part of the divorce settlement, lorenzen took out 1 million dollar life insurance policy that would be paid the six children upon his death. it would be administered by sherra, since she was awarded custody. ren was also ordered to pay alimony in child support, totaling $26, 000, a month. lorenzen, even though he made $55 million playing basketball, he was broke. he had two very expensive homes that were foreclosed on. they were bouncing checks left and right. they burned through all this money. he seemed to be in need of money. reporter: big money, but from where? detectives had a new lead about how ren was trying to raise some quick cash, and it would take his murder investigation in a whole new direction. you had to take the drug
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 a
coaches, like i don t know what this boy doing, but he ll make some money one day. reporter: cheryl also like what she saw when the two began dating. even though she was almost five years older, as ren s friend bill afghans immediately notice. she was different. he could tell that she was quite mature, quite savvy, sexy, can i use that word, sexy. absolutely, she was the kind of grow their guys look. at reporter: lorenzen, the country kid, was smith in about the city cow. what was it about sharon that he fell so fast for? her sex. sex? he was 17, she was 22. so she hurt him in? he had his little girlfriend, but she was not doing all the stuff that sarah was doing. she was a lady, not a kid. reporter: they romance flourished, and so that his basketball career. college at the university of
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