Monday, March 18, 2024

Memphitz Recounts Brutal Murder Of His Father By The KKK

Memphitz*Mickey “Memphitz” Wright, the estranged husband of Toya Wright, opened up about his father being brutally murdered by a KKK member in his hometown of Memphis. The emotional reveal occurred during Friday’s episode of “Marriage Bootcamp.”

“I already come up in a racist town, so it’s like for a racist KKK member to kill my dad, I have a fuse so short, it’s not good,” he admitted.

Memphitz and Toya have been confronting some of the difficult issues in their relationship on this season of the series, and during this most recent episode the couples were asked to share traumatic experiences from childhood when Memphitz shared his story.

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As Essence reports, in 2007, “KKK member Dale V. Mardis confessed to dismembering the body of 46-year-old code enforcement officer Mickey Wright Sr. before burning a portion of his remains and scattering the rest in various junkyard vehicles that were later crushed. Mr. Mardis pled no contest to Mr. Wright’s murder and was sentenced to life in prison in 2011. Mr. Wright’s remains were never found.”

According to DallasBlack.com: Mickey Wright Sr. disappeared on April 7, 2001. The father of three was last seen at his place of employment at the Shelby County Office of Constuction Code Enforcement. His work identification and badge were located in a creek in Olive Branch, Mississippi by a jogger. And his company vehicle was found in Mississippi in a rural field and had been burned. Dale V. Mardis, who owned an auto sales lot and was a gun dealer, had killed Wright Sr. and the murder was considered “racially motivated.” ”

Memphitz got the chance to confront his feelings towards his father’s killer during a reenactment on “Marriage Bootcamp,” where counselor Jim Carroll played Mardis. See the outcome of the emotional confrontation in the video clip below.

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