Jury convicts NJ man in gruesome murder that left pro athlete dumped in SUV on Brooklyn street

🏀 Jury says ex-Knicks draft pick Michael Wright was drugged and murdered by his NJ housemate

⚖️ Bergen County man Mark Holdbrooks found guilty of first-degree murder after lengthy trial

🚔 Victim’s body was found in his SUV in NYC after a cover-up involving an accomplice

A 69-year-old Bergen County man has been convicted of the shocking 2015 murder of a Knicks draft pick and professional basketball player.

Jurors found that Mark A. Holdbrooks, of Closter, drugged 35-year-old Michael Wright before killing him with a cinderblock. He then put the victim into his own Lexus SUV and had an accomplice abandon it on a New York City street.

Holdbrooks and David “King” Victor of Brooklyn, New York, were arrested in 2016 after a year-long investigation into the death of the college basketball star…

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