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Mark Holdbrooks (left) and David "King Victor" Victor (right) have been charged with murder in the killing of former New York Knicks draft pick Michael Wright. (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office)

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CLOSTER -- Two men were charged Tuesday in the murder of Michael Wright, whose lifeless body was found in his car on a Brooklyn street a year ago, Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said.

On Nov. 8, 2015, Wright's roommate, Mark A. Holdbrooks, 59, told Closter police that the 35-year-old Wright had been missing for three days. Two days after Holdbrooks called police, Wright's body was found in the back of his Lexus near 98 E.16th Street, covered in a garbage bag . He had suffered head trauma, authorities said.

Very sad to hear about the passing of Michael Wright. Keep him, his family and friends in your prayers. pic.twitter.com/bGOpkQfdnj — Greg Byrne (@Greg_Byrne) November 11, 2015

The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office and authorities in Closter and New York launched an investigation revealing that Wright had been drugged and murdered in his Closter home by Holdbrooks and another man, David "King Victor" Victor, 35, of Brooklyn, Grewal said. The two then allegedly loaded Wright's body into his car before Victor drove it to Brooklyn and abandoned it.

In addition to murder, both men have been charged with possession of a weapon, desecration of human remains, hindering apprehension and possession of gama hydroxybutyrate, a common date rape drug known as GHB.

The suspects, who are awaiting extradition from New York, were ordered held on $3 million bail each by a judge in Bergen County.

Wright, a Chicago-native, played basketball for the University of Arizona and was drafted by the New York Knicks in 2001. He never played in the NBA but did play professionally in Europe and elsewhere overseas.

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