Ex-UCLA Basketball Star Found Dead After He Posted Emotional Video

Billy Knight of the UCLA Bruins on December 27, 2001, (Jeff Gross/Getty Images) and his mug shot taken after his arrest on June 13, 2018. Phoenix PD

The body of former UCLA basketball player William “Billy” Knight was found lying beside a road in Phoenix on July 8. He was 39 years old.

The day before, Knight had posted a tearful video on YouTube explaining how he had “lived a life of sin.”