Baylor Hoopster Missing

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sounds like the Waco cops are screwing this up even more.



A former teammate of missing Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy will not talk to police again unless he is ordered to by a judge because of the way authorities in Waco, Texas, are handling the case, his attorney said yesterday.

Carlton Dotson has been questioned once by a Waco detective who went to Virginia Beach, Va., after Dennehy's SUV was found in a mall parking lot two weeks ago. Dotson was at his Hurlock, Md., home for the summer.

Dennehy, a 6-foot-10, 230-pound center, has not been heard from since mid-June.

Waco police have called Dotson a "person of interest." No charges have been filed.

Meanwhile, Dennehy's mother, Valorie Brabazon of Carson City, Nev., said yesterday that Baylor coaches told her he had complained about being stalked before he turned up missing.

Dotson's attorney, Grady Irvin Jr., said he told Waco police in a letter Tuesday to contact him if detectives wanted to interview Dotson. Irvin said the letter was private but Waco authorities misconstrued it and told the news media about it.

"I am announcing that my client will now only respond to a duly issued subpoena by an appropriate judge," Irvin, a St. Petersburg, Fla., attorney known for representing athletes, said yesterday.