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mavsfanforever · 07-21-2003, 09:19 PM

Breaking News
Dotson Charged With Murder
Former Baylor basketball player Carlton Dotson was arrested Monday on a murder charge in the death of roommate Patrick Dennehy, authorities said.

mavsfanforever · 07-21-2003, 09:34 PM

Here are more details:

Dotson surrenders in Maryland

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ESPN.com news services

CHESTERTOWN, Md. -- The former roommate of missing Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy has confessed to killing him, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Carlton Dotson was charged Monday with murder, authorities said.

The warrant naming Dotson was issued by police in Waco, Texas, where Dennehy has been missing since mid-June, Chestertown Police Chief Walter Coryell said.

Two officers escorted Dotson, who was wearing handcuffs, into the police department about 9:20 p.m.

Dotson was being fingerprinted and processed at the police department, Coryell said. He said Dotson would be taken to the Kent County court commissioner's office later for an initial hearing.

Coryell said Dotson was in Chestertown, about 55 miles from his hometown of Hurlock, on Sunday when he called police from a grocery store.

"He said he needed help," Coryell said. "We took him to the hospital for an evaluation. During his stay there he contacted the FBI."

The police chief said Dotson stayed overnight at a Chestertown hospital, then left early Monday afternoon with FBI agents.

He was interviewed by the FBI and "as a result of that interview, this warrant has been issued," the chief said.

"Even though (Dotson) has said these things, we are having to confirm them. But it is congruent with information we have been receiving all along," Waco police Sgt. Holt told the Dallas Morning News. "There are still questions that are having to be sorted out.''

A news conference in Waco is planned Tuesday afternoon, Sgt. Holt said in a statement.

Last Thursday, Dotson voluntarily went to the Dorchester County sheriff's office near Hurlock to make a statement about Dennehy's disappearance. He was never in custody and was not arrested, leaving the office with his high school basketball coach.

Waco police declined to discuss what Dotson told authorities last week, saying only it did not change the course of their investigation.

Dennehy played two seasons for the New Mexico Lobos before transferring to Baylor in the spring of 2002. His Chevrolet Tahoe was found June 25 in a strip mall parking lot in Virginia Beach, Va.

Authorities said Friday they were trying to determine if a 9mm handgun found Thursday at a Waco apartment complex near Baylor was related to Dennehy's disappearance.

According to an earlier search warrant affidavit, an unidentified informant reported to Delaware authorities that Dotson told a cousin he shot Dennehy as the two argued while shooting 9mm guns in the Waco area.

Friends have said Dennehy and Dotson told them they bought guns because they had been threatened.

Drbio · 07-21-2003, 10:06 PM

The story broke on campus earlier today than the national release. Suffice it to say we are very saddened by the loss of Patrick Dennehy. I'm not sure really what to say. Although not unexpected, we are all numb and greatly saddened by this news.

Drbio · 07-21-2003, 10:08 PM

It would be nice to know that folks around the country are remembering the Dennehy family in their prayers through this most difficult of times. Word is trickling in from all over the US along these lines. It is greatly appreciated and much needed.

And as hard as it is to say, I think it appropriate to remember to pray for Dotson and his family as well.

mavsfanforever · 07-21-2003, 10:19 PM

The saddest part is his parents believed his son would show up one day and say "hey I am alive". I really feel the pain.

Smiles · 07-21-2003, 10:26 PM

gosh, i hate that this has happened... can't imagine the intense pain his family feels...

anyone know which strip mall in Virginia Beach his car was found in?

Drbio · 07-21-2003, 10:50 PM

Is the pic backwards or his shirt?

Rod1975 · 07-22-2003, 12:58 AM

His shirt, cops usually wear their badge on the left, and the patch on the front cop's left shoulder says pol.

Rod1975 · 07-22-2003, 01:05 AM

I could be wrong, unless all 3 cops are lefties....
On second thought, I bet the pic is flipped.

Rod1975 · 07-22-2003, 01:10 AM

Wait a min.....it's gotta be his shirt.....cops almost always wear their badges on the left side, and it looks like two different agencies.

It's just a coinkydink that the cops are left handed.

Drbio · 07-22-2003, 07:58 AM

I think Rod is a bit confused. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Chicago JK · 07-22-2003, 03:14 PM

I heard they found a body east of Waco. No word on the identity yet, but it isn't tough to take a good guess. Very sad.

Drbio · 07-22-2003, 03:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by: Chicago JK
I heard they found a body east of Waco. No word on the identity yet, but it isn't tough to take a good guess. Very sad.

Source?

Nothing on local radio or news.

signoftimes · 07-22-2003, 04:01 PM

ESPN.com says they found a body, don't know if it's denehy's. Couldn't paste text, but here's link

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Drbio · 07-22-2003, 04:19 PM

Thanks sigoftimes. I jsut watched the Waco PD news conference and they said despite published reports that no body had been found. Since they would know, I'm sure they haven't found him yet. He further stated that no body had been found today.

Drbio · 07-22-2003, 04:19 PM

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Law enforcement sources confirmed earlier Tuesday that a body has been found just outside of Waco, but there was no immediate word at that time whether it was Dennehy.

Later, Waco police spokesperson Ryan Holt said at a news conference that no body had been found, and added that he could not reveal why officials were led to believe that a body had initially been discovered.

LonestarROB · 07-22-2003, 04:57 PM

Body hasnt been found but they DO know its on the banks of the Brazos River though.

FilthyFinMavs · 07-22-2003, 06:39 PM

Well I know for one the shirt is called Phat Farm made by Russell Simmons. It could be a design or a offbrand version of it lol. This is horrible news. In a way I hope they don't find the body atleast not yet. I never even heard of Dennehey but I feel like I lost a family member. Very saddned by this news. Maybe its because it is so close to where I live.

dallas_esq · 07-23-2003, 10:42 AM

I love how he's wearing a shirt called Phat Farm and all the cops around him are fat. Hilarious.

My guess is that he confessed, but he will now argue that the confession was coerced. Confession alone isn't enough to convict anyone, the state also needs "corpus delicti"- the body of the crime. They gotta find that body. I think those two were both mixed up in something and it went awry.