WACO, Texas -- Authorities found a body Saturday in an area they had searched for missing Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy, but they could not immediately say if it was him.
"We can confirm that there has been a body found, but we have no further information about that at this time," McClennan County sheriff's Capt. Paul Wash said. "It was in the same general vicinity that other searches have been conducted this week."
Dennehy was last seen on campus June 12. His former teammate and roommate, Carlton Dotson, has been charged with killing him even though no body has been found.
Dotson, 21, gave police three locations in Waco where Dennehy's body might be found, Dennehy's family said.
On Saturday, Dennehy's mother and stepfather were at the Albuquerque home of his girlfriend, Jessica De La Rosa, when they heard that a body had been found, De La Rosa said by telephone. She said authorities had not told them whether it was Dennehy's.
"I really, really hope it's not Patrick," De La Rosa said. "I know it's a possibility, given the location, but I still hope he's alive."
According to an arrest warrant, Dotson spoke to FBI agents in his home state of Maryland after calling 911 and saying he needed help because he was hearing voices. The warrant says Dotson confessed to shooting Dennehy after the player tried to shoot him.
However, Dotson told the Associated Press after his arrest that he "didn't confess to anything."
He is being held in Maryland without bond awaiting extradition to Texas.
Dennehy, a 6-foot-10, 230-pound center, was last seen on campus June 12, and his Chevy Tahoe was found in a Virginia Beach, Va., parking lot June 25 without its license plates.
His stepfather and mother, Brian and Valorie Barbazon, left Waco Friday with De La Rosa after spending a few days there cleaning out Dennehy's apartment and meeting with police and Baylor officials.
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"We can confirm that there has been a body found, but we have no further information about that at this time," McClennan County sheriff's Capt. Paul Wash said. "It was in the same general vicinity that other searches have been conducted this week."
Dennehy was last seen on campus June 12. His former teammate and roommate, Carlton Dotson, has been charged with killing him even though no body has been found.
Dotson, 21, gave police three locations in Waco where Dennehy's body might be found, Dennehy's family said.
On Saturday, Dennehy's mother and stepfather were at the Albuquerque home of his girlfriend, Jessica De La Rosa, when they heard that a body had been found, De La Rosa said by telephone. She said authorities had not told them whether it was Dennehy's.
"I really, really hope it's not Patrick," De La Rosa said. "I know it's a possibility, given the location, but I still hope he's alive."
According to an arrest warrant, Dotson spoke to FBI agents in his home state of Maryland after calling 911 and saying he needed help because he was hearing voices. The warrant says Dotson confessed to shooting Dennehy after the player tried to shoot him.
However, Dotson told the Associated Press after his arrest that he "didn't confess to anything."
He is being held in Maryland without bond awaiting extradition to Texas.
Dennehy, a 6-foot-10, 230-pound center, was last seen on campus June 12, and his Chevy Tahoe was found in a Virginia Beach, Va., parking lot June 25 without its license plates.
His stepfather and mother, Brian and Valorie Barbazon, left Waco Friday with De La Rosa after spending a few days there cleaning out Dennehy's apartment and meeting with police and Baylor officials.
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