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hang out for my birthday

and then we'll go back.

I'll go with you,

we'll go to the police."

And then he said, "Hold on

a second," and he said,

"Hey, hey Carlton, are we

going to head down?"

And I heard Carlton

in the background.

I didn't really hear

audibly what he said.

He said, "Yeah, yeah,

we're on our way.

We're heading out there soon."

So, my primary function

was to make sure

that the players got where

they needed to be,

when they needed to be there.

And I would physically go to

each one of their classes

and make sure that they were

sitting in that chair.

So, I get to have a little

different relationship

with the players and it enabled

me to get a little closer

to some of them.

Friday the 13th, we realized

that Patrick was not in class,

but that he might have cut class

and took an early weekend.

Father's Day I didn't

get a call from Patrick

and if he didn't call,

there was always a card

for special occasions.

So, I just figured, "Okay, well,

maybe he'll call me Monday,"

and Monday came and went and

there was no phone call.

Monday, we grew

concerned and Tuesday,

we were on alert.

I was nervous and I couldn't

get a hold of him

and I called Carlton.

"Jess, I don't know

where Patrick is.

We were scared and we were

sleeping with the doors

propped closed and I just

took off to Maryland,

so I'm home and I don't

know where Patrick is.

He was going to stay."

And I had actually called

Carlton and Carlton said,

"Well, Mr. Brabazon,

I'm back in Maryland

and I had to get out of there.

Things were crazy at Baylor.

If I could talk

to you in person,

I'd tell you what was going on."

My next call was to Bliss.

"Have you seen Patrick?

I haven't talked to him,

no one knows where he's at."

Bliss just acted like,

you know, he's around.

He said, "Well, he's

probably with his friends."

[Bliss] I was obviously on

the hunt for finding out where

Patrick was, but since it was

summer and he was good friends

with Carlton, I thought the

two of them might have

gone someplace and just

not let anybody know.

I remember going by

Patrick's house,

looking for his vehicle

over the weekend.

I remember knocking on his door

the weekend he went missing.

And nobody seemed to

know where he was.

By then, I was really

concerned.

I drove to Baylor with a friend.

I think I ran into the

property manager

and I had her open up

the apartment.

Kind of smelled a little bit.

There were the two baby

pitbulls, so I fed them.

Then I went into his room.

On the bed was an open suitcase

that was half packed,

like he was packing

for a few days.

And by my assumption, he was

packing to come down and see me.

So, I left him a note.

I said, "Hey, we came down.

I took the dogs."

It struck me as really odd

that he was half packed

and he was nowhere to be found.

[Brian] I had called the Waco

police and so that's when

they decided to open up a

missing person's report.

[Fuller] I was working at the

Waco Police Department.

I was assigned to the

Special Crimes Unit.

My job was to investigate

major crimes against persons.

On June 23rd in 2003,

I did have the opportunity

to meet with Coach Bliss.

The coaches wanted to sit in,

in my interviews with the

players and I didn't want

the coaches to influence

what the players would tell me.

I found out that Patrick Dennehy

and Harvey Thomas

and another young man from

Baylor were all roommates.

Carlton Dotson was also staying

there during that time.

And some money came up

missing and they were

highly upset about it.

They felt that Harvey Thomas

may have been the one

who took the money.

Carlton and Patrick came into

the office and said that Harvey

and Larry had threatened

them with a gun.

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And then, Carlton or Patrick

had made a gun signal,

like he had put the gun

to his head.

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[Fuller] They went to

Coach Belcher about that

and they asked advice on

what they should do,

whether they should report

the theft or the money

to the police.

And of course, you know,

with any program,

you want to keep

things in-house.

So, they said, "No, don't

go to the police.

We don't need the attention.

We'll just handle it in-house."

Coach Ash told me about

Harvey Thomas and the fact

that he was making threats and

had taken steps to talk

to Harvey Thomas about this.

I asked Coach Bliss, you know,

was there any threats being made

and he wasn't aware of them.

We tried to keep the information

as quiet as possible

because we didn't want others

going out and trying to

question people and influence

what they had to say.

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[Hays] We, you know, through

the grapevine had heard that

there was a Baylor basketball

player that was missing.

I think everyone's a little

skeptical and they're thinking,

"Maybe it's nothing," because

there certainly was no panic.

I mean, I think we were

probably just debating

do we even cover it.

It's like he disappeared

off the face of the earth

and no one knew where he was.

We went on national TV to let

everybody know we were looking

for Patrick Dennehy and we

told them our situation

and what was going on.

I haven't been told

anything concrete by the

Waco Police Department.

I felt that Patrick

felt paranoid

when I had talked to him.

Threats about what, Daniel?

Paranoid about what?

He was paranoid because

of one player,

new recruit by the name

of Harvey Thomas,

and other individuals

making threats.

[reporter] Baylor's basketball

coach says he doesn't

know of any problems between

Dennehy and his teammates.

Harvey Thomas is a solid

member of our basketball team.

The coaches came to me

and asked me,

"Did you threaten them or did

you have any problems like?"

"No, coach.

I don't have no problems

with anyone."

[Director Kondelis, off camera]

Bliss asked me and Belcher,

Rodney Belcher asked me

the same thing.

[Kondelis]

Yeah, that's bogus.

I don't know what that is.

[reporter] Were you aware of

any threats on either player?

You know, this is again,

back to that area that we

had intense conversations and

all during the period when

supposedly the alleged

threats would have been made.

We nowhere heard a threat

or any sign of physical violence

or anything along the line,

nothing was ever communicated.

Let me explain

something to you.

Nothing, there is nothing

that happens without the

Head Coach's knowledge, ever .

It doesn't happen.

So, those accusations about

threatening, stealing,

pulling the gun out,

is 100% bullshit.

Players and coaches have

talked to the investigators

and we've been eager to help

in any way we can.

There was a lot of concern

because of all the rumors

that were circulating.

[Fuller] The fact that Patrick

was a basketball player

at Baylor University did

bring a lot of pressure

and there's going to be

people in higher places

wanting answers and

wanting them now.

There were satellite

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