Brian Brabazon, stepfather of former Baylor basketball participant Patrick Dennehy, has taken a measured method to studying his stepson’s killer, Carlton Dotson, was granted parole in November 2024.
“Over time, Patrick’s sister, Wynn, and I’ve opposed Carlton’s parole,” Brabazon instructed ESPN in a narrative revealed Thursday, June 19. “In 2023, we softened our stance, as we expect Patrick could have, and instructed [the Texas Department of Criminal Justice] we nonetheless felt he ought to do all this time, however we’d let the parole board make their very own choice.”
Dennehy and Dotson, now 43, had been teammates with the Bears beneath then-head coach Dave Bliss. Dotson shot and killed Dennehy throughout an argument on June 12, 2003. Dennehy was 21.
The case went from nationwide information to some of the notorious scandals within the historical past of school sports activities when recordings confirmed Bliss, 81, tried to border Dennehy as a drug vendor as a way to throw the NCAA off the path in an investigation into tuition funds he allegedly made to the 2 gamers.
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Bliss resigned amid the scandal however went on to teach at different faculties till 2018. Dotson confessed to the crime and pleaded responsible throughout his 2005 trial. He was sentenced to 35 years in jail, which the Dennehy household initially objected to, believing it was too brief.
Brabazon, for his half, stated he’s nonetheless on the lookout for a proof about precisely how Dennehy died.
“I haven’t reached out to him, however once we had been on the lookout for Patrick [in 2003], I spoke to Dotson on the cellphone and I requested what occurred,” Brabazon stated. “He instructed me if we may meet in particular person, he would inform me. I’m nonetheless ready for his rationalization.”
Carlton Dotson Photograph by Baylor College/Getty Photographs
Along with his normal parole necessities, Dotson accomplished a therapy program and has entered Texas’ Tremendous-Intensive Supervision Program. This system’s goal is to “decrease the menace to the group from harmful offenders launched on parole or obligatory supervision,” a spokesperson for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles instructed ESPN.
Dotson initially grew to become eligible for parole in 2020 however was denied then and in every of the following three years, based on Texas information station KWTX. He’s now residing in Texas, however ESPN and KWTX’ makes an attempt to succeed in him had been unsuccessful and parole officers refused to offer his contact info.
Dennehy’s homicide and the scandal that adopted grew to become a part of the 2017 Showtime documentary Shame. Scott Drew took over as Baylor head coach after Bliss’ resignation, and after NCAA sanctions stalled this system, he finally rebuilt it. The Bears gained the 2021 NCAA males’s basketball championship and Drew stays on the helm of this system.