Patrick Dennehy’s Family Reacts to Killer Carlton Dotson’s Parole

Brian Brabazonstepfather of the former Baylor basketball player Patrick Denehyhas taken a measured approach to learning his boy boy’s killer, Carlton Dotsonwas granted as parole in November 2024.

“Over the years, Patrick’s sister Wynn and I have opposed Carlton’s conditional,” Brabazon said Espn In a story published on Thursday 19 June. “In 2023 we softened our attitude, as we think Patrick is and we’ll tell you [the Texas Department of Criminal Justice] We still felt that he should do all this time, but we would let the Condition Board make his own decision. “

Dennehy and Dotson, now 43, were teammates with bears under then head coach Dave. Dotson fired and killed Denehy in the claim on June 12, 2003. Dennehy was 21.

The case moved from national news to one the most sad scandals In the history of university sports, when the recordings showed that Bliss, 81, tried to develop Denehy as a drug dealer to throw in the NCAA path while investigating the tuition fees he claimed to have completed two players.

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Bliss resigned in the midst of a scandal, but continued coaching in other schools until 2018. Dotson acknowledged the crime and acknowledged his guilt during the 2005 trial. He was sentenced to 35 years in prison, which was originally opposed to the Dennehy family, believed it was too short.

Brabazon, for his part, said he was still looking for an explanation of how Denehy died.

“I haven’t reached her but when we were looking for Patrick [in 2003]I talked to Dotson over the phone and asked what happened, ”Brabazon said.” He told me we could meet personally, he would tell me. I still look forward to his explanation. “

In addition to the general conditional requirements, Dotson completed the treatment program and has participated in the Texas super-intensive monitoring program. The aim of the program is to “minimize the threat to the community from dangerous offenders released from conditional or compulsory supervision,” the spokesman for the Texas Armo and Paroles board told ESPN.

Dotson originally became conditional in 2020, but he was denied at that time and in each of the next three years, according to Texas News Station Kwtx. He now lives in Texas, but his ESPN and KWTX attempts to reach him were failed and, as a candidate, the officials refused to provide his contact information.

Denny’s murder and follow -up became part of the 2017 Showtime documentary Shame. Scott Drew He took Baylor as head coach after the Bliss resigned, and after stopping the NCAA sanctions, he finally rebuilt it. Bears won 2021 NCAA Men’s basketball championship And Drew stays in the helm of the program.