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A basketball murder, surprise parole, and a whistleblower's life upended

Related Topics: Dave Bliss, Scott Drew

Throughout the summer of 2003, America was focused on an evolving true-crime mystery down in Waco, Texas.

"Good Morning America." CNN. Newspapers. ESPN. The story was everywhere.

All eyes were on what began as the missing person case of Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy. It later turned into a murder who-done-it after his body was found with two gunshot wounds to the head while decaying in a gravel pit outside of Waco. His car was found in Virginia Beach, Virginia, with the plates removed.

Soon, teammate Carlton Dotson confessed to the crime. The story became even more disgraceful when secret tapes emerged of Baylor coach Dave Bliss trying to frame Dennehy, the deceased, as a drug dealer amid an NCAA investigation into payments to players.