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WACO, Texas - The shot that killed Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy was fired upward into the back of his head, and a second shot, only inches away from the first, slammed downward near his right temple, according to an autopsy report released Wednesday.
Some police and forensics experts said the findings raised the specter of an execution-style shooting. A separate report on the distance of the gunshot was not released.
Although the gunshot trajectory described in the report indicates Dennehy was shot from behind, experts said no conclusions can be drawn about if he knew what was happening, saw his attacker or was hit without warning.
Also, Melissa Kethley, estranged wife of Carlton Dotson, spent more than an hour with the grand jury.
She said her husband, still jailed in Maryland, has said nothing about hearing voices and seeing visions, claims he made in the months before his increasing instability prompted her to leave him in April. But she said he has made repeated and strange statements about religion and hung up during his last call Saturday after asking increasingly agitated questions about whom she was with, mirroring accusations in the months before she left that she was cheating on him with Dennehy and other teammates.
Meanwhile, starting point guard John Lucas III said he has received his release to talk to other schools about transferring. Baylor president Robert Sloan, who put the program on probation for at least two years because of major violations, said Monday that any player who requests a release will be granted one.
BOSTON COLLEGE: Guard Ryan Sidney will not return for undisclosed personal reasons.
LSU: Starting forward Jaime Lloreda has been disciplined for breaking a teammate's jaw during a scuffle at a workout. Coach John Brady did not specify the punishment.
MICHIGAN ST.: Quarterback Jeff Smoker, suspended for the final five games of last season because of a substance-abuse problem, has been reinstated. Coach John L. Smith said Smoker can compete for the starting job.
MISSOURI: Former guard Ricky Clemons, already the subject of NCAA and school investigations for improper benefits, also received academic support, according to his ex-girlfriend. Jessica Bunge, who dated Clemons until he assaulted her in January, said he had a paper written for him by a tutor and was given a completed assignment by another.
Seminoles send report to NCAATALLAHASSEE - FSU has mailed a follow-up letter to the NCAA regarding the gambling investigation of Adrian McPherson and possible booster activities. The school has "concluded its investigation into these matters unless you deem it appropriate for us to pursue additional steps," compliance director Bob Minnix wrote.
But what was expected to be a comprehensive report was a few pages, including a memorandum from FSU general counsel Betty Steffens that, based on interviews and other information, she is "unaware of any pending matter affecting R&R Trucking and the University."
R&R Truck and Auto Accessories is the store from which McPherson was charged with stealing, forging and cashing a $3,500 check. His attorney, Grady Irvin, later said he had heard players went to that store to receive cash for rings, equipment and autographs.
CLEMSON: Receiver Roscoe Crosby can play this season after the ACC granted a medical waiver. Elbow surgery kept him from attending class in the fall of 2002 and spring of 2003.
MICHIGAN: Defensive back Marlin Jackson pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. He was accused of striking a man in the right eye with a bottle during a party. In exchange, prosecutors dropped a charge of felonious assault. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 11.
TEMPLE: The school and Philadelphia Eagles reached an agreement for the Owls to play at the Eagles' new stadium.
UCLA: Defensive tackle C.J. Niusulu was granted a delay to the remaining time on his work-release sentence, the result of an altercation. He will serve about 20 of his 120-day sentence after the season.
- Times staff writer Brian Landman contributed to this report.