Baylor players questioned

Police believe Bears' Dennehy may have been killed

? Police have been questioning Baylor University basketball players in the disappearance of a teammate, who authorities fear may be a victim of homicide.

No body has been found, but authorities say Patrick James Dennehy, 21, hasn’t been heard from in more than two weeks, and his SUV turned up abandoned in a parking lot last week in Virginia with its license plates missing.

Investigators believe the 6-foot-10, 230-pound center may have been killed in the Waco area. Waco police official Steven Anderson said police had interviewed Baylor players, as well as others, in the case.

“Several sources have mentioned names of players,” Anderson said. Waco police spokeswoman Joy Mauer said Saturday that authorities had no additional information to release.

In a statement late Friday, Baylor athletic director Tom Stanton called the developments in the investigation “certainly disturbing.”

“Our thoughts and prayers right now remain with Patrick’s family and everyone in the Baylor University family,” Stanton said.

Baylor player Ellis Kidd Jr. said police talked to a group of team members who hadn’t already left for summer vacation.

“They just wanted our help,” he said. “We just started having meetings with them. We don’t know anything. Everybody’s shook up. We don’t know what’s going on.”

Investigators have searched Dennehy’s apartment at least twice in recent days. They also sent at least one detective to Virginia Beach, Va., to examine Dennehy’s vehicle.

The vehicle had been towed from a strip mall at the request of the mall’s owner. When the towing company reported the vehicle’s identification number to Virginia Beach police, it matched the Waco missing person’s case listed in national law enforcement database.

New Mexico forward Patrick Dennehy dunks against UNLV in this file photo. Dennehy, a former New Mexico standout and current Baylor Bear, has disappeared from Waco, Texas, and police fear he may be the victim of a homicide.