Three missing North Dakota college softball players were found dead Tuesday in a Jeep pulled from a pond, and police said they believed the women were in the vehicle when they made two desperate calls to friends for help.
Police Lt. Rod Banyai said officers are investigating the cause of the deaths and autopsies are planned. He said he believes the women were in the Jeep when they called for help, but he didn't know whether it already was under water when those calls were made.
"At this time, foul play is not suspected," Banyai said Tuesday night.
Authorities had been searching since late Sunday night for Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of San Diego; Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.; and Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Manitoba.
The Dickinson State University students were believed to be in the white 1997 Jeep Cherokee when two of their friends received telephone calls before the lines went dead.
BASEBALL:The budget-conscious Tampa Bay Rays saved some money and added some promising bullpen help when they traded infielder Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-hander Jesse Chavez.
Iwamura hit .290 with one homer and 22 RBI in 69 games during the final season of a $7.7 million, three-year contract. Chavez led all major league rookies with 73 appearances in 2009, going 1-4 with a 4.01 ERA
• The Washington Nationals hired former White Sox general manager Ron Schueler as special adviser to GM Mike Rizzo and promoted Bill Singer to director of professional scouting.
• The mother of Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain faces up to 20 years in prison on a felony drug-sale charge. The Lincoln Journal Star reported that Jackie Standley pleaded no contest Monday to delivery of a controlled substance in Lincoln, Neb.
HORSE RACING:Zenyatta was made the early 5-2 favorite in a field of 13 for the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, where she'll put her 13-0 record on the line against the boys for the first time.
Zenyatta will break from the No. 4 post in Saturday's 1 1/4-mile race at Santa Anita.
''There's an opportunity to make history in the Classic, that's why we chose the Classic,'' trainer John Shirreffs said.
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