DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) — The father of one of three missing college softball players said Tuesday the women often went star gazing near a lake in southwestern North Dakota where authorities continued to search by plane and boat for the students.
Lenny Gemar told ABC's "Good Morning America" in a telephone interview that the Dickinson State University students would hang out by Patterson Lake near the city and "just look up at the stars and, you know, chat about the things that teenagers will chat about."
Police have refused to speculate on what might have happened to Kyrstin Gemar, 22, of Grossmont, Calif.; Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.; and Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Manitoba in Canada. The women were believed to be in a white 1997 Jeep Cherokee with California plates when they were last heard from late Sunday night, authorities said.
Dickinson Police Lt. Dave Wallace has said a friend of the women received two telephone calls from them, about one minute apart, before the line cut out on Sunday. Police described the first one as a "very scratchy" call for help that mentioned the women were near a lake and water.
The friend who received the calls called 911 to report that the women needed help, police said. Foul play was not suspected but was not being ruled out, police said in a statement.
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