North Dakota Softball Players: Cell Phone Calls Helped Find Them, But Not Soon Enough

North Dakota Softball Players: Cell Phone Calls Helped Find Them, But Not Soon Enough

(CBS/Lenny Gemar/Dickinson Press)Photo: Ashley Neufeld, Kyrstin Gemar and Afton Williamson.

DICKINSON, N.D. (CBS/AP) The three Dickinson State University North Dakota softball players believed to have been on a stargazing trip were found dead inside a Jeep after signals from their last desperate phone calls helped lead authorities to a rural farm pond.

PICTURES: Missing Softball Girls

Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy said the calls, which authorities were able to track to cell phone towers, were critical in leading searchers to the vehicle.

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