DICKINSON, N.D. (AP) _ POLICE SAY THREE MISSING NORTH DAKOTA COLLEGE SOFTBALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD IN THEIR JEEP, WHICH WAS PULLED FROM A POND NORTHWEST OF DICKINSON.

POLICE LT. ROD BANYAI (BAN'-Y-EYE) SAID TUESDAY NIGHT THAT POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE OF THE DEATHS. NO CRIME IS SUSPECTED.

AUTHORITIES HAD BEEN SEARCHING SINCE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR 22-YEAR-OLD KYRSTIN GEMAR (GE-MAR') OF SAN DIEGO; 20-YEAR-OLD AFTON WILLIAMSON, OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF.; AND 21-YEAR-OLD ASHLEY NEUFELD OF BRANDON, MANITOBA.

POLICE BELIEVE THE DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WERE ON A STAR GAZING TRIP WHEN THEIR VEHICLE WENT INTO THE POND, WHICH WAS ABOUT 12 FEET DEEP AND ABOUT TWO MILES OFF THE MAIN ROAD. THEY BELIEVE THE STUDENTS MADE TWO DESPERATE CALLS FOR HELP.

THE WOMEN WERE LAST HEARD FROM IN CALLS MADE TO TWO FRIENDS ON CELL PHONES LATE SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE LINES WENT DEAD.