Martinez, a student at Washington State University (WSU), died of alcohol ... responsible the people that allowed that to happen to Sam that night," she said. Martinez died after being pressured ...

A Pullman police investigation, as well as a WSU investigation, found the events leading up to 19-year-old Sam Martinez’s death constituted "illegal hazing." Parents Hector Martinez and Jolayne ...

Washington State University freshman Sam Martinez died of acute alcohol poisoning after a 2019 fraternity event. His death, Pullman Police and WSU agreed, was the result of hazing at Alpha Tau ...

Sam Martinez grew up in Bellevue, loved to play sports and planned to study business and entrepreneurship at WSU. Before finishing his first semester, however, he died in the Alpha Tau Omega house ...

When a freshman named Sam Martinez died pledging Alpha Tau Omega at Washington State University in 2019, his parents said the national fraternity hid the local chapter's history of hazing ...

It’s about holding WSU to account for what they knew was happening on their campus. They didn’t share that information, Sam died as a result." Houtz and Martinez filed their original lawsuit ...

The alcohol-poisoning death of 19-year-old Sam Martinez sparked outrage over ... Martinez’s parents, Jolayne Houtz and Hector Martinez, sued WSU after their son’s death, but a judge ruled ...

Washington State University (WSU) has been found liable for the death of student Sam Martinez, an appeals court decision ruled Tuesday. Martinez, a freshman student originally from Bellevue ...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The parents of Sam Martinez, the Bellevue teen who died after a 2019 Washington State University (WSU) hazing incident, urge other families to learn from their story.

RELATED | Last ex-frat member sentenced in death 2 years ago of WSU pledge Sam Martinez In an opinion issued this week, the Washington Court of Appeals cited multiple instances where WSU was aware ...

In a first for Washington state, an appeals court ruled a university bears some responsibility for a student's 2019 hazing death. Washington State University freshman Sam Martinez died of acute ...