Ex-fraternity member pleads guilty to hazing an Arizona university pledge to death
Summary
A former Northern Arizona University fraternity leader pleaded guilty to causing the death of a pledge by forcing him to drink too much alcohol during a rush event. The pledge, Colin Daniel Martinez, died from alcohol poisoning, and the fraternity chapter was shut down after the incident.Key Facts
- Carter Eslick, 20, pleaded guilty to felony hazing linked to Colin Martinez’s death.
- Martinez, 18, was pledging to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity chapter at NAU.
- Martinez’s blood alcohol level was 0.425%, which is extremely dangerous.
- Eslick was the pledge master, the member in charge of new pledges, at the time.
- Martinez and three others drank from two bottles of vodka until they vomited.
- The fraternity was suspended by the university, and the national group closed the NAU chapter.
- Eslick faces up to four years probation and possibly up to one year in jail at sentencing.
- Witnesses tried to monitor Martinez’s condition after he became unresponsive but were unable to save him.
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