EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen news editor
• November 28, 2021
A “60 Minutes” episode focusing on the hazing death of WSU freshman Sam Martinez will air at 7 p.m. today on CBS.
Martinez died of acute alcohol intoxication on Nov. 12, 2019, following an Alpha...
The last of the 15 cases in the investigation of Sam Martinez’s death was completed on Thursday after Wesley Oswald pleaded guilty to furnishing liquor to a minor.
Oswald was sentenced to 19 days...
Fifteen individuals were charged with furnishing liquor to a minor in connection with the death of Sam Martinez in 2019.
Furnishing liquor to a minor is a gross misdemeanor in Washington state....
On the morning of Nov. 12, 2019, WSU freshman Sam Martinez was transported by the Pullman Police Department to a local funeral home in a locked body bag. Fraternity members found his body cold and discolored...
Fall is a difficult season for Jolayne Houtz and Hector Martinez. On Oct. 3, they celebrated their son Sam Martinez’s 20th birthday, and today marks the first anniversary of his death.
“Our family...
Alpha Tau Omega fraternity's six-year suspension is only a slap on the wrist compared to the loss Jolayne Houtz and her family will deal with for the rest of their lives, she said.
“He was full of...
