Pullman Police now believe that hazing may have been involved with the death of a Washington State University student at his fraternity house.

19-year-old Samuel Martinez died at the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity on the morning of Tuesday, November 12th. Police initially stated that hazing was not involved in the likely alcohol related death.

Chief Gary Jenkins now says that additional interviews are leading detectives to investigate the possibility that hazing may have been a factor. Jenkins says they have more interviews to conduct. Detectives are also waiting for the Whitman County Coroner’s final report. Coroner Annie Pillers has already ruled that Martinez died 4 hours before paramedics were called to the house.

The ATO house has been suspended by WSU and the institution is conducting its own investigation with the fraternity’s national headquarters. Martinez was a freshman at WSU from Bellevue.