US EditionThree Fraternity Members Arrested After NAU Student Dies
Three fraternity leaders face hazing charges after an 18-year-old NAU student died at an off-campus rush event involving alcohol consumption, police reported.
- On Feb. 1, 2026, three members of Delta Tau Delta were taken into custody after an 18-year-old Northern Arizona University student died Saturday morning in Flagstaff, police and news reports said.
- Police say the rush event on Friday night involved alcohol consumption by several people, including pledge candidates at the Delta Tau Delta 'rush' event.
- Officers reached the home around 8:45 a.m. Saturday to find the 18-year-old not breathing with bystanders performing CPR, and paramedics continued life-saving measures but the student was pronounced dead at the residence on South Pine Grove Road.
- The university and fraternity officials said they are reviewing the incident and cooperating with police; Northern Arizona University announced interim suspension Jan. 31, and Delta Tau Delta's national office barred the chapter Feb. 1.
- The Coconino County Medical Examiner will determine the student's cause and manner of death, Arizona's 2022 anti-hazing law classifies hazing deaths as a class 4 felony, and the three arrested students are expected back in court on Feb. 19, 2026.
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Three fraternity members at NAU face hazing charges in connection to student's death
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (NBC, KYMA) - Three fraternity members at Northern Arizona University (NAU) are facing criminal charges of hazing after the death of a student. Flagstaff police say the 18-year-old had attended a rush event for the Delta Tau Delta fraternity where he and others were drinking. Executive members of the fraternity, Carter Eslick, Ryan Creech and Riley Cass, are charged. Police say bystanders started CPR before officers arrived, and…
An 18-year-old student died after participating in a fraternity event near the campus of the University of Northern Arizona
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3 fraternity members arrested in death of Northern Arizona student following rush event
A Northern Arizona University student has died after a night of drinking at a fraternity event. Three fraternity members have been arrested and the school is investigating.
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