Alleged hazing death tied to secretive rush night ignites arrests and frat reckoning

Alleged hazing death tied to secretive rush night ignites arrests and frat reckoning

Colin Daniel Martinez had blood-alcohol concentration of 0.425% after Delta Tau Delta rush event at Northern Arizona University

A residence linked to the Delta Tau Delta chapter near Northern Arizona University where a freshman died in January following an alleged hazing event. (Fox 10 Phoenix)

Booking photos of Ryan Creech, Carter Eslick and Riley Cass appear over an image of a Delta Tau Delta fraternity house near Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. The three were arrested on suspicion of hazing after freshman Colin Daniel Martinez died of alcohol poisoning following a fraternity rush event. (Fox 10 Phoenix)

Investigators examined a residence near NAU after a freshman died following a fraternity rush event in January. (Fox 10 Phoenix)

Students walk along a sun-dappled pedestrian pathway on the Northern Arizona University (NAU) campus in Flagstaff, Arizona on Sept. 10, 2025. (iStock)

Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where an 18-year-old freshman died after attending a fraternity rush event. (Fox 10 Phoenix)