Sam Martinez’s parents are back in Olympia pushing for an anti-hazing law that would increase potential punishments for the crime.
The 19-year-old died from alcohol poisoning in 2019.
Police blamed Martinez's death on hazing during an event at a Washington State University fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega.
“When they told me, ‘Your son is dead,’ I thought my life ended,” father Hector Martinez told state senators during a Law and Justice committee hearing Monday morning.
Last year Hector Martinez and Sam’s mother, Jolayne Houtz, got a law passed requiring college organizations to document and disclose past hazing incidents.
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