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New information has Pullman Police saying that hazing may have contributed to a Bellevue teen’s death at his Washington State University fraternity earlier this month. Police chief Gary Jenkins told ³ÉÈËXÕ¾ Radio that interviews with students made them change their mind about what happened to Sam Martinez.

“Initially we indicated that we had ruled out hazing but as a result of those additional interviews that is not ruled out at this point. That is a possibility,” he said.

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Pullman police found the student unconscious and not breathing in the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity weeks ago. Fraternities and sororities have self-imposed a ban on social events for the rest of the semester.

Chief Jenkins tells us alcohol is also considered a factor in Martinez’s death, but that “Nothing was discovered to indicate any type of an obvious physical cause of death.”

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He says they won’t make a final determination on charges until they get the coroner’s report early next year.

“We intend to conduct a very through investigation to determine all of the facts that lead up to Mr. Martinez’s death to make a determination about whether any criminal charges will be filed.”