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His fall was not captured on surveillance cameras, but someone heard it, and when one man went to the top of the basement stairs, he saw Piazza lying face down at the bottom. 2, Piazza engaged in drinking as a part of a pledge ritual and his blood alcohol content reached 0.28 and 0.36 percent. 3 unfolded at Beta Theta Pi, according to the report, which cited evidence including video from surveillance cameras, testimony and phone records. 4, according to a grand jury investigation report. Piazza was hospitalized and pronounced dead in the early hours of Feb. 3, police were called to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house, where Piazza was found unconscious, about 12 hours after he fell down the stairs. The fraternity itself is facing charges, including involuntary manslaughter and hazing. Students are facing charges that include involuntary manslaughter, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, evidence tampering and hazing, among other charges. Piazza, from Lebanon, New Jersey, died two days later at a hospital 100 miles away. A Penn State University fraternity member calmly told a dispatcher 'we have a friend who's unconscious' as he summoned help in February for a pledge who would soon be declared dead of a traumatic brain injury, according to a 911 tape recently released.Įighteen students and a former fraternity at the school are all facing charges in connection with the death of sophomore Beta Theta Pi pledge Timothy Piazza, who fell face-first down a basement stairway Feb.

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