Two Dartmouth College students and an on-campus sorority have been charged in the death of a 20-year-old Ivy League student whose body was found in a river after an off-campus party this summer.
Matthew Catrambone and Samuel Terry, members of the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, were charged with misdemeanor charges of furnishing alcohol to a person under 21, while members of the Alpha Phi sorority has been charged as a corporation with facilitating a bar for minors, New Hanover police announced. Mr. Hampshire said.
Before his death, police said Wong Jang, a member of Beta Alpha Omega, attended a party sponsored by a sorority and fraternity members gave him alcohol. Most of the party attendees were under the age of 21, police said.
Towards the end of the party, several attendees “spontaneously decided” to swim in the Connecticut River, police said. However, as heavy rainstorms hit and the revelers began fleeing from the storm, Chan was never found.
Jean, from Middletown, Delaware, did not know how to swim, her family told authorities.
The 20-year-old biomedical engineering major was reported missing the next day, and authorities later found his body in the river about 65 feet from shore.
Police said his blood alcohol level was 0.167%, more than twice the legal driving limit.
According to the Ivy League's website, Chan was participating in Second Summer, the period when rising third-year students stay on campus and participate in more relaxed and immersive summer courses.
“Dartmouth College has long valued the contributions that Greek institutions make to the student experience when they operate within established values and standards,” the university said in a statement. “These organizations are responsible for ensuring that Dartmouth remains a safe, respectful, fair, and inclusive community for students, faculty, and staff, as well as all Dartmouth students and community members. ”
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