Caleb Wilson Update: 5 Men Indicted In Alleged…
The household of(*5*) Caleb Wilson is one step nearer to justice after an indictment of 5 males in his alleged hazing death. The grand jury is still deliberating on whether or not to charge a sixth suspect in the Southern University pupil’s passing during an off-campus event for the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
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The controversial felony case is shifting ahead with a number of arrests and new costs associated to the alleged ritual gone unsuitable. Wilson was a junior and member of the famend Human Jukebox Marching Band with a shiny future as a mechanical engineering major. WAFB experiences that an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury handed down 5 indictments.
Police arrested fraternity members Caleb McCray, Kyle Thurman, and Isaiah Smith in March. This befell only a few weeks after the 20-year-old collapsed from a number of blows to the chest for a “hazing ritual,” according to court paperwork.
The orgianization later stripped all three males of membership and Southern University expelled the Beta Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi from campus.
With allegations of delivering the sequence of punches that led to Wilson’s collapse and subsequent death, on Dec. 10, McCray obtained the most extreme costs of manslaughter and principal to felony hazing.
The grand jury indicted Thurman for felony hazing and three counts of obstruction of justice, and Smith for principal to manslaughter, principal to felony hazing, and obstruction of justice.
“We are continuing to investigate. The main thing are telephones that are being downloaded and other evidence and then hopefully cooperation of people that are now indicted,” said District Attorney Hillar Moore.
Two New Suspects Identified And Charged For Caleb Wilson’s Death
That same day, warrants had been issued for new suspects, Winston Sanders, 22, and Jaydn Landrum, 24. Sanders was arrested on Dec. 11 and indicted for principal to felony hazing and two counts of obstruction of justice.
Landrum, indicted by the grand jury for principal to felony hazing, has not yet been arrested.
A sixth suspect, Jaelyn Grissom, 21, could also face costs as more evidence comes ahead, but the grand jury has not yet determined to indict.
Wilson’s fellow alleged pledges, who participated in the same ritual that night time, had been indicted with misdemeanor hazing costs.
The Wilson household attended the court proceedings with their attorney Rob Marionneaux.
“Rather than call the authorities once they realized one thing dangerous was going on with Caleb, what did they do? Change his garments, come up with a story and drop him on the steps of the hospital,” Marionneaux said.
In September, the Wilsons filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the national Omega Psi Phi fraternity and its local chapters at the college, the state of Louisiana, Southern University, and a dozen people reportedly related to the occasions that led to Wilson’s death, according to WAFB.
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