Cop at Penn State frat brothers’ hearing: Pledge ‘looked like a corpse’
Craig Heimer, right, arrives for his preliminary hearing on charges related to the hazing death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte Monday.
Ryan McCann, arrives for his preliminary hearing on charges related to the hazing death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte Monday.
Lars Kenyon, center, arrives for his preliminary hearing on charges related to the hazing death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte Monday.
Joseph Ems, left, arrives for his preliminary hearing on charges related to the hazing death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte Monday.
Joe Sala, right, arrives for his preliminary hearing on charges related to the hazing death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte Monday.
In this April 4 photo, Penn State’s former Beta Theta Pi fraternity house on Burrowes Road sits empty after being shut down in State College.
Michael Schiavone, right, arrives for his preliminary hearing on charges related to the hazing death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity, at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte Monday.
BELLEFONTE (AP) – A detective testifying at a hearing for 18 Penn State fraternity brothers accused in the death of a 19-year-old pledge says the student looked like a corpse in surveillance video from the frat house.
State College Police Detective David Scicchitano says sophomore Tim Piazza “looked dead, he looked like a corpse” in footage showing frat brothers carrying him upstairs the morning after a pledge event.
A judge at the hearing Monday will determine if enough evidence exists for the case to proceed.
Video shot inside the Beta Theta Pi house is being shown from the night the pledge, from Lebanon, New Jersey, was fatally injured in a series of falls.
The defendants face various charges, with some accused of involuntary manslaughter and felony aggravated assault.