The household of a pupil who died within the LSU fraternity labored to make the Georgia assassination a criminal offense – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTA – A family in metropolitan Atlanta is demanding tougher sentences for harassment after their son is killed.

Roswell-born Max Gruver died of alcohol poisoning in a Louisiana State University dorm in 2017.

Channel 2’s Justin Wilfon spoke to Gruver’s family who want to turn the persecution into a crime in Georgia. You’ve already helped make it a crime in Louisiana.

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Stephen Gruver said they are trying to stop other families from feeling their pain.

“It really is what we need: to get this information out to the public, to get more contact with what is so dangerous,” said Gruver. “Hazing is just so dangerous.”

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Gruver said it was a deterrent to Hazer, but also to people who witness Hazing when it comes to a crime.

“It’s also a deterrent for the people around them, hopefully kicking and making a difference and saying, ‘Hey guys, it’s not worth going to jail,'” Gruver said.

Georgia State Senator John Albers said he is working with the family on new laws that will make it a crime in Georgia too.

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“We’re going to increase these penalties to make sure people know that if they commit these heinous acts in any way they will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law,” Albers said.

Albers plans to bring the bill to the state Senate next month.

Matthew Naquin was convicted of negligent homicide upon Gruver’s death in 2019. He had previously been asked by other members of the Brotherhood to tone down interactions with promises that they believed were extreme and dangerous. The Phi Delta Theta LSU chapter has been suspended.

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