Death of a Pledge: The Adam Oakes Story

On February 26, 2021, 19-year-old Adam Oakes, a Delta Chi pledge at Virginia Commonwealth University, attended a fraternity event. The next morning, Adam was found unresponsive and first responders pronounced him dead at the scene. The medical examiner’s report stated that Adam’s cause of death was alcohol overdose, which was later determined to be the result of a hazing incident.

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