WSU frat boy, 19, is found dead in his dorm just 10 miles from scene of Idaho ... trends now
A Washington State University freshman was found dead in his dorm room about 10 miles away from the crime scene of the Idaho quadruple murders.
Luke Morgan Tyler's body was discovered at the Perham Hall dorm at WSU's Pullman campus on January 22 around 1.30pm when police received a call from an unidentified person.
A petition has been launched seeking an investigation into the Theta Chi frat house, over claims Tyler suffered an 'inhumane' and cruel hazing there just before his death.
No cause of death has been released, and despite the petition, cops say they don't suspect foul play.
The location sits just 10 miles away from the house in Moscow, Idaho where friends Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Gonvalves, both 21, as well as Ethan Chapin and Xana Kernodle, both 20, were knifed to death in November.
Perham Hall also sits less than a mile from where suspect Bryan Kohbeger lived. He was a Ph.D student in criminology at WSU. There's no suggestion the murders are connected to Tyler's death, but the dorm tragedy further spooked locals badly-traumatized by last year's bloodbath.
'His death directly followed a long and cruel pledging process allowed by his fraternity, Theta Chi,' the petition read. 'Their inhumane and cruel hazing forced Luke, and many others to do things nobody should ever be forced to do.'
Tyler, 19, went to school on the Pullman campus where suspected Idaho killer Bryan Kohberger attended as PhD criminology student.
Luke Morgan Tyler, 19, was found dead in his WSU dorm room on January 22. Officials haven't released Tyler's cause of death and don't suspect foul play
Petition organizer Trevor Michalski demanded the fraternity be 'immediately' investigated and 'shut down.'
About 9,000 signatures were garnered as of Sunday night with several close friends of Tyler demanding justice.
'No one should ever have to go through what Luke did,' one person wrote. 'This cost him his life. This happens in college, on sports teams and high school and more. Hazing should be made illegal across the world and be a punishable crime.
'My condolences to his family and other
