Student Dragged to Death Behind Truck
Pastor Dale Morgan
Student Dragged to Death Behind Truck *
Nov 26 12:19 AM US/Eastern
NEWPORT, Wash. (AP) - A 45-year-old man persuaded a 17-year-old to drive
off in a pickup truck with the teen unaware he was dragging another man,
who later died, authorities said Sunday.
The victim, a 20-year-old student at Eastern Washington University, had
frightened a group of eight people at a campsite Saturday night by
making threats, including mentioning coming after them with an ax, the
Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office said.
Wendell Sinn Jr. tied a rope to the truck's trailer hitch, then around
the victim, Jerid Sturman-Camyn, and told the 17-year-old to drive away,
the sheriff's office said.
The teenager drove off in fear, not knowing he was dragging Sturman-
Camyn, authorities said.
Sinn was arrested for investigation of second-degree murder and was
booked into jail in Newport, north of Spokane. It could not immediately
be determined Sunday night whether Sinn had an attorney.