Student Dragged to His Death

James

NEWPORT, Wash. - A university student tied to a pickup and dragged to his death on a rural road had been threatening people with an ax during a night of heavy drinking at a hunting campsite, witnesses told police.

Wendell C. Sinn Jr. was jailed for investigation of second-degree murder in the death of Jerid S. Sturman-Camyn near Usk, about 45 miles north of Spokane, Pend Oreille County sheriff's deputies said.

Sturman-Camyn, 20, described as a martial arts enthusiast, lost his temper, grabbed an ax and threatened others during a drinking party at Sinn's hunting camp late Saturday, witnesses told deputies.

According to a sheriff's office statement, Sinn told a 17-year-old boy to get into the pickup and be prepared to flee.

Sinn, 45, of Newman Lake, then reportedly tied a rope to the truck's trailer hitch and to Sturman-Camyn and told the teenager to drive away. The 17-year-old apparently was unaware that he was dragging Sturman-Camyn when he drove away in fear, the sheriff's statement said.

Deputies found the pickup with Sturman-Camyn's body after the 17-year-old called to report someone was chasing him down a road with an ax and another person called and reported a body being dragged by a pickup.

There was no word early Monday whether Sinn had a lawyer to speak for him or whether the 17-year-old would face charges.

Sturman-Camyn, a civil engineering student at Eastern Washington University, had been training in martial arts in Spokane for about eight months, The Spokesman-Review newspaper reported Monday.

On his MySpace page, he gave his nickname as "Bubba," described himself as an enthusiast of combat sport fighting and added: "I've been known to get a little wild at times and I like to live by the motto 'go big or go home!'"

James

I'll bet my mother that during the last minute of his life he was wishing he hadn't threatened anyone with an ax. Dumb ass.

He must have had an F in Martial Arts if someone could tie a rope around his leg.

DoubleTalkingJive

Wow, that is fucked. I applaud the guy Sinn for stopping it but he could have chose other means to get the ax away from the guy.

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