PETERSBURG, Va., April 26 (UPI) -- Four men were charged with hazing after an initiation event near Virginia State University led to the death of a student, with another missing, police said.
Investigators said the event included seven males wading into the Appomattox River for initiation into the Men of Honor group, which is not sanctioned by the school.
Marvell Edmondson, 19, died and Jauwan Holmes was missing, police said.
Edmondson and Holmes were carried in the river current at 1:30 a.m. and other members of the group called 911 for help, investigators said.
The body of Edmondson, 19, was found in the river Monday, ABC News reported. A memorial service was conducted for him Wednesday.
Search and rescue teams were searching for Holmes.
"It's been a very very long road for us," Kim Edmondson, Marvell Edmondson's mother, told WVEC-TV, Norfolk, Va. "We went for three days not knowing if my child was in that river."
Police said they charged James Mackey Sr., 35; Eriq Benson, 19; Cory Baytop, 26; and Charles Zollicoffer II, 29, with hazing.
Authorities said they had arrested three of the individuals but were searching for Zollicoffer.
