A Kansas State College freshman died after he fell from a fraternity home window — simply weeks away from the top of the semester.
Jack Fleischaker, 19, plunged from a second-floor window on the Sigma Chi home on the Manhattan, Kan., campus round 3:15 a.m. on April 25.
He was rushed to the hospital for emergency therapy, however died three days later, in response to the Riley County Police Division.
Police are investigating precisely how the deadly fall unfolded, however stated foul play just isn’t suspected.
“RCPD extends its deepest condolences to the household, pals and the Okay-State neighborhood throughout this very tragic time,” the division stated in a press release to Individuals.
The fraternity stated Fleischaker’s demise seems to be unintended.
“This was a heartbreaking accident, and there’s no indication that anybody is at fault,” Sigma Chi Worldwide Fraternity spokesperson Michael Church stated.
“Our ideas and prayers are with Jack’s household and family members throughout this tough time. We’re actively supporting the chapter with psychological well being and wellness sources and are grateful for the help offered by Kansas State College’s administration as properly.”
Fleischaker, from Overland Park, Kan., was finding out accounting and finance and was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity, in response to his LinkedIn and Instagram profiles.
As police proceed to research, Kansas State College stated it’s reviewing the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“The college has supplied assist to the household and has additionally supplied help and scholar assist sources to the fraternity members,” spokesperson Michelle Geering stated in a press release to the Kansas Metropolis Star.
“We’re reviewing out there info to find out the following steps in accordance with our insurance policies and procedures.”
The horrifying incident comes 4 years after Sigma Chi’s College of Kansas chapter was shut down by its nationwide group in 2022 over hazing violations and mendacity about it.
There have been no latest hazing studies involving the Kansas State chapter, in response to the Kansas Metropolis Star.
Family and friends are reeling from the sudden loss.
“It is a tragic accident that no one anticipated,” household pastor and buddy Gar Demo instructed KMBC.
“Each trajectory of their life has modified instantly,” he added.
Demo stated the household has confronted devastating loss earlier than. Fleischaker’s sister Natalie died 13 years in the past from a mind tumor.
“[The family] went by the unimaginable ache of shedding a baby then, and I feel they’re asking the query,” Demo stated.
“All of us who know them are asking, why did this occur? How may this occur to this household?”
“I feel to stroll with them once more in a unique sort of state of affairs however nonetheless to lose one other youngster is simply not one thing I’ve a playbook for,” he stated.
“However we stroll with our religion and we stroll there and we present our energy with them and encompass them with the love that we are able to share.”
Within the days after the autumn, a whole lot gathered on the hospital to say their goodbyes, in response to KAKE Information.
Fleischaker was an organ donor and is predicted to assist save lives.
