We recently covered one fraternity’s icy ‘torture’ of pledges that evoked Tarantino films.

More cases have come to light that have placed that particular fraternity under the microscope. Bloomberg’s David Glovin and John Hechinger file this report.

Two students at colleges in Virginia and Michigan have died since December after leaving Sigma Alpha Epsilon parties, renewing questions about safety at one of the largest U.S. fraternities.

SAE’s national office last week suspended its chapter at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, for three years after an alleged drunk-driving accident that killed a student who was a passenger. The driver belonged to SAE.

Alma College in Michigan has put all fraternity recruiting on hold as it investigates SAE’s role in the death of a freshman last seen at a party in its chapter house. Not counting that case, 10 deaths since 2006 have been linked to hazing, alcohol or drugs at SAE events, more than at any other fraternity, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News.

SAE officials are “in complete denial about what’s going on in their various chapters,” said Leslie Lanahan, founder of the Gordie Foundation, an alcohol-awareness group. “There’s a lack of leadership at the top.”

The deaths are isolated incidents, and fraternities are a positive experience for most students, SAE spokesman Brandon Weghorst said in an e-mail.

“Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s leadership will not tolerate activities that are not aligned with our core values,” the fraternity, based in Evanston, Illinois, said in a statement.

…Less is known about the death of Sean Murawske, an Alma College freshman. On Jan. 12, Murawske, wearing a polo shirt and no coat, left an on-campus SAE party after campus security closed the event, Police Lieutenant Matt Schooley said. Classmates said he had been drinking there, said Phillip Moore, the City of Alma’s manager. Two days later, a search party found Murawske, 18, dead in a field, about a mile from campus.

Murawske, shy and thoughtful, was an altar boy who played baseball in high school, said David Mausolf, a cousin and principal of Our Lady of the Lake Huron Catholic School in his hometown of Harbor Beach, Michigan. Murawske was thinking of becoming a teacher, Mausolf said.

“He was nicer than anyone could have asked for,” Mausolf said. “He was kind, he was thoughtful, and he had a really good sense of humor.”