All are students at Ferrum College and members of local fraternity Sigma Alpha Kappa Fraternity.

WJHL reports.

Six students charged with hazing after death of Virginia college freshman

FRANKLIN COUNTY (WSLS 10) – Six Ferrum College students are indicted by a grand jury after a death investigation of a 20-year-old Ferrum College student Michael Walker.

Charges show his death could be related to fraternity hazing.

According to search warrants, Michael Walker of Cumberland, Virginia was found unresponsive on a porch on April 17th, 2016 after witnesses say he had been heavily drinking all that day.

A second search warrant shows that police seized the phone of 23-year-old Michael Rucinski after he admitted to police that he had taken pictures of Walker apparently passed out from drinking.