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Georgia police announced Monday that the FBI has joined the investigation into the horrific hazing of Trent Lehrkamp, 19, who remains hospitalized after a group of teens reportedly forced him to guzzle vodka, tied him to a chair and urinated on him.
The shocking assault prompted hundreds of people to attend a vigil Monday night outside the Brunswick hospital, where Lehrkamp is recovering, to demand charges against his perpetrators, according to WSAV.com.
Glynn County Police said in a press release that the FBI and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) are helping conduct interviews and analyze electronic evidence related to the disturbing March 21 bullying incident that left Lehrkamp covered in spray paint and unable to breathe on his own.
A police source said earlier reports indicating that Lehrkamp is on the autism spectrum are not true.
GEORGIA TEEN HOSPITALIZED AFTER ALLEGED TORTURE, HAZING
Fox News Digital obtained an incident report that reveals Lehrkamp was victimized at the same St. Simons Island home just five days prior, according to his father.
Mark Lehrkamp told police that on March 17 his son returned from the same friend’s house “covered in WD-40, vomit, paint, glue, egg yolk and spray paint.”
A few weeks prior, Mark said he had to take his son to the emergency room after visiting the same friend’s home because he returned with a “severe laceration” above his left eye that needed stitches.
READ INCIDENT REPORT FROM ALLEGED HAZING OF TRENT LEHRKAMP
Mark told police that his son kept going to the friend’s home despite the abuse because he “has no other friends.”
“He is accepted and with people he thinks care for him,” Mark allegedly told police. The father said he had photos and video of all the past incidents of alleged assault.
The March 21 incident went viral after a Facebook post from an account called Glynn County Citizens on Patrol posted a photo of four boys posing around a man who appears to be passed out with his head…
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