Trent Lehrkamp: Georgia autistic boy, 19, battles for life after being tortured and hazed by 4 minors
GLYNN COUNTY, GEORGIA: Trent Lehrkamp, an autistic teenager, was allegedly tortured and forced to drink alcohol which landed him in a hospital. According to police, the 19-year-old was forced to consume vodka and eat mushrooms by a group of minor students. The victim soon lost consciousness and was urinated on and spray-painted, reported local press and officials. According to the Glynn County Police Department, the authorities got a call from Southeast Georgia Health Center at about 10.40 pm informing them about an alleged hazing incident.
Three minors reportedly dropped off Lehrkamp at the hospital and registered their names with the ER, according to a press release by the department. The victim, who is said to be of an autistic spectrum, had spray paint on him and was receiving "treatment for a high level of intoxication from a mixture of controlled substances and alcohol," it read. Moreover, a Facebook post from an account calling itself Glynn County Citizens of Patrol shows a photo of four boys posing around a man who appears to be out with his head lurking to the side and covered in items and other substances, as per Fox News.
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'Is this what our community has become?'
"The Glynn Academy students on St Simons Island are about to make national news," read the caption. "These fine young men bound an unconscious and unresponsive boy to a chair, spray-painted him from head to toe, pissed on him, took a s--- in his lap and the list goes on and on. Then dropped him off at the ER. Now he’s on a ventilator fighting for his life. This has all since been removed from SnapChat. Is this what our community has become?"
A GoFundMe page has been created with the title ‘Justice for Trent' and claims that Trent went with the group believing he was going out with a friend who came to pick him up from his place.
'Trent has been on a ventilator in the ICU'
"Trent wouldn’t know until it was too late that these were not friends, but vile and abusive perpetrators who would go on to torture, humiliate, and assault him in inhumane, terrifying ways for hours," the post begins. "He was dropped off in front of the ER doors. He was deemed inconclusive to life; only passing six breaths per minute. Since that evening, Trent has been on a ventilator in the ICU, battling fevers and a lung infection. I’m sharing this to help support Trent’s family and the medical bills that will likely cripple them as a result of the tragic events that happened to Trent," Keller wrote on the GoFundMe page. It concludes with, "I’m also sharing this to help bring awareness to the situation, as it has now been five days, and still little has been done to bring justice for Trent and his family." Lehrkamp lost his mother in 2021 unexpectedly at age 43 and his father has not commented on the recent incident.
The Glynn County Police Department said, "We are aware of the allegations of an off-campus incident that involved several of our former and current students. At this time, the Glynn County Police Department is actively investigating this matter and we are cooperating. Please know that we take very seriously all concerns regarding the safety and well-being of our students, both on and off campus."
The Glynn County Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact them via phone or email: 912-264-1333 or 911silentwitness@glynncounty-ga.gov.