After a freshman at Texas Christian University died in 2019 after being dragged off a boat while flirting, five Texas college students are now facing criminal charges.
A witness claimed she saw Jack Elliot fall from the bow of a 22-foot boat in October 2019 while they were flirting with Delaney Brennan, 21, on the waters of Lake Travis, a man-made lake northwest of Austin.
A jury found that some of those involved will be charged and brought to justice for their crimes, even if the case was settled privately in 2021.
Anthony Salazar is arrested and charged with killing Jack Elliott
One of the teenagers charged with perjury was Anthony Salazar.
By the end of 2021, the legal system had stepped in, and Travis County grand juries were hearing criminal cases, mostly involving the alleged cover-up.
Similarly, Delaney Brennan has been accused of criminal evidence tampering after allegedly helping to remove cell phone videos.
In October 2019, Jack Elliott, a 19-year-old Texas Christian University student, was reportedly thrown from a boat while it was on a lake near Austin.
Carson Neel has been charged with tampering with physical evidence, a crime over alcohol allegedly going overboard. If found guilty, each defendant in Texas could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Joshua Evans of Aliso Viejo, one of the youths on board, has been charged with a misdemeanor for serving alcohol to a minor. Elle Weber, on the other hand, was accused of lying to a police officer.
Carson Neel’s parents, Elle Weber and Delaney Brennan each declined to comment. While calls asking for comment for Caden Strauss, Joshua Evans and Anthony Salazar’s parents went unanswered.
Who is Anthony Salazar, a student at Texas Christian University?
Anthony Salazar, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, is an undergraduate finance student at the Neeley School of Business.
Prior to the incident, he was also registered for the BBA, Finance, General, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and Consultative Sales certificate programs.
He also attended and graduated from Mater Dei High School. He also has a part-time job as a peer advisor at Texas Christian University’s MJ Neeley School of Business, according to his LinkedIn page.
He also works at Metalife as an intern as a blockchain analyst.
Anthony Salazar: Where is he now? Prison information
Salazar was charged with perjury and is currently in custody. A perjurer is punishable by up to five years in prison and fines under federal law.
The consequences for lying vary by state law, but perjury is a criminal offense that carries a mandatory minimum one-year prison sentence, as well as fines and suspended sentences.
Anthony Salazar is joined by Jack and other buddies.
When he died in October 2019, allegedly as a result of a plan to cover up the facts, the other youths on the boat shared various stories about what happened that evening.
A group of about a dozen teenagers and college students had been drinking on the boat all day.
However, the gang panicked when Jack disappeared. By telling police a lie about who was in control of the boat that day, they allegedly came up with a plan.
The Daily Mail said all the alcohol that had been on board was allegedly dumped into the water before the boat returned to the marina, according to a game warden’s report filed two months after the disaster.