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McPHERSON, Kan. - A preliminary hearing for two men charged in the beating death of a Tabor College student has been rescheduled to January. The hearing for Alton Franklin, 19, and DeQuinte Flournoy, 19, both from Dallas, was scheduled for Monday. But it was postponed until Jan. 21. McPherson County Attorney David Page offered no reason for the delay in a brief email.
This is the third time the hearing has been delayed. The suspects both are former McPherson College football players. They're charged with being accessories to second-degree murder in the Sept. 22 death of Brandon Brown, 26.Brown was a redshirt defensive lineman for Tabor College. He died after being injured in a fight early Sept. 16 at a party in McPherson. Both men remained jailed on $500,000 bonds.