The hearing for a group of Penn State fraternity brothers charged in the death of Timothy Piazza resumed Monday. Eighteen Beta Theta Pi brothers and the fraternity itself faced charges in connection with Piazza’s death.

Piazza, 19, died in February after a night of hazing involving a binge-drinking ritual known as “the gauntlet.” Grand jury findings revealed that despite Piazza’s clearly deteriorated condition, members of the fraternity did not call 911 for 12 hours.

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More than 850 charges were leveled against the fraternity and some of its members, including eight manslaughter charges, according to the Centre County District Attorney. The preliminary hearing to determine whether there was enough evidence to take the case to trial began last month but was continued until this week. Eighteen members were charged, but two waived the preliminary hearing.

During the initial phase of the hearing last month, just one witness was called. In a 10-hour proceeding, State College Police Detective David Scicchitano discussed the surveillance video that captured Piazza’s last moments inside the fraternity house that February night.

“He looked dead,” Scicchitano said. “He looked like a corpse.”

The footage showed Piazza repeatedly going in and out of consciousness and falling down a flight of stairs more than once. Video captured fraternity members slapping Piazza and pouring liquid on him in an attempt to rouse him rather than calling for help.

“He is unconscious,” Scicchitano said while describing part of the tape. “His eyes are closed. He is limp. He is dead weight.”

Piazza’s parents said doctors told them their son would have survived had he been brought to the hospital earlier. Grand jury findings revealed the operating surgeon found 80 percent of Piazza’s blood supply, or four liters, contained in the form of old, dark blood inside his abdomen. Piazza died of respiratory failure as a result of severe head trauma and compromised brain function and suffered multiple traumatic brain injuries and a fracture at the base of his skull.

“The alleged details in the grand jury presentment, which suggest the inhumane treatment of a student forced through hazing to consume dangerous amounts of alcohol and endure hours of suffering, are sickening and difficult to understand,” Penn State President Eric Barron said in a statement issued in May. “It is numbing how an atmosphere that endangers the well-being and safety of another person could occur within an organization that prided itself on commitment to each other and to its community.”

Piazza’s family condemned the fraternity’s actions and said their son was treated like “roadkill” and a “ragdoll.”

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“This wasn’t boys being boys,” his father said. “This was the murder of our son. They tortured him for 12 hours. They let him suffer for 12 hours. He died a slow and painful death at the hands of these ‘men of principle,’ as they call it.”

The preliminary hearing was expected to last until at least Tuesday when the judge will decide if there is enough evidence to proceed to trial. Should the case continue to trial, some of the brothers could face up to 20 years behind bars.

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