Brown was a defensive lineman from Sacramento, California[2] and was found beaten and unresponsive on a street in nearby McPherson, Kansas early Sunday morning, September 16, 2012.
[7] The game was cancelled in light of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Tabor football player Brandon Brown.
[8] Two former players from the nearby McPherson College Bulldogs football team have been charged with the murder: Alton Franklin[9] and Dequinte Oshea Flournoy.
[15] After a preliminary hearing on January 31, 2013, the suspects Franklin and Flournoy were bound over for trial on charges of being accessories to second-degree murder.
[16] The McPherson County Medical Examiner testified that Brown's blood alcohol level was .30, well above the legal limit in the state of Kansas.