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Arraignment delayed for Bever brothers charged in killings of 5

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TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Arraignment has been delayed for two Oklahoma brothers charged with fatally stabbing their parents and three of their younger siblings last year.

Court records show that 19-year-old Robert Bever and 17-year-old Michael Bever are due next in Tulsa County District Court on Sept. 7. They were to be arraigned Monday.

The Bevers both have pleaded not guilty in the killings of their parents, David Bever, 52, and April Bever, 44, and their siblings Daniel, 12, Christopher, 7, and Victoria, 5. Two siblings survived.

A judged ordered the pair to stand trial in February.

Detectives who testified at a preliminary hearing said the brothers detailed to officers a gruesome plot to carry out further mass killings across the country after killing their family.

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