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The bench trial for Quinton Tellis was delayed after a key expert witness for the prosecution died in a car crash.

Prosecutors argued the witness, Paul Rowlett, was critical for analyzing electronic data to create a timeline of events.

Tellis is charged in the 2015 death of Meing “Mandy” Hsiao in Monroe, Louisiana.

The judge rescheduled the trial to begin on January 5.

MONROE, La. — A judge granted the state’s request to delay the long-anticipated bench trial of Quinton Tellis Monday after the sudden death of a key expert witness over the weekend.

Retired Brig. Gen. Paul Rowlett, an intelligence specialist whose testimony prosecutors said was critical to their case, died Saturday in a vehicle crash in Hattiesburg. In court Monday, Assistant District Attorney Holly

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