(KNZA)--The jury trial for the last of three Atchison men charged in the 2019 beating death of a Cummings man is to begin Monday in Doniphan County District Court.

 Matthew “Cole” Scherer is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 42-year-old Jason Pantle.

 The trial is scheduled for five days.  

Scott Vandeloo was sentenced in December to 4 years and one month in prison on a reduced charge of involuntary manslaughter in the case, while Brian Spilman, Jr., was sentenced in November to more than 2 ½ years in prison after a jury found him guilty of the same offense.    

 Authorities allege the trio engaged in altercations with Pantle during a September 22, 2019 party in southern Doniphan County.  He died several days later at a Kansas City hospital after suffering what investigators called serious head injuries.