12 former Florida A&M band members suspected in having a role in the beating death of 26-year-old Robert Champion have been charge with manslaughter.

It has been six months since the tragic, untimely demise of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26 by George Zimmerman.

More disturbing details are unfolding in the Robert Champion hazing investigation. A lawsuit filed Wednesday by Robert and Pamela Champion alleges Fabulous Coach Bus Line and it’s driver Wendy Millete “frequently participated” in or allowed hazing rituals to take place on the buses she operated, according to CNN.

Two Florida A&M music professors resigned early Tuesday following a letter from university officials stating intent to fire them.

Suspects in the Florida A&M University band member Robert Champion hazing homicide case are expected to be charged. At least five separate cases reportedly have been prepared.

Florida A&M Marching 100 member Robert Champion succumbed to hazing in late November of last year. The 26-year-old was found unresponsive on a bus following a football game after suffering internal bleeding caused by being struck repeatedly.There is currently an ongoing investigation on the circumstances surrounding his death. It is nearing 5 months since he has died and there are still no arrests.

Hazing at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University was never an isolated incident with the Robert Champion case. It has been a continuous problem at the university, according to hundreds of pages of records obtained by The Associated Press and Tallahassee Democrat.

Florida A&M band member Bria Shante Hunter was beaten in a suspected hazing ritual that left her with a broken thigh, according to the Associated Press.  The beatings, authorities said, took place on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

Florida A&M University dismissed four students who are believe to have played a role in Robert Champion’s Death. University President James Ammons released a memo to the university’s Board of Trustees.

Julian White, fired band director of Florida A&M’s “Marching 100,” said his warnings on hazing were ignored by university leaders. White, 71, said he has been made the scapegoat for the death of Robert Champion, a FAMU band member who died on Nov. 19.

Hazing is an initiation process, which involves the harassment, abuse or humiliation of another person. Hazing has been linked to athletics, fraternities and sororities, as well as band membership. Many proponents of this ritual say hazing bonds those to the particular organization they are seeking membership in. But in Robert Champion’s case, this has led to his early demise.