Police stand by at the crime scene on Raymond Avenue April 11. (Alan Mittelstaedt/Neon Tommy)

Two suspects in the April killings of two USC international students pleaded not guilty to murder charges Wednesday morning.

Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19, were ordered to return to court Sept. 20 for a hearing to decide the date for a preliminary hearing, according to City News Service.

They are being held without bail for the April 11 murders of Ming Qu and Ying Wu, two 23-year-old electrical engineering students from China.  

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