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Dennis Brantner to be retried for murder of Berit Beck

September 6, 2016 By WRN Contributor

Brantner (FdL Co. Sheriff)

Dennis Brantner (Fond du Lac Co. Sheriff)

The man accused in the 1990 murder of Berit Beck will be re-tried by prosecutors.

A Fond du Lac County jury was dismissed in June after it was unable to reach a verdict on whether Dennis Branter killed the 18-year-old. District Attorney Eric Toney said Tuesday morning in court that the state plans to try the case again.

The 62-year-old Brantner was charged with first-degree murder in Beck’s death. She was traveling from her home in Sturtevant to Appleton for a work seminar when she disappeared. Her van was found a few days later, and her body was later found in a ditch in Fond du Lac County.

Brantner was charged after authorities who re-examined the cold case say they matched fingerprints on evidence recovered from Beck’s van to the Kenosha man.

Since Brantner was not in court Tuesday, a trial date was not scheduled. Both sides will return to court for a status conference next week.

WTAQ

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