FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) – The Kenosha man charged in the 1990 killing of Berit Beck may face a re-trial.
That’s the goal of Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney. WTAQ has learned that Toney and his team “would like” to retry Dennis Brantner.
Last week, a jury could not reach a verdict in the trial of Brantner, who’s 62, for first-degree murder. Despite repeated attempts by Judge Gary Sharpe to have the jury reconsider, he ultimately discharged the 10 women and 2 men.
Beck was traveling to Appleton for a work seminar from her home in Sturtevant when she disappeared.
Beck’s van was found several days later in a Fond du Lac parking lot. Her body was later found in a ditch near Waupun about six weeks later.
