FOND DU LAC, WI (WTAQ) – The man accused in the 1990 murder of Berit Beck will be re-tried by prosecutors.
Earlier this year, Dennis Brantner’s trial ended in a hung jury.
The news comes Tuesday from Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney in court. Since Brantner was not in court, a trial date was not scheduled.
Both sides will return to court for a status conference next week.
The 62-year-old Brantner was charged with first-degree murder in Beck’s death. Beck 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.
Authorities who re-examined the cold case say they matched fingerprints on evidence recovered from Beck’s van to Brantner.
