It’s been 26 years since 18-year-old Berit Beck stopped in Fond du Lac on her way to a computer course for work and ended up murdered in a ditch outside of Waupun. Today a Fond du Lac County jury will decide whether 62-year-old Dennis Brantner killed her. They will consider the fingerprint evidence, a video of police interviewing Branter, and the testimony of witnesses many in their 60s and 70s who employed or knew him. Brantner claims he got drunk that night and doesn’t recall much of it, other than getting a ride from a man in a van: Berit Beck’s van.
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