Jury in Cara Rintala murder trial dismissed, deliberations set to begin

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Tuesday marked the first full day of deliberations for the jury connected to the on-going Cara Rintala murder trial.

Deliberations restarted on Tuesday following the judge’s decision to send multiple jurors home on Monday.

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According to the Hampshire Superior Court clerk’s office, the jury will be back in the courtroom on Wednesday morning.

Rintala faces a single count of murder in connection with the strangulation death of her wife, 37-year-old Annamarie Cochrane.

But, with of two of the 12 deliberating jurors and one alternate juror no longer part of the panel, the process had to restart on Tuesday.

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