NORTHAMPTON — Jurors in the third Cara Rintala murder trial deliberated for a second day Wednesday without reaching a verdict.
The 12 jurors deliberated in Hampshire Superior Court from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and will return Thursday.
Rintala has pleaded not guilty to the March 2010 strangling death of her wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, who was found bloodied and covered in paint at the bottom of the basement stairs in the couple’s Granby home.
Rintala has maintained her innocence since October 2011, when she was indicted by a grand jury and charged with murder. Rintala, 49, remains free after posting $150,000 bail in spring 2014.
Rintala has been tried twice for the crime, in 2013 and 2014, with both trials ending in deadlocked juries. In those trials, juries deliberated for four and five days, respectively.
Michael Majchrowicz can be reached at mmajchrowicz@gazettenet.com.