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Cara Rintala is accused of strangling Annamarie Cochrane Rintala in their Granby home in March 2010.

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Cara Rintala murder trial delayed until DNA test complete

Accused of strangling wife in 2010

Updated: Friday, 24 Aug 2012, 6:45 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 24 Aug 2012, 6:45 AM EDT

    NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) - The murder trial of a woman accused of strangling her paramedic wife in their western Massachusetts home has been delayed so DNA testing can be completed.

    The trial of Cara Rintala had been tentatively scheduled for November in Hampshire Superior Court.

    Rintala is accused of strangling Annamarie Cochrane Rintala in their Granby home in March 2010.

    Prosecutors and defense lawyers on Wednesday told a judge that DNA testing is unlikely to be finished until December and agreed that February is a more realistic time for the trial.

    Judge Richard Carey allowed the request to push the trial date back.

    Cara Rintala is being held after pleading not guilty to first-degree murder.

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