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By Liz Kellar | Staff Writer
A jury was unable Monday to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Dennis Daly, the 73-year-old Vietnam veteran accused of brutally beating his wife in 2019.
The forewoman of the Truckee jury told visiting Judge Elliot Lee Daum they could not reach a verdict on the charge of murder or on a lesser charge of assault using force likely to cause great bodily injury, leading Daum to declare a mistrial.
Dennis Daly was arrested in late October 2019 after authorities alleged he punched wife Stacey Sokol Daly, 63, repeatedly in the head. Stacey Daly died Nov. 2, 2019, after lapsing into a coma.