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Girl testifies in dad's trial over her mom's death

BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) - The trial of a former Silverthorne resident accused in the death of his wife is under way, with his eldest daughter testifying for the prosecution.

Dale Bruner is charged with second-degree murder, first-degree assault and tampering with evidence in the death of Stephanie Roller Bruner in 2010. She had filed for divorce in the weeks before she disappeared and was later found dead in the Blue River.

The Summit Daily News reports Bruner's 10-year-old daughter testified Wednesday she remembered hearing her parents arguing the night her mother was last seen alive.

Prosecutors allege an affair Roller Bruner had and the couple's financial troubles culminated in a deadly fight.

Defense attorney Robert Bernhardt contends police focused on Dale Bruner as a suspect and didn't look at others.

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