 This is a news update from your trusted local news source, KCRG-TV9. From the KCRG-TV9 newsroom, I'm Jim Merton. Six people took the stand Wednesday in the trial of the Dubuque man accused of killing his mother. Tyler Daisy is charged with first-degree murder after Jennifer Daisy was found dead inside their home in January. Daisy was not in court for trial. He'd filed a handwritten motion refusing to appear or take part in proceedings.