5:45 p.m.LOS ANGELES — The jury in record producer Phil Spector’s murder trial completed its fourth day of deliberations Thursday and went home without announcing a verdict.

The case was submitted to the nine-man, three-woman jury on Monday after months of testimony.

Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler announced that attorneys agreed to dismiss one of the remaining five alternate jurors because she had a prepaid vacation scheduled. Fidler thanked her for her months of service. Another alternate was dismissed earlier in the trial because of a family emergency.

Spector, 67, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of former Napa County resident Lana Clarkson, 40. She was killed by a gunshot fired in her mouth at Spector’s home on Feb. 3, 2003. The defense contends it was self-inflicted.

Spector was a hit-making music producer decades ago, gaining fame for what became known as the “Wall of Sound” recording technique.

Clarkson lived with her family in Angwin in the 1970s. She attended Pacific Union College Preparatory School in Angwin in 1978 before moving to Southern California with her family. 

She was a struggling actress who took a job as a VIP hostess at the House of Blues, where she met Spector and went home with him for a drink after work. She gained modest fame in 1985 as the star of Roger Corman’s cult film “Barbarian Queen.”