Deceased/Not Found CT - Jennifer Dulos, 50, New Canaan, 24 May 2019 *ARRESTS* #36

[Midwestmom2019]

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I'm all for a good asado al palo for BOTH Fd and MT!

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I was absolutely with you on the Bowman POV until recently as his career has been solidly spent IMO and I really gave him the early benefit of the doubt in this case. Now, I'm not at all sure that he has any control over his client or his case. But we shall see. I completely agree that Atty Bowman is a different type of atty vs the Pattisville Circus act with their ongoing shameless filing of frivolous motions and PR stunts. Atty Bowman has had a 'serious' career IMO but I do think he has his hands full given the impact that MT behaviour with LE has had on his reputation.

I think what changed my mind about him first was the 180 degree flip he made about MT depo in the Civil Trial and the bush league tactics he then employed by not following basic court procedure to give Atty Weinstein basic professional courtesy in the Civil Case. It was all quite juvenile and we all had a good laugh over the entire [REDACTED] motion too! It was almost as if Atty Bowman/MT 'panicked' when they went down the 5th amendment to the mat process in Civil Court. I do wonder if that is when Bowman might have realised the true depths of MT involvement in this case? My guess is that this could explain his 180 degree flip. I think MT lied to everyone as that seems to be her default response when confronted with anything. Very similar to Fd too which I find interesting. MT is on the hook no doubt with CT Revenue, IRS for all kinds of tax related issue and then you stack up her role in the Hunter property mortgage and Sue Morin and then I think Atty Bowman saw that Federal charges were creeping up quick for his client and so he just shut down her ability to speak with anyone.

Second, IMO was when Atty Bowman allowed all the meetings with LE and ongoing lying from his client was clear. Most attys won't let their clients have such a meeting more than 1x before shutting it all down and I've even seen meeting shut down immediately when Attys know their clients are lying to LE. Atty Bowman allowed his client to go down the path with LE I think a total of 3 or 4 times (depending on how you classify the different types of meetings with LE). Baffled why he allowed this to happen to his client?

The Spellbound idea you suggest is interesting but I think the 'ship has sailed' on this for MT and Atty Bowman. I think the best he can hope for is that one juror with doubt. But my sense is that all jurors will simply not understand MT and will loathe and hate her for her choices and see her for the amoral opportunist that she is IMO. I simply think MT is 'toast' unless she can tell LE whether the JFd body went to MIRA via Albany or was buried in a single place or possibly multiple places. Given that Atty Bowman and MT are still saying that she didn't know what was in the Albany bags, I think LE has simply given up on MT and will leave her to her fate with a trial and most likely a long prison sentence.

IMO MT was opportunistic in her relationship with Fd but she was also quite greedy to say nothing of being simply stupid. We haven't seen federal charges yet for any of the banking activity of Fd/FORE etc. but given how involved MT is in all of that my guess is that Atty Bowman knows of this or has connected the dots as to his clients involvement. Given that overseas transfers and/or asset purchases and sales are involved with both Fd and MT then it might take time for the federal case to develop, if it ever does.

MT like Fd IMO wanted $$$ and she wanted as much of it as possible. I hope the federal prosecutor does get involved here and do hope that MT and Fd are in their cross hairs as what these people did IMO should be punished. Do I have any level of sympathy for MT? Nope, none at all as she had alternatives every step of the way in her relationship with Fd and she NEVER ONCE WAVERED in her support IMO. The fact that MT further made the choices she did as a single mother is something that I am simply incapable of understanding as she now looks to be facing spending a good portion of the remainder of her life in prison.

MOO

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I'm all for a good asado al palo for BOTH Fd and MT!

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I was absolutely with you on the Bowman POV until recently as his career has been solidly spent IMO and I really gave him the early benefit of the doubt in this case. Now, I'm not at all sure that he has any control over his client or his case. But we shall see. I completely agree that Atty Bowman is a different type of atty vs the Pattisville Circus act with their ongoing shameless filing of frivolous motions and PR stunts. Atty Bowman has had a 'serious' career IMO but I do think he has his hands full given the impact that MT behaviour with LE has had on his reputation.

I think what changed my mind about him first was the 180 degree flip he made about MT depo in the Civil Trial and the bush league tactics he then employed by not following basic court procedure to give Atty Weinstein basic professional courtesy in the Civil Case. It was all quite juvenile and we all had a good laugh over the entire [REDACTED] motion too! It was almost as if Atty Bowman/MT 'panicked' when they went down the 5th amendment to the mat process in Civil Court. I do wonder if that is when Bowman might have realised the true depths of MT involvement in this case? My guess is that this could explain his 180 degree flip. I think MT lied to everyone as that seems to be her default response when confronted with anything. Very similar to Fd too which I find interesting. MT is on the hook no doubt with CT Revenue, IRS for all kinds of tax related issue and then you stack up her role in the Hunter property mortgage and Sue Morin and then I think Atty Bowman saw that Federal charges were creeping up quick for his client and so he just shut down her ability to speak with anyone.

Second, IMO was when Atty Bowman allowed all the meetings with LE and ongoing lying from his client was clear. Most attys won't let their clients have such a meeting more than 1x before shutting it all down and I've even seen meeting shut down immediately when Attys know their clients are lying to LE. Atty Bowman allowed his client to go down the path with LE I think a total of 3 or 4 times (depending on how you classify the different types of meetings with LE). Baffled why he allowed this to happen to his client?

The Spellbound idea you suggest is interesting but I think the 'ship has sailed' on this for MT and Atty Bowman. I think the best he can hope for is that one juror with doubt. But my sense is that all jurors will simply not understand MT and will loathe and hate her for her choices and see her for the amoral opportunist that she is IMO. I simply think MT is 'toast' unless she can tell LE whether the JFd body went to MIRA via Albany or was buried in a single place or possibly multiple places. Given that Atty Bowman and MT are still saying that she didn't know what was in the Albany bags, I think LE has simply given up on MT and will leave her to her fate with a trial and most likely a long prison sentence.

IMO MT was opportunistic in her relationship with Fd but she was also quite greedy to say nothing of being simply stupid. We haven't seen federal charges yet for any of the banking activity of Fd/FORE etc. but given how involved MT is in all of that my guess is that Atty Bowman knows of this or has connected the dots as to his clients involvement. Given that overseas transfers and/or asset purchases and sales are involved with both Fd and MT then it might take time for the federal case to develop, if it ever does.

MT like Fd IMO wanted $$$ and she wanted as much of it as possible. I hope the federal prosecutor does get involved here and do hope that MT and Fd are in their cross hairs as what these people did IMO should be punished. Do I have any level of sympathy for MT? Nope, none at all as she had alternatives every step of the way in her relationship with Fd and she NEVER ONCE WAVERED in her support IMO. The fact that MT further made the choices she did as a single mother is something that I am simply incapable of understanding as she now looks to be facing spending a good portion of the remainder of her life in prison.

MOO

Every lawyer I know never believes everything a client is telling them. We prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Mr. Bowman knew immediately the extent of her involvement. Her mother made sure of that revelation. When a parent takes over decision making for a child of MT’s age, a lawyer knows several things. First, the child is guilty as hell. Second, the parent thinks she is smarter than everyone in the room.
MT insisted on speaking to LE per her mother’s suggestions. And Mr. Bowman was required to comply with her demands. No doubt he sent plenty of letters I suggest against this interaction with LE. Traconis clan knows they are smarter than any lawyer. They’ve outmaneuvered the law multiple times.
Unfortunately, this time Russian Roulette was not favorable to MT. She blew her brains out. She’s a walking zombie. I’m afraid it’s past any point of a deal. Damage control is what Mr. Bowman is left with for her defense. Through no
fault of his own.
As for his reputation? Any locals can weigh in, but I bet it’s still stellar. A client does not make a lawyer’s reputation. The lawyer makes his reputation on his own. Or hers, for you politically correct readers.
NP is not despised by most of WS bc of FD. We hate his pompous attitude. His snide remarks. His squirrel pony tail. He’s a maverick. Take him or leave him. Most of us choose to leave him. But not bc he represents FD. But bc he acts like an a s s. Ill mannered boor. Apples don’t fall far from an apple tree. And if they fall into a barrel, they could get rotten. That’s just how it goes. There’s a few rotten apples in every barrel. KM is in the same barrel.

 

[Midwestmom2019]

BBM. @afitzy acts of domestic violence are inflicted by evil, diabolical people and I agree, they never care one whit about the children caught in the cross-fire. This is why the family court process is so dysfunctional and is in serious need of reform not just in CT but in every other state. Maybe we can mobilize here and make a difference. I am so discouraged that these cases keep happening.

JMO

Mobilize all we can but until
elected officials in any position ACT in the best interests of citizens, nothing will change. If they don’t act, mobilize to replace them with someone who will act.
NP, as much as I dislike his actions, ACTS in the best interests of his clients. He does EVERYTHING in his power to act on behalf of his clients. He’d be a great judge. No Nonsense Norm.

 

[MyBelle]

Mobilize all we can but until
elected officials in any position ACT in the best interests of citizens, nothing will change. If they don’t act, mobilize to replace them with someone who will act.
NP, as much as I dislike his actions, ACTS in the best interests of his clients. He does EVERYTHING in his power to act on behalf of his clients. He’d be a great judge. No Nonsense Norm.

The last person on earth who should become a judge is Norm. I hope CT still has the judicial process as a vote before the people.

Lawyers do act in the best interest of their clients. That's their job. The problem is that these same lawyers don't act in the best interest of their client's children, who seem to be forgotten by both sides.

JMO

 

[Mimi in London]

Replying to myself as I just had a lightbulb moment .
I think MT’s kisses mean :
Thank you for showing up to support me even though you know I’m guilty.

I will forever remain stunned that the women in her family, supposedly civilised beings (psychologists, for goodness’ sake), could behave as reprehensibly as they repeatedly did outside court.

I have no issue with families of accused/criminal offspring being there, quietly, at court. So many times parents in those situations, IMO, have been automatically maligned by the public. A little more public compassion, or at least reserve, might reveal the families’ sorrow for the victims and their respect for the judicial and penitential processes.

The Arreaza Troconis coven, however, by virtue of their flamboyant performances, have signalled the most extraordinary and, IMO, unforgivable disrespect for Jennifer and her family. They seemed to have reigned it in somewhat at the last appearance, but their true colours are un-erasbly captured for the world to see.

 

[Mimi in London]

He probably wasn't much of a bike rider anymore. His newest sport was skiing - either snow or water, depending on the weather. He kept his old bike on a hook in his garage and when he was concocting his plan of destruction he decided to use a bike as part of his plan. That is all. Luckily for justice, it turns out to be part of his undoing.

I wonder about the relevance in AW3 of the EE (PG)’s dirt bike getting a specific mention.

EE went to a third FORE house on the afternoon/evening of 5/24 to retrieve his dirt bike for the weekend.

Why was his bike there in the first place? Had Fd borrowed it at some point when scoping out his preferred transport for the murder?

 

[MDATCA]

The warrant states the purse was on the floor in the doorway between the kitchen and mud room. So more or less as you describe for the mud room as a place to store purses, coats, shoes, boots. The odd thing is that it was in the doorway, on the floor. Being in the doorway probably stood out because someone would trip over it walking through the doorway, for example.

That is an odd place to set your purse down unless she had things to unload or do in the garage so she set it in the doorway and went to do whatever else she needed to do. So I am thinking it was initially in the house by her tea and granola bar and he took it then had 2nd thoughts.

His original plan was to make it seem like she was abducted while jogging in the park. It was not supposed to be a messy crime scene in the garage. That threw him off and that is when his plan went off the tracks. Everything was supposed to look like it happened at the park. He most likely did not know she had an appt that day and was going on what her routine was. He had probably done some recon and for her to go jogging at the park was part of her usual routine.

 

[MDATCA]

I don't think is visible to the public because its carried out via a closed/private Instagram account. Its all quite hilarious. MT does sell her hides and rugs through a few of her friends in Farmington/Avon area and I believe that Mama A also sells the hides on eBay I believe.

Having a business with a non accessible instagram makes no sense IMO. For this reason I simply have been assuming that the MT business is a way to move funds or other things around amongst her friends and family and to continue to communicate possibly with Fd.

My guess is that LE is all over MT and her 'hides/rug' business 'Patagonia Styles' and is also closely watching Mama A who herself has had some brushes with felonious activities in the past.

MT by her own account in Court (via her bail agreement I believe) is a 45 yo woman who is supported by her family. MT has no means of support other than her child support from the bio dad of her daughter even though she does own some real estate in FL and CO as has been discussed extensively in prior threads here.

Given that she will probably spend a good portion of the rest of her life in prison, I'm not sure it matters much now other than her family will need to have sufficient funds for her defense in the criminal case and possibly a civil case for wrongful death eventually from GF. Most likely the legal bills from all this litigation will be punishing to the family and I'm not sure they have the means to support MT over the long term? It might depend on how much Mama A socked away in her Medicaid/Medicare fraud days! Time will tell.

MOO

Is her father still practicing plastic surgery in Miami? If he is that is a bit coming in still.

 

[oceancalling]

I think he cut off her clothes so that after he buried her no one could find her using metal detectors ie bra underwire, Jean zip and buttons and jewelry
MOO

ITA. I think it highly likely Fd's behavior is driven by his toxic personality and wanting sadistic revenge not just against Jennifer but also against her mother, who is still footing the legal bills.

In the recent cases of missing mothers Watts, Berreth and Dulos, the two big things the cases have in common are not just being in a relationship with a covert narcissist but also, all three women had strong, supportive relationships with their parents/siblings. The goal of all three men was to destroy those relationships both emotionally and financially. I wish every high school would have seminars on how to recognize a covert narcissist, the tactics used to inflict emotional abuse and that Prince Charming is a fairy tale.

Attorneys abuse the court process to facilitate this form of emotional and financial abuse because they make a lot more money. No custody case should drag out over years. There is no excuse for courts allowing it and worse, ignoring it.

JMO

100% agree. The family court system is used by abusers on the daily to force "mutual" restraining orders, which most victims do not understand will prevent them from arming themselves. Now, I am no gun enthusiast by any means, but do I believe a domestic violence victim has the right to any lawful way tho defend themselves? Absolutely. When victims and their aggressors are treated "the same", a very powerful message is sent to the abuser, and that is that the victim is equally culpable in the violence. They aren't.

There are also lawyers who are known to have a scorched earth policy about litigation that goes beyond all acceptable limits. These lawyers actively encourage conflict and victimization fantasies by abusers for one reason only. Money. Their attitude is the bigger the conflict, the bigger the paycheck. Most judges know and they do nothing. It is systemic and this case is a perfect example of an abuser using the family court system to his advantage.

 

[oceancalling]

Many have suggested that for the ride to school, which is literally around the corner, she just didn't take her purse.

That doesn't feel right. Based on what I have read, Jennifer was a meticulous person (JMO). I don't see her leaving her purse at home in such circumstances. Of course, that may have been something she did, but it does not seem consistent with her personality.

 

[sds71]

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As for his reputation? Any locals can weigh in, but I bet it’s still stellar. A client does not make a lawyer’s reputation. The lawyer makes his reputation on his own. Or hers, for you politically correct readers.
NP is not despised by most of WS bc of FD. We hate his pompous attitude. His snide remarks. His squirrel pony tail. He’s a maverick. Take him or leave him. Most of us choose to leave him. But not bc he represents FD. But bc he acts like an a s s. Ill mannered boor. Apples don’t fall far from an apple tree. And if they fall into a barrel, they could get rotten. That’s just how it goes. There’s a few rotten apples in every barrel. KM is in the same barrel.

My opinion and I know it’s his job
He defends men that rape 8 and 10 yr old girls ,child pornographers, crooked politicians and drug dealers - everyone loves him

 

[oceancalling]

I like your theory on the bike and that makes sense. But his truck was captured on quite a few cameras so they would have an image of a bike if it was in the bed of the truck. We simply do not know.

It is my understanding that the bike shows up in the back of the truck in at least some of those videos. In fact, at least one very observant poster (I apologize for not remembering who) noticed the bike in those videos- before this last arrest. I continue to be so impressed with the quality of analysis here, as many of the theories first posted have proven to be correct.

 

[Curious in CT]

Yes, it is bizarre, and alarming, Michelle Troconis's apparent absence from her daughter's life. In stark contrast to Jennifer Dulos, for whom her children WERE her life.

I know we are not allowed to sleuth the children and not her child either. It appears from information we have learned that the daughter was often left to her own devices...quite a bit. It speaks to the level of caring of MT, IMO. Take child to school. Alibi self and FD. Pick child up. Drop child off. Somewhere. Help FD with crime scene cleanup and disposal...drive to Albany ave. trip to Starbucks for food and drink. Go home.

 

[Deleted member 121463]

Well, I'm sure he's capable, and I agree about blackouts. But no, I'm pretty sure he didn't happen to fall down the stairs that PARTICULAR night.

• He was needed in FD's plan that day! He was in on the whole thing
• If he had a concussion from falling down the stairs, he would have gone to the hospital to confirm that, and had visible bruises/bumps, on other parts of his body as well, if not broken bones; there would be a hospital or walk-in clinic record of this
• If he cracked his phone screen (according to AW) he would have gotten a new screen - no need to replace entire phone - anyone with teens knows that the phone will still work with a cracked screen (and that it happens!)
• If he did indeed need to replace the entire phone (not just due to a cracked screen), he could have easily had the old phone backed up and the previous phone's info put on the new phone
• Any lawyer would have enough savvy to back his info into the cloud and download it onto the new phone.

Sorry, not buying that whole story - thought it is, interestingly, the same exact story told about FD's mother: that she fell down the steps and had a concussion....

Hmmm. Yes, too convenient. imo

 

[Deleted member 121463]

MOO the blood loss in the garage seem to indicate that was the place she died.

For Jennifer's sake, I hope this is true and she didn't suffer for long. A head injury or even a broken nose can be very bloody, however. It did seem like LE believed that she was dead from the get go though. imo.

 

[enelram]

I wonder about the relevance in AW3 of the EE (PG)’s dirt bike getting a specific mention.

EE went to a third FORE house on the afternoon/evening of 5/24 to retrieve his dirt bike for the weekend.

Why was his bike there in the first place? Had Fd borrowed it at some point when scoping out his preferred transport for the murder?

Great questions- and in the past when something is slipped into the narrative, we see later on, that it played an important role in the
story. Could the dirt bike have been an undetected means of persons going between the homes without being on cameras?
Lots of land around there amenable to dirt bikes going where vehicles can't.

 

[littlegreen]

Mobilize all we can but until
elected officials in any position ACT in the best interests of citizens, nothing will change. If they don’t act, mobilize to replace them with someone who will act.
NP, as much as I dislike his actions, ACTS in the best interests of his clients. He does EVERYTHING in his power to act on behalf of his clients. He’d be a great judge. No Nonsense Norm.

Norm Pattis is super well-respected around here (Connecticut). I have a professor at Yale who was saying that NP understands justice in a way most people don’t, and he is typically smarter than most people around him at trial. A Yale Law professor who has been following the case told me that NP as FD’s lawyer gives him the absolute greatest opportunity to be acquitted.

 

[sds71]

judicial site is back online
Dean v. Dulos
122.00 01/10/2020 D COUNTERCLAIM

http://civilinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentInquiry/DocumentInquiry.aspx?DocumentNo=18476988

 

[sleuth66]

Great questions- and in the past when something is slipped into the narrative, we see later on, that it played an important role in the
story. Could the dirt bike have been an undetected means of persons going between the homes without being on cameras?
Lots of land around there amenable to dirt bikes going where vehicles can't.

I think the dirt bike is in there to acquit EE/PG of involvement and foul play. EE is the key witness for the prosecution, and it is important to make clear that he is not an accomplice, since FD will like to pin it on him, since it was his truck with the blood, he was in NC that day, etc. affair with Jennifer, disgruntled employee, etc. And EEs testimony about the seats, etc is a lynchpin in the case.

Not knowing about the dirt bike, it would be highly suspicious that EE stopped by Deercliff while doing the afternoon shuttle. This is a time where the Albany bags/body would have been around, and one could imagine this would cast suspicion on EE. They also put in there the OnStar data about EE starting up the Raptor at his home in Simsbury that morning, for example, for the same reason. And the dirt bike was the reason EE wanted his Tacoma for the weekend and not the Raptor, forcing MT to bring back the keys and causing FD to have to wait until the next week to continue cleaning the blood off it. This helps the story make sense and gives reasons for EEs actions that allow him to be trusted.

Of course there could be another significance to the dirt bike too, such as transport related to the crime, which you point out, but I think at the least the above is a good start for why it appears.

 

[sds71]

On the morning Fotis Dulos learned he was about to be arrested and charged with the murder of his missing wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos, he made a call to his friend Kent Mawhinney.

The South Windsor attorney had become ensnared in the seven-month investigation into Jennifer’s disappearance. Mawhinney — a man with marital problems of his own — has been linked in court records to some of the case’s most sordid details, including questions as to his involvement in stories about potential alibis, a call he allegedly received from Dulos as police say Dulos was discarding bloody evidence in trash bins in May and his connection to a suspected “human grave" at a gun club in East Granby.

Dulos and Mawhinney began their close relationship through business dealings when Mawhinney would handle real estate closings for Dulos’ luxury home building company, Fore Group Inc. They grew closer through the years as both struggled through highly contentious divorces, with Dulos — just days before his own wife disappeared — playing what authorities describe as an active role as a liaison between the Mawhinneys.
He remained jailed late Friday at the Bridgeport Correctional Center on a $2 million bond on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder, while Dulos and his former girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, also arrested on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder, were free after posting multimillion dollar bonds.

Mawhinney’s attorney, Jeremy Donnelly, called the state’s case against his client weak, while Dulos’ attorney, Norm Pattis, is questioning whether Mawhinney’s arrest is a strategy by the state to get leverage against his client.

“I struggle to find the case that the state will eventually prove here to show an agreement and to show a conspiracy,” Donnelly said in arguing for a bond reduction at a court hearing last week. "I don’t think it is a strong case against Mr. Mawhinney.”
Pattis agreed.
Seriously? I’ve read that arrest warrant. I can’t believe anybody signed it,” Pattis said. “It looks like a piece of leverage to get him to flip.”

https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-jennifer-dulos-case-kent-mawhinney-20200112-taycxiahabfxtgitklaivorj6e-story.html??dssReturn=true

 

[sds71]

Seriously? I’ve read that arrest warrant. I can’t believe anybody signed it,” Pattis said. “It looks like a piece of leverage to get him to flip.”

While the contentious divorce between Fotis Dulos and Jennifer Farber Dulos’ has sparked national attention since her disappearance in late May, Mawhinney has also been going through a bitter divorce, including allegations that he violated a protective order prohibiting communication between the couple. Judge John Blawie referred to that violation as a main reason that he didn’t want to lower Mawhinney’s $2 million bond.

Mawhinney is also facing charges of sexual assault. He has pleaded not guilty to both charges.
Dulos invited Mawhinney’s wife to meetings, including one at his Farmington home, where she was to talk with her husband. The wife initially met with Dulos at Max’s Oyster Bar in West Hartford on May 19, but after telling Dulos she would not meet with Mawhinney unless their lawyers were present, Dulos abruptly paid the bill and left, according to the warrant.
On May 20, Dulos called the wife again, telling her that Mawhinney was willing to meet with their lawyers present. On May 21, Dulos called again to set up a meeting, but the woman told him she had talked to her lawyer and did not want to have any contact with her husband, later telling South Windsor police that she had a feeling Dulos was luring her into a trap.

Instead, the woman contacted South Windsor police and filed a criminal complaint alleging that Mawhinney violated the terms of a protective order put in place after his arrest on sexual assault charges by working through Dulos to reach her. She also met with state police to talk about her dealings with Dulos and expressed fear for her safety.

“She stated she felt she was being ‘baited’ and was uncomfortable with the fact that Dulos kept inviting her back to his residence. She stated that she believed Dulos was ‘indebted’ to Mawhinney and that she believed Dulos was working on behalf of Mawhinney to get rid of her. She stated that she believed that Mawhinney wanted her dead,” the arrest warrant said.

Mawhinney initially told state police there wasn’t a pre-arranged meeting for that day and that he didn’t remember talking to Dulos at all that day. He did admit that Dulos wasn’t at Jefferson Crossing when he was there. In his second interview, he acknowledged Dulos had set up the meeting for that morning and also told detectives that “if there’s a phone call, I guess I did (talk to Dulos).”

The meeting that morning — and changing stories about it told to police by Trocnonis — are featured prominently in the arrest warrants linked to the murder charge. While Troconis initially told authorities she saw both Dulos and Mawhinney at Jefferson Crossing that morning, she would later say she never saw Dulos.
Mawhinney reenters the picture later that day, authorities say...
On the same day Dulos was meeting with Mawhinney’s estranged wife at Max’s Oyster Bar, two men, Jay Lawlor and Lee McKay, were out for a little birthday hunting party at a gun club in East Granby when they stumbled across something odd — two barbecue grill grates covered with leaves and branches. They were hiding a fairly large pit later measured at six feet long and 3.5 feet deep by state police.
Inside the hole, Lawlor and McKay found a blue tarp and two unopened bags of lime, according to the arrest warrant charging Mawhinney with conspiracy...
Though the arrest warrant suggests that Mawhinney established the club, current club President Mervin Cooley said it existed long before him. The club was incorporated in 1951, according to the Connecticut Office of the Secretary of the State. In 2002, it bought the property near the intersection of Russell Road and East Street for hunting and fishing. Before then, the club leased other property in the area, according to Cooley.

The arrest warrant said that the club had only five members, but Cooley explained that there are about 42 members, half of which are active, paying members.

“It’s just a bunch of older guys,” Cooley said. “Together, we hunt every Saturday, eight or nine weeks during the pheasant season. We also stock the pond with trout and catch the trout.”

Cooley also said that there is no special key needed to enter the property, and anyone can get in. He said there’s a chain link fence that goes through a plastic pipe.

In the early 2000s, Mawhinney helped the club acquire its current property in East Granby, according to Cooley.