HC article about today's events:
Defense attorney: Fotis Dulos found piles of bloody clothes at his home the day his estranged wife disappeared. Revelations come as judge agrees to drop murder charges against Dulos.
Quotes from article:
Fotis Dulos panicked after finding piles of bloody woman’s clothes and other items dumped on the back porch of his Farmington home the same day his estranged wife disappeared, so he bagged up the items and discarded them in trash bins in Hartford, actions police say they caught on surveillance cameras.
The bombshell revelation by Dulos’ attorney, Norm Pattis, was part of Pattis’ attempt Tuesday to convince a Superior Court judge to allow the murder trial for Dulos to continue even though Dulos has died.
Pattis said he wanted a trial to clear Dulos’ name but Judge Gary White denied his request and granted Stamford State’s Attorney Richard Colangelo’s motion to drop all murder charges against Dulos.
White’s ruling likely ends the case as Pattis will have no avenues to pursue his theories because he isn’t the administrator of Dulos’ estate.
“It is my hope that someday, somewhere we will get a fact finder to listen to all of the evidence in this case to prove that Mr. Dulos did not murder his wife but was himself a victim of a system that rushed to judgment,” Pattis said. “I believe that had this case been tried that Mr. Dulos would have been found not guilty.”
Pattis unveiled the mystery explanation for the bloody clothes that Dulos himself had referred to in a note he wrote that police found after he tried to kill himself in the garage of his Farmington home on Jan. 28. Dulos died two days later in a New York City hospital.
Pattis said another key witness in the case, who he didn’t name in court, was with Dulos when he discovered the bloody items. He said that Dulos was prepared to testify about finding the clothes on the porch at his murder trial and to raise questions about the possible involvement of the witness.
Pattis said the state focused all of its investigative efforts on Dulos and should have spent more time questioning other possible suspects.
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MOO: Its hard to watch such cynical use of legal ploys that IMO are solely for the self aggrandisement of Atty. P. and Atty Smith. In his comments outside Court today Atty. P. said he made these statements so as to position himself for appeal of today's ruling to dismiss the case against Fd.
All such Atty. P. statements are absolutely IMO uncorroborated as nothing was presented in Court today to provide any evidence about anything said. I have to research the criteria for 'abuse of process' further but it seems on the surface that strong arguments can be made that this is what we have been seeing from Atty. P. and Pattisville.
What I find so unacceptable about the Dave Altimari / Hartford Courant reporting is that no place in the article is it mentioned that there was no evidence presented in Court today (or ever in this process by Atty. P.) to support the verbal claims made. NONE/ZILCH/ZIP! The State had to follow a strict process with legal standards in order to present the AWs but YET Atty. P. can make uncorroborated statements in Court with no such standards. WHY? IMO Simply because he can and is never punished for it. We saw neither Judge White nor Atty Colangelo really make any statements of followup and the case was dismissed and then Court dismissed. Not sure how and why CT Courts permit this behaviour on an ongoing basis from Atty. P.?
I do hope that Atty Hug who is handling the Fd Estate made clear to Atty. P. that he and the Estate would NOT entertain any requests made to the Estate for payment of legal fees post Death Date as otherwise this could go on forever (or at least until the money runs out). I do also wonder if the 'Greek Family' realises that this is going on and did in fact 'approve' these moves by Atty. P. such that the estate would be depleted so that the 5 children receive nothing? What a horrific situation IMO and it won't stop IMO unless one of the other parties legally intervenes to 'stop the billing clock' on Atty. P. and Pattisville.
MOO