Ding-a-ling-a-ling! Another one who wonders about that very theory!
MOO MOO also.
As soon as I saw the contrasting accounts + NP representing AC (I might be wrong or this may no longer be the case?) I immediately got wary. Plus... although yes, there are women who get enamored with guys like Watts, et. al, I view AC as way above average intelligence (southern Ivy academic honors, high-level FA for years), able to evaluate news reports, arrest warrants, etc. — and proceed cautiously — even if there was a long-standing relationship. So I don’t attribute all of this weirdness to love-blindness or naïveté. Something else, I’m not sure what.
IMHO
Re BBM paragraphs - Okay so if FD called AC and said he would be late if he didn’t leave right then and so he told her he was going to drive his own car and meet her at court later then why didn’t AC just drive straight from the bank to the hearing instead of going back to the house first? Did the bank errand take longer than expected for some reason? If FD was already going to be late if he didn’t leave immediately then AC would surely be late if she went back home first and then drove to court. Why did AC go back to the house? She wasn’t required to be there on time so maybe she still needed to get ready or something but it doesn’t make sense that they were cutting it that close on time for such an important court hearing on FD’s bond. If AC was already planning to drive FD to his hearing then the most logical thing to do would be to get ready, leave together early enough to run the bank errand on the way and then get to court on time.
Why was AC already receiving a call wondering where FD was before she even got back home? And she goes into the house and sees computer(s) that FD was supposed to take with him and a medicine cap and didn’t think anything of it? Wouldn’t she at least open the interior door to the garage and check to see if FD’s car was gone? I know it’s a huge house but she couldn’t hear a big Suburban engine running in the garage? I wonder where she parked when she got home?
Maybe I’m missing something and it probably doesn’t matter anyway. It just seems fishy the way all that went down.
Woke up this morning thinking about FD's missing bike...
According to Altimari, it's a black, ten-speed Mercier FD brought with him from Greece. In 2018, PG repaired the bike for FD. MT tells LE the bike's usually kept on a hook at 4 JX, but that she saw it at 80 MS on 5/24/19.
First question: where's the bike? MIRA'd? With the body? Shipped back to Greece? Sold/given away? Could it still be out there somewhere, stripped of its identifying marks, banged up, but the same distinct Rams-horn style?
Second question: where did FD go on this bike?
I really hope RC has more incriminating surveillance footage and that LE/people keep searching the many wooded areas between 4 JX and 80 MS. I'm counting the days until I can get back out there.
- We know he biked from the Lapham Rd turn-off to 69 Welles Lane.
- I can't remember if it's been confirmed, but I've always assumed he also biked from 4 JX to 80 MS when he went to get PG's Tacoma that morning. If he biked the usual route – JX to Ely to Old Mountain to MS – was he captured on the same Ely Rd surveillance camera that caught his other vehicles on 5/23-5/24? If he wasn't, does that mean he took an alternate route? There are mountain bike trails all over Avon Mountain/WeHa Reservoir, one of which cuts right behind 8 JX and connects to the blue trail – which has an access point on Old Mountain Rd. My partner is very familiar with these trails and thinks it would be really rough on a vintage road bike, but if FD knew this was the bike's final journey, did it really matter if it got banged up in the process?
- Did he use the bike later in the day, too? We know the bike comes back to 80 MS after he uses it in New Canaan. Since the Tacoma does not leave 80 MS until PG takes it home for the night, the bike either stays at 80 MS overnight, is transported in another vehicle, or biked back at 4 JX. MOO, FD used at the bike at 3:38 pm while MT was out running her sketchy errands in the Jeep. At 3:35 FD calls MT and they talk for 36 seconds. The clipped portion of the SW says FD's phone then leaves 80 MS at 3:38 and doesn't return to 4 JX until 4:17 pm (39 minutes later). I haven't seen any mention of a vehicle leaving 80 MS at 3:38 pm, so that makes me think he was either on foot or on the bike. It's a 5-minute drive to 4 JX (less if you're reckless like FD/MT) and a 10-minute bike ride. Unless he walked from 80 MS to 4 JX – and IMO, he could not afford a leisurely stroll home that afternoon – there's half-an-hour of unaccounted time here. Where did he go on this afternoon bike ride?? It had to be somewhere relatively close. Perhaps some secret spot in the vast, dense, poison-ivy-filled woods off those mountain bike trails? I grew up playing in the Avon Mountain woods and the idea of FD digging a deep hole in some hidden corner keeps me up at night.
- I also think this bike theory could seriously implicate MT. At 3:55 she returns to 80 MS in the Jeep, calls FD at 3:57, call lasts 2 seconds, and then she gets in the Chevy – with the Thule! – and leaves 80 MS by 4:03 pm. That feels awfully like a premeditated signal. Time to pick up FD/the bike and bring him to 4 JX? Or time to bring the Thule to a predetermined location so FD can transfer materials via the bike? (MOO)
It has always been my theory that Jennifer's body was transported using the Thule. Jmo
Does anyone know how much money FD asked AC to withdraw from the bank or what it was for? Was she making a cash withdrawal from his bank account or hers? I assumed this was an errand to get her out of the house so he could kill himself in the garage but I’m just curious if it was a lot of money and what she thought he needed the cash for that day. Wouldn’t AC think it seems a little odd that she would need to go out to the bank by herself and then return with money right before he was to leave for a bond hearing? Wasn’t she planning to drive him to the hearing? They could have gone by the bank on the way. Or was FD not allowed to leave the house to go to the bank? I thought he was just not allowed to leave the state. TIA & sorry if this was already discussed before.
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I guess this is why I can't seem to find anything on these questions...maybe it is unknown. I wish I had more time to study the facts in this case. I find it very strange though that MT was so dedicated to FD and in my opinion would do anything for him so what changed? Was it FD that changed and did he just need a 'friend' to post his bail? Were FD and AC an item or just friends? Are these things known but not verified so we can't discuss? I'm sorry I just don't have tons of time and I'm trying to understand. If anyone has a suggestion on where or how to get up to speed I'd be so thankful! I read at least one of the search warrants I think that was for Jennifer's home.I have followed this case off and on but do not know all of the details. One of the things I’d like to know (if it is known) is it the court ordered no contact that actually caused MT & FD to breakup? How long before FD began dating AC? I’d be surprised if this isn’t the ultimate betrayal to MT if it was FD’s decision to “move on” with their separate lives.
AC had not previously been seen in court with FD and I thought it odd she would tell LE she expected to drive him to court. It was expected that FD was going to be ordered to jail.
Reportedly, AC had also gone to pick up groceries and she probably needed to unload them prior to court if she had planned to be there. I wondered if FD asked AC to stop at the bank to delay her arrival back at his home.
MOO
Arreaza.Is this her "legal" name? Should I add the Arrearza to her name in my notes?
Troconis-Arrearza
I think it more that NP was not going to be in court that day (FD usually arrived at court with his counsel -- probably used the car ride as consult time).I thought the plan involving AC driving was related to the fact that FD probably would have been taken into custody that day.
IMO...MOO
I guess this is why I can't seem to find anything on these questions...maybe it is unknown. I wish I had more time to study the facts in this case. I find it very strange though that MT was so dedicated to FD and in my opinion would do anything for him so what changed? Was it FD that changed and did he just need a 'friend' to post his bail? Were FD and AC an item or just friends? Are these things known but not verified so we can't discuss? I'm sorry I just don't have tons of time and I'm trying to understand. If anyone has a suggestion on where or how to get up to speed I'd be so thankful! I read at least one of the search warrants I think that was for Jennifer's home.
Thank you so much. I knew they were ordered to not communicate but I'm sure they managed a way. Surely they thought of that when they were writing up their alibi's that they might be under suspicion and needed to find other non-traceable ways. I was under the impression before I started researching that he had moved on with AC but sounds like the media assumed that.Defendants are typically ordered to have no contact with one another as a non-financial condition of release. What their personal expectations were regarding their relationship is unknown.
I believe attorneys are able to act as the go-between providing the communication is NOT about the charges or the case. I believe NP went so far as to express publically how much love NP and MT had for each other and missed each other.
MT seemed to have much family at her side when first arrested -- perhaps they encouraged MT to drop her married lover.
I don't believe AC to be FD's "girlfriend" but a long-term friend that he used for 20+ years. Narcs are brilliant at keeping up with such friendships -- never knowing when you might need them.
Friends with benefits? Who knows/cares. FD was done for.
MOO
Rule 4.2 Communication With Person Represented By Counsel - Comment
^^bbmThe State also filed additional charges against MT in August 2020. (August 28th news report)
This was around the the time KM began talking with LE.
Could additional warrants have been used at that time, too?
From the article:
[...]filed charges of second-degree hindering prosecution, tampering with physical evidence, and conspiracy to commit tampering with physical evidence against Troconis..
New Charges Filed Against Michelle Troconis; Will Remain on GPS Monitoring For Now
STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MICHELLE C TROCONIS
STATE'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO PETITION FOR REVIEW- Status: Granted
…the State of Connecticut respectfully moves for a one-week extension of time until February 26, 2021, to file its response to the petition for review dated February 9, 2021 in this case…
http://appellateinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentDisplayer.aspx?AppId=2&DocId=Sw8vkOybZskNOKQhARZKEA==
http://appellateinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentDisplayer.aspx?AppId=2&DocId=pJB4ViiKIiRw/Xz/9bIgtA==
Court Transcript 2/21
http://appellateinquiry.jud.ct.gov/DocumentDisplayer.aspx?AppId=2&DocId=2G/ovrouCzFOXMr7OER3mA==
^^bbm
Just an FYI -- reading the appellate inquiry quoted above also recaps the charges against MT. It was noteworthy to me that there is no mention of the August 2020 Conspiracy to commit tampering with evidence charge -- a charge and filing date that still escapes my memory.
(The prior charges filed 2019, and 2020 conspiracy to commit murder are referenced).