Still Missing CT - Jennifer Dulos, 50, New Canaan, 24 May 2019 *ARRESTS* #60

[Jmoose]

I think they should at least do another round with the GPR for the family.

GPR?

 

[Ruminations]

I am currently queuing up my home 'playlist' for when the car wash testimony comes in.

What a fiasco !!
Who escorts their lover, who is under high suspicion and scrutiny for the disappearance of his estranged wife, to a car wash/ detail job for his employees vehicle? Dumb azz.

The continuous objections and attempted cross exam for that will be epic, I am certain.

Boomer certification validated with this reference!
lol

MOO

 

[kaen]

GPR?

Ground Penetrating Radar, I presume.

 

[Ruminations]

Yes. I guess the objections today about the bike is because they haven't laid the foundation?
MOO.

I think that was well played by the prosecution and/or the witness. The whole jury is now focused on that. Maybe some saw things other than a bike. But no matter, they will now have the object bookmarked in their brains, waiting to learn more about it.

MOO

 

[kaen]

I assume most of those houses also have sprinkler systems - a couple of sprinkler heads out of alignment certainly could reach the roof .... but isn't he asking people to characterize what they see in the video - he always objects when the P does that
But my question is - why does it matter that the pavement appeared to be wet at the Manaforts house?
I keep waiting for it to make sense - no luck yet
JMO

He only wants it to have rained so that his client was not in bed with FD. Her current and final story was that she didn't see him in the morning, she didn't shower with him like usual, she didn't see him but saw Kent in the office, and he called up to her to have lunch between 1 and 2. She has taken herself out of his timeline. And, the whole first part makes no sense if there was no storm--no phone call from her daughter, no going to help her get back to sleep, and she would have been his alibi for the night and when he left the bedroom/house/property. If it came out that he left at 4 or 5 am, she would have known if they were in bed together. The shower story is still confusing because she says they showered together....but then they didn't. Why spin that in the first place? Remember she also claimed that she was not roaming around the house--she was in the daughter's bedroom after errands.

 

[Megnut]

Conn. State Police sergeant testifies about tense moments between Michelle Troconis and Fotis Dulos

Sgt. John Beauton said he watched Troconis closely in the minutes leading up to the couple's arrest.

www.cbsnews.com

One more article. Among many...

As the trial rolls along and publicity explodes, I am mindful of the children whose lives go on, in and around and despite the frenzy. Their beloved mother, murdered. Their dad, not at all who they believed him to be, gone. And the lady on trial, she betrayed them. And continues to betray them.

A child with divorced parents once told me, my dad wanted me.... just so my mom couldn't have me. And my mom... my mom just wanted me. I see this in this story. JFd in love with being a mom, delighted in each child. And FD, perpetual funcle. No boundaries, no rules he won't break, fast and free.

Just so much unnecessary and grave loss.

JMO

 

[Sundog]

MOO

All the evidence shows that LE provided the defendant every courtesy.

And PG, he was sweating, he was nervous, he did revoke the permission to search the Fore-owned vehicle. IMO he was scared. Of Fotis.

MOO
 

He was so nervous that his carotid artery was pulsing. Yikes!

 

[Sundog]

I can't judge too hard if she has her mother in her phone as Bruja. One of my friends has her mother in her phone as "Stalin." I have literally no idea why, but it's been that way for years, her mother is aware, and their relationship isn't contentious or anything.

Stalin is the Russian word for "steel." Maybe she is a Steel Magnolia or other strong woman, woman of steel?

We have a friend in Beijing whose name is the Mandarin word for "steel," hence, Stalin. It was a popular name for male babies in the PRC in the early 1950s.

 

[Aquarian]

Stalin is the Russian word for "steel." Maybe she is a Steel Magnolia or other strong woman, woman of steel?

We have a friend in Beijing whose name is the Mandarin word for "steel," hence, Stalin. It was a popular name for male babies in the PRC in the early 1950s.

So, I may have missed the story on what they referenced as the Witch- Baja or something . Do you all think it was re her mother? Was it out of the question that Jen could have been the witch ? I’m confused.

 

[afitzy]

I don’t believe she never saw it.

I agree with you.

I too think she saw this report. Didn't the Pattis associate find it in FD's safe went he looking for FD's passports in June 2019. I believe FD's attorney Rose gave FD a purloined copy of the report that was meant for the lawyers' eyes only.

I agree with you. I think MT lied in the Law Enforcement interviews on this issue of the Discredited DR HERMAN REPORT.

I always believe that you can tell so much about a person based on who they choose to surround themselves with in their life.

FD chose to surround himself with one person after another of folks who I have no issue saying have questionable (at best) moral and ethical standards and at the top of that list was MT and the extended Troconis Crew led by Mama Troconis who encouraged the relationship for years and fuelled the anger and hate of MT an FD for JF and her family. FD and MT were essentially two sides of the same coin and were virtually identical in terms of morals, ethics and the way they chose to conduct their lives imo.

MT I believe lied in the Law Enforcement interviews about not working for FORE Group. It was interesting that she made one of her few strong statements on this point to deny working for FORE but imo she knew details only someone very involved would have known such as all the wacky option deals FD was signing all over CT. FORE I believe had been run to facilitate FD removing as much cash and as quickly as he could from the US to create a nest egg but I don't think this was ever fully litigated so we will never know the answers as to how much exactly he didn't pay taxes on and how much money left the US and was never left to his children. I believe the Civil Case testimony from the forensic accountant showed MT making a salary of $120,000 A YEAR from FORE, YET she claims never to have worked for FORE. MT I believe took the 5th in her single deposition in the Civil Case but Atty Bowman was able if I recall to have her removed from that trial so she never testified in that case as to what she knew about FD and FORE. The Civil Case accounting also detailed the extent of the MT and FD travel as well as the FD threats to remove the children to Argentina where MT Baby Daddy lived (this happened I believe before the threat to remove the Dulos children to Greece). So far as I know there has never been civil litigation between GF and MT for the role that MT played in FORE Group operations and financial matters over the years she was with FD. Perhaps this will happen in due course? Who knows.

Here are just some as the full list could be a book!

Also on the 'questionable' folks list would be Atty Meehan who was the GAL in Family Court. He was later dismissed I believe by Judge Heller for his absolute disregard of rules associated with being a GAL (gave report I believe to FD Atty Rose at the time which should not have happened and the conjecture was that money changed hands to make this happen) and he I believe was the one that the internal investigation done by Family Court accused of the leaking of the discredited Dr Herman report to FD. So, FD had a copy of the uncompleted Herman report and if the MT story was true (who knows as I think she incapable of truth) that they went to a psychologist to discuss the report, then my guess is you are correct that MT lied about having read it or had its contents discussed in her presence. [Unrelated but interesting I think and might be critical in showing that the conspiracy had been brewing for over a year amongst the 3 co conspirators: Its interesting though that I do think think that the origins of the entire conspiracy might have happened with this trip to the psychologist to discuss the report and it was followed up with the filing of the report by MT about her 'fear' for JF who was someone she never met..

KM is another person clearly on the 'questionable' list of folks surrounding FD. He has been extensively discussed but I think it is worth noting that he had known FD for a long time and that his own divorce complete with trial for spousal abuse was one of the more horrific DV cases I've read in a long time. KM tormented and emotionally tortured his wife and she feared that she would be murdered. KM I believe also was a big supporter of FD lying under oath both in Family Court (he wasn't the attorney for FD in FC but I do believe that once FD saw there were no consequences in CT for lying on the Stand that it emboldened him to tell one whopper after another in Civil Court).

Atty Pytranker is another on the imo slimy atty list of FD. Funny how FD managed to scrape the underbelly of questionable attic in CT but FD found one after another imo. Pytranker I believe simply fed FD anger and rage in the Family Court and also did nothing to move towards some kind agreement with JF. I do think that Atty Pytranker might have been the atty to encourage FD to not tell the truth in Family Court and this resulted in him being placed on supervised visitation status. I believe FD eventually had to leave Pytranker because he couldn't pay his legal bills and so he represented himself in Family Court and this resulted in huge delays and more contention with JF and not less.

Atty Pattis - no words for this local attorney for FD and his story has been extensively discussed here. Another atty that knew that there would never be consequences in CT for spewing misinformation for years about JF. Directly involved imo with the bail bond fraud situation for which he was never punished or censured. Also imo directly involved with the shady Greek atty in NY who acted as conduit for "Greek Benefactors" paying Pattis to defend FD. Lost in the civil case where he was sued by GF and I believe had to sign agreement to not talk about the case for 40 years. I do think Pattis facilitated the demise of FD in that it is believed he had told FD that he could no longer represent him without being paid and so it looked like FD and Pattis might have to part ways. So, on the day he attempted suicide and later died, FD was looking at being returned to jail and his bail bond revoked due to his fraud with Anna Curry who fronted most of the cash for the bond, and Pattis who orchestrated the bond imo with Palmetto.

TP - Probably the less said the better imo but his performance (or lack thereof) in MT case courtroom so far speaks for itself I think. Having watched his performance since taking over for Bowman I have to admit that I believe he might just define the bottom of the barrel of legal practitioners seen so far in this FD/MT/KM case. He is routinely unprepared, unwilling to do the work asked of him by fellow attorneys or Judges, complains endlessly about everything including doing his job, produces slip shod poorly researched motions using the premise of "catch me if you can" to the Court and opposing Counsel, full time abuser of the CT legal system to waste tax payers money via endless filing of frivolous motions and lawsuits, has no issue aggressively using misinformation both inside and outside the court and the list could go on and on and on imo.

FD Friends and Family:
Harry Masiello - Friend from Brown who 'allegedly' loaned money to FD and who was involved with Sturbridge House and 585 Deercliff Property financial 'games' imo to keep any equity in these properties out of the hands of GF following the Civil Court Judgment. FD allegedly built a house for the Masiello family in RI at one point. Masiello was also supposedly going through a very contentious divorce at the same time as FD too which was interesting imo as KM was as well. I believe FD lawyer in the Civil Case also was going through a horrific divorce.

FD was quite determined that GF not recover anything from any of his properties and so used 'friends' and business acquaintances to place trade liens and mortgages on various properties where equity might have existed. The paperwork in the courts associated with all of these various situations is extensive and imo paints the picture (yet again) of a very vindictive FD who very much hated GF and JF and someone who would use friends to facilitate his shady dealings.

Ioannis aka Yannis Toutziaridis aka FD Greek Friend - Mentioned in FD suicide note and allegedly the call that was answered by MT on the morning of the murder of JF. Also involved with lending money and moving money for FD over the years and was also involved with the Sturbridge Property in NY and FD attempts to keep equity out of hands of GF. So far as I know he never answered any of the litigation claims and simply stayed out of the US. FD had business dealings with Yannis which so far as I know have never been fully unraveled or understood in the US.

Rena Dulos/ Rena Dulos Kyrimi - Sister of FD, Architect, 13 years older than FD, lives in Athens, Greece. Link to PR article put out about her for reference: The sister of Fotis Dulos, estranged husband of missing New Canaan mother Jennifer Farber Dulos, says “he is not the person they say he is”

Rena blamed US legal system for 'persecuting' her brother and blamed the jail conditions (FD was in jail for 2 days) for his suicide:

https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/local/article/Jail-conditions-contributed-to-Fotis-Dulos-15923436.php

Rena started FORE Group with FD and has been a part of the company since its inception. She is an architect by training and is believed to have done most of the plans for FORE properties. She also is believed to have benefited significantly from her involvement with FORE but frankly the issue of FD and Rena moving money back and forth (mostly back imo) between US and Greece has never been investigated by US authorities or IRS. I also don't believe the role of Rena in possibly assisting FD in removing funds from FORE or possibly marital assets over the years was ever litigated or even discussed in the Civil Case but Rena benefited financially for many years via FORE and FD.

So many others on the list and imo just one shady story after another. I think Atty Weinstein and GF did solid work under very difficult circumstances to attempt to prosecute their case against FD in the Civil Was but my sense is that nothing much about FORE, FD, and FD Friends and Family was on the 'up and up' and had been that way since the beginning. Sadly JF trusted FD but she most likely was fleeced. Who knows how much FD actually took from JF over the course of their relationship that was never disclosed or litigated? My guess is that it was significant and JF was fleeced by FD and Rena. We do know that FD paid no child support during the divorce (MT seemed ok with this as it supported them and their travel for a good long while) and is believed to have left less than $500 to his children after his estate was settled in CT.

ABSOLUTELY MOO

 

[afitzy]

Iirc FD’s family over in Greece was also on the “Farber” economic plan. The sister who was 13 yrs older than FD I believe ( and who I was always half convinced was his real mother without any factual basis ) worked for Fore as an architect and her husband in uniform, I believe was retired on a small pension. A lot of those type of details I believe may have been in that AirMail mini series fluff piece. I will take a look - link below
JMO

Murder in Fairfield County

In a series for AIR MAIL, Rich Cohen chronicles the unsolved murder of Jennifer Dulos, the Connecticut mother whose husband, suspected of killing her, committed suicide soon after.

airmail.news

So agree with you on this and wish I had seen your post earlier but I didn't! Wrote more about some of my thoughts about Rena, FORE and money moving to Greece. The way money flowed in this case tells a good portion of this tragic story and imo, and as you point out, money flowed big and for a very long time to Rena. MOO

 

[afitzy]

During the interviews, MT said she and Fd split costs as she used her monies from her daughter's father (the reason she saved receipts for reimbursement). Fd over built the homes and didn't have a universal aesthetic. In many areas, building on spec is a great way to see your cash down the drain unless you know the interest is very high for your model/type of home. If he had been building in New Canaan or Greenwich, even North Stamford there would have been many more hits as NYers with money love the low CT taxes. In my area of CT not far from Avon, in the last 8 years, big houses with lots of sq footage have sat empty until some of the very low mortgage rates clicked in during and right after the pandemic.

The question of what she knew of the finances is interesting. It is easy to think they were both wanting to live off the Farber money. Clearly, getting custody of the kids would mean he would get money from JD but not enough to float the stuff he was in the hole for. Trusts for the kids would not yield the kind of cash monthly that he needed. I doubt he would get anywhere near what he needed unless he got top dollar for those properties to get out of the past due monies owed to all who bankrolled him.

I do think that he might have originally thought that the big 8 bedroom house and any other thoughts of JD would make it so that he could convince JD to stay and have MT move in. He must of thought he was just that good. His personality disorders and his family backing him set this train wreck in motion to be sure.

Agree with you!

FD was not stupid and well understood the market differences between Farmington and NC/Lower Fairfield County imo. It was also alot less expensive to build in Farmington vs NC based on land costs and the supply of property was much greater imo. IMO there is no mystery why so many houses were built so quickly and mainly in Farmington area where they wouldn't be as easily sold vs NC, Darien or Greenwich. I do very much think that FD planned his revenge much sooner than anyone might have thought and he was able to do so because JF father passed away and nobody was questioning building white elephants in Farmington, CT!

My speculation is that FD knew marriage was ending long before JF found out about the affair and so put up those houses as quickly and inexpensively as possible (he didn't use high end finishing imo in line with the SF of the houses which imo was the tell tale sign that it was largely a financial scam - just look at photos of Sturbridge House, 4JX and 80 MS etc. where at best he was slightly above builder grade imo) with the goal of mortgaging them to the hilt and leaving others to hold the bag. It would be interesting to see exactly how much the properties left at the time of his death actually cost FD to put up vs the mortgages and then look at what they were eventually sold for. Thing though is that his bookkeeping was so crooked that I'm not sure it would be possible to figure it out, but who knows.

MOO

 

[afitzy]

Conn. State Police sergeant testifies about tense moments between Michelle Troconis and Fotis Dulos

Sgt. John Beauton said he watched Troconis closely in the minutes leading up to the couple's arrest.

www.cbsnews.com

One more article. Among many...

As the trial rolls along and publicity explodes, I am mindful of the children whose lives go on, in and around and despite the frenzy. Their beloved mother, murdered. Their dad, not at all who they believed him to be, gone. And the lady on trial, she betrayed them. And continues to betray them.

A child with divorced parents once told me, my dad wanted me.... just so my mom couldn't have me. And my mom... my mom just wanted me. I see this in this story. JFd in love with being a mom, delighted in each child. And FD, perpetual funcle. No boundaries, no rules he won't break, fast and free.

Just so much unnecessary and grave loss.

JMO

Brilliant!

The pain inflicted by FD and MT on the VICTIM and her family is incalculable and I pray we will see justice achieved in this case on their behalf.

FD also brilliantly found in MT the perfect partner in crime too and to pilfer your phrase which I think is perfect to describe MT as well, She had, "No boundaries, no rules she won't break, fast and free". They were the "Bonnie and Clyde" of Farmington, CT who only cared about themselves and absolutely didn't give a damn about the consequences of any of their choices.

MOO

 

[afitzy]

He has tactics?

Yes, he is undertaking to cross established court boundaries every day imo and his behaviour every day in court is like watching a 2 year old toddler on their worst day ever. Sure its painful to listen to but frankly my concern is that his behaviour in court is bad for justice and unless checked soon will eliminate the possibility of ever achieving justice in this case!

He is pushing Judge R to the limit by effectively tossing rules out the window and playing every game in the book with order and procedure. His spaghetti throwing approach is imo bumbling and he is a total putz but its happening anyway and TP has been behaving in the same way on this case now for years with each of the 3 Judges that have touched this case. He fails more often than he wins because imo he is poorly prepared but the fact is that his tactics make the process of achieving justice in this tragic case quite difficult and challenging for all involved.

Truth doesn't seem to matter to TP, justice doesn't seen to matter to TP, he has no real standards of acceptable behaviour and will simply do and say anything if he think it will work, he is something of a slacker and quite lazy for an atty and ill prepared at trial and chooses instead to moan about doing his job rather than doing it. Pretty shameful imo but TP doesn't feel shame or hold himself responsible for being a professional member of the CT Bar. Nope. He simply doesn't care much on a good day about rules or ethics. You really just have to look no further than his extra judicial statements in this case to see what his personal standards of behaviour are! I think probably the most recent classic statement from TP was him saying that the MT Law Enforcement interviews were effectively what she would say on the stand if she ever took the stand. MT imo can't hit the stand and TP knows this. So, we see MT lying about lies over the course of her interviews and TP is saying that she would just do the same thing on the stand. Yep, an attorney acknowledging that the lies told by their client to LE would be repeated on the stand. This is who he is and a practitioner as I could not in good conscience ever call him a professional.

Defence work done correctly takes ALOT of work and frankly imo TP just doesn't work all that hard. Its quite sad though to see these feeble and bush league tactics imo standing in the way of justice being served in this tragic case. Sure most defence motions have been denied but that is only part of the damage these tactics imo are inflicting on this tragic trial and I'm angry the Judge isn't doing more behind closed doors to ensure that rules are followed and order is maintained both for the record and the jury. But probably most egregious thing TP has done to date was sit on case evidence for over a year without reporting it to Law Enforcement. The State tried to have him tossed from the case but failed. TP wasn't charged with hindering/tampering etc. and the State Bar has done nothing that I am aware of although I think they should remove his license to practice for what he did to withhold case evidence.

Behaviour demonstrated by TP also imo needs to get pushback from the State (which hasn't been consistently done imo) and have a Judge willing to run a tight ship and not tolerate games and BS. So far, both the State and Judge have been disappointing in this regard although today I do think Judge R might have reached the beginning of the end with TP, but we shall have to wait and see.

But, TP is simply imo a bush league local attorney who doesn't really care what people think about him or the absence in the quality of his work. Nope. He is about endless talking with minimal preparation, testimony on cross, misinformation and threats and weak technical execution along with a big dose of complaining about having work tossed in. I find him to be a total disgrace as an attorney but he fits right in with the style of attorney that no doubt Mama Troconis found to extricate her from her legal problems with the US Federal Govt in FL where she was charged with Medicare Fraud and lost her license to practice in the mental health field (TP with his convenient grasp of the truth calls her a psychologist but she is not as she simply has a Masters Degree).

There is a huge cost imo to having attorneys like TP as part of the CT Bar. This huge cost is not only the fact that he slows cases to a halt (think he filed over 70 motions pretrial with most denied) with frivolous motions which require scarce Judge and court time to resolve but imo his mere presence undermines the perception that justice is a cornerstone of the US Democracy. When TP pulls up with his circus tent approach to representation a client he is effectively imo making a mockery of justice but the US system of justice. I find TP and his approach to defending his clients a pure disgrace and I find him absolutely shameful.

MOO

 

[afitzy]

Well, keep in mind that this is the cellphone log prepared by MT. So, IMO it cannot be relied upon without being independently verified.

However, her own log refutes the statement that she spent most of her time on Albany Ave talking on the phone with family and friends, as JAS said in his question.

Yes, so agree. Just seeing that handwritten log held up to the jury was infuriating as there is no way to corroborate a damn thing on that silly list prepared by MT.

The thing that enrages me is that even though the log refutes her statement about Albany chat companion, it won't stop TP having Mama T (has not told truth in her prior testimony imo in this case talking about her items being siezed at 4JX) go to the stand and not telling the truth.

TP was successful in getting MT cell phone tossed in this case (records won't make it to the Jury if I understand this correctly) and so he made the point to say that she ALLEGEDLY copied down her phone records from her phone to prepare the handwritten document of her calls. Right. Thing though is that if I recall the State didn't object to this quite obvious game to put this information out to the jury.

At a certain point its pointless to even talk about how awful the TP behaviour is in Court as the Judge is just pushing back at a small fraction of what is going on imo.

Thing is that imo practitioners such as TP aren't good for justice or the CT Legal System. The system needs excellence in defence law to function but sadly imo TP is not a practitioner of excellence.

MOO

 

[afitzy]

Whoa.

You just slung a brick of insight at me.

Why? Why is the defendant still lying for Fotis? She could have taken a sweetheart deal, they were waving the golden ticket during those early interviews. Too loyal? Too afraid? Then FD suicided. Perfect chance to come clean, he couldn't hurt or control or lie to her from the grave. Still no.

Why?

What's the one constant in her life? She's a grifter.

Who else might have money? What motive could she possibly have for staying loyal to the cause, as it were, including running a defense/farce/charade that FD had no motive, didn't and wouldn't harm JFd? Why?

Follow the money.

If FD promised the defendant money -- don't worry, stay strong -- where would it be? Where would FD send money (or say he was sending money) for safekeeping? Greece. Does FD have friends and family in Greece? Yes.

Perhaps our beige defendant is playing a long game here, dreaming of a big payout when, with one trial, (she thinks) she's going to be found not guilty and FD will appear to be exonerated. What do you suppose that would be worth? In Greek dollars.

Perhaps the Troconis clan believes there are very big, very deep pockets in Greece.

They should ask themselves, however, if FD had alllllll this money to squirrel away in Greece, why didn't he ship some back to keep his finances and business afloat?

Would be a kind of karma though, no?

For the defendant to go down hard for (conspiracy to commit) murder and discover that FD was as broke in Greece and he was in the US.

Liars lie.

It's what they do.

JMO

IDK we did see the two vehicles shipped back from Greece to the US. We learned this in the Civil Trial when FD was asked if he owned any assets in Greece and he replied that, "he used to". When asked to explain this he talked about the two vehicles being shipped to US. Its impossible to say imo whether this is true or not as FD seemed to have no issue lying on the stand either in Family court or Civil Court.

MOO

 

[afitzy]

He only wants it to have rained so that his client was not in bed with FD. Her current and final story was that she didn't see him in the morning, she didn't shower with him like usual, she didn't see him but saw Kent in the office, and he called up to her to have lunch between 1 and 2. She has taken herself out of his timeline. And, the whole first part makes no sense if there was no storm--no phone call from her daughter, no going to help her get back to sleep, and she would have been his alibi for the night and when he left the bedroom/house/property. If it came out that he left at 4 or 5 am, she would have known if they were in bed together. The shower story is still confusing because she says they showered together....but then they didn't. Why spin that in the first place? Remember she also claimed that she was not roaming around the house--she was in the daughter's bedroom after errands.

I love the suggestion from the L&C Chat that MT called HERSELF from her sleeping daughters room! This theory imo is just as likely as TP theory and neither can be corroborated. TP can't put MT on the stand as she has proven in her testimony that she lies about lies! Frankly I think the anon posters in L&C Chat have more credibility than MT!

The thing with this entire ludicrous theory from TP is that there is no way to prove anything in his statement about what MT was doing.

Jury will have to make a determination. But what angers me on this one is why was it allowed to stand with no objection by the State as there was no foundation for this statement. Or, did it enter via the "Cross Testimony" that TP has been doing? I don't recall. But the idea that this is with the jury is something that I just don't understand.

MOO

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, January 31st:
*Trial continues (Day 14) (@ 10am ET) – CT – Jennifer Rebecca Farber Dulos (50) (May 24, 2019, New Canaan; still missing) – *Michelle C. Troconis (44/now 49) (Dulos’ GF) arrested & charged (6/1/19) & arraigned (6/3/19) with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence & hindering prosecution. Plead not guilty. $500K bond. Posted bond (on 6/3/19). These charges were dismissed (8/28/20) & recharged below.
*Charged (9/5/19) & arraigned (10/4/19) with tampering with evidence involving the borrowed car from work colleague. Plead not guilty. $100K bond. Posted bond (on 9/5/19). Off GPS 4/6/23.
*Charged (1/7/20) with conspiracy to commit murder. Plead not guilty. $2M bond. Bond reduced (1/8/20) to $1.5M & bonded out (on 1/9/20). Off GPS 4/6/23.
*Charged (8/28/20) with 2nd degree hindering prosecution, tampering with physical evidence & conspiracy to commit tampering with physical evidence. No plea entered yet. $500K bond. Posted bond. Off GPS 4/6/23.
The declaration of death for Jennifer was officially issued by Judge William P. Osterndorf on October 24, 2023.
Jury Selection began on 10/4/23 & ended 10/26/23. Started off with 6 jurors & 4 alternates. (6 men & 4 women). As of 1/4/24 2 more jurors were excused. 1/4/24: 6 jurors & 2 alternates. (4 men & 4 women). 1/10/24: 6 jurors & 5 alternates (no idea of gender).
Jury Selection (2nd one) began on 1/9/24 & ended on 1/10/24. 1 alternate juror (male) dismissed (1/17/24). 6 jurors & 4 alternates. 1/18/24: 1 juror was dismissed. Now 6 jurors & 3 alternates. 1/29/24: 1 juror (#62-woman) replaced by alternate. Now 6 jurors & 2 alternates.
Trial began on 1/11/24. (will last about a month to 3/1/24)
Superior Court Judge Kevin Randolph presiding for trial. Assistant State’s attorney Sean McGuinness & Supervisory assistant State’s attorney Michelle Manning & defense attorneys Jon Schoenhorn & Audrey Felson
Bond info & Court info from 6/3/19 thru 12/6/23 & Jury Selection Day 1-11 (10/4-10/26/23) & thru 1/4/24 & 2nd Jury Selection Day 1-2 (1/9 & 1/10/24) & Trial Day 1-12 (1/11-1/29/24) reference post #724 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-canaan-24-may-2019-arrests-60.702134/page-37
1/30/24 Tuesday, Trial Day 13: Prior to the jury being brought to the courtroom Tuesday, Schoenhorn expressed concern about testimony from former state police detective John Kimball, who led the investigation in 2019, regarding Troconis' honesty or credibility. "It’s impossible to unring the bell on these matters that are prejudicial," he said, also expressing concern that Troconis will be unable to present a defense if testimony about a psychiatric report in Jennifer & Fotis Dulos' contentious divorce case is limited by the court. Randolph said he would allow testimony about what Fotis Dulos told Troconis about the Herman report, but not the report itself. Regarding Kimball's testimony, the judge cited the six hours of video showing Kimball & other investigators questioning Troconis. Schoenhorn also expressed concerns before the jury entered the courtroom about potential testimony by law enforcement officers regarding surveillance footage from state highways of the red truck police believe Fotis Dulos drove to and from New Canaan the morning of his estranged wife's disappearance. Numerous red trucks in the 10/15 minute clip of video. Randolph denied the request. "The court believes that cross-examination can address the concerns of the defense," he said.
State witnesses: Connecticut State Police Sgt. Michael Beauton (testified on Day 7). He interviewed Pawel Gumienny. Testified about taking DNA samples & photographs of Dulos & Troconis at the State Police Troop L barracks in Litchfield on the night of 5/31/20. And seized Dulos' phone. Reviewed video footage of 77 Mountain Springs (6/4/19). The footage, which was played in court, shows what appears to be a red pickup truck similar to Gumienny's pulling out of 80 Mountain Spring Road at about 5:30 a.m. the morning of Jennifer’s disappearance.
Testified about a search of Fotis Dulos' Jefferson Crossing home in Farmington one week after the disappearance. During an evidence hearing prior to the trial in September, Beauton testified about the items investigators found during the search on May 31, 2019. Prosecutors showed video.
Gregory Lebeau, retired Connecticut State Police. Assigned to watch video on Merrit Pkwy, Rte 15. Three rest areas, all have video surveillance. He viewed the video on site. Assignment to look for a black Chevy Suburban, a black Ford Raptor & a red Toyota Tacoma. Clips & video admitted into evidence.
New Canaan Police Officer Kelly Coughlin. Given an assignment to review video from New Canaan school busses. Reviewed footage from 11 busses. two different black Suburban, one black Raptor, one white Cherokee & one red Tacoma, with a chrome bumper, chrome running board. State showed video.
Connecticut State Police Sgt. Kenneth Ventresca. He said they found such a camera at Valley Transit District in Derby, which captured a vehicle consistent with the Tacoma headed north on the highway about 15 to 20 minutes after it was seen in Fairfield, footage of which was shown in court.
For more info see post #798 here:
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...-canaan-24-may-2019-arrests-60.702134/page-40
Trial continues on Wednesday, 1/31/24.

 

[Megnut]

Testimony in Troconis trial focused on red pickup truck Tuesday

The jury in the Michelle Troconis trial heard testimony Tuesday about a red Toyota Tacoma that’s close to the heart of the state’s case. “Tubular running board, silver rims, also a snowplow hitch…” retired state trooper Gregory LeBeau said as he described for the jury what he saw in surveillance...

www.nbcconnecticut.com

Nothing new, I just really like looking at that photo of a red pick up consistent with the red Tacoma with a bicycle in back, plain as day. Same bicycle that's missing for no apparent reason whatsoever. Well, unless it was used in the commission of a crime and the cyclist had good reason to disappear it.

Welp.

 

[Silverstorm]

I took a screen shot of Jmoose earlier post from on here(1/2022) about KM getting a deal on his dv case if he testifies against MT in the Dulos case