CT - Jennifer Dulos, 50, deceased/not found, New Canaan, 24 May 2019 *ARRESTS* #66

[kaen]

You could always take Silver Spring Road…

A bit of an “inside joke” for those that have been suffering this case the past 4+ years…back in summer of 2019 FD got caught crossing state lines with his ankle monitor- there is a tiny piece of road between NC and Ridgefield that cuts across the NY line briefly.

FD said that there was traffic or an accident and Wayz directed him that way to get on 84. If anyone has ever driven on Silver Spring Rd…most haven’t because it’s a one lane rutted road that runs next to a remote reservoir- perfect place to dump a body (or any other evidence) and could fit within the time gap at Waveny…but definitely not a shortcut to get to 84….

Silver Spring Road is near the home of a good friend of mine. Lovely area. Not a short cut by any means.

 

[Ruminations]

Was anyone else surprised that the State brought up BPD in their closing? I was surprised but I also thought it was brilliant. Not only did it show that the Defense was overplaying their hand over the "report" but it takes the sting out of the only weapon MT had in her arsenal.

I think they must have believed the jury was aware already- perhaps cheating in the instructions.

JS did tease the info as often as he could- and Michelle literally flashed it out. So cheating jurors may have already been intrigued enough to find out for themselves.

I was surprised when it came out of pro's mouth, then I thought, he knows the jury knows, and why give it the power of secrecy, or make it seem like it's so terrible it can't be mentioned?

Might be a good strategy, if it is true that the jury gets the hints.

MOO

 

[NCmom99]

You guys may have already figured this out, but when I was looking at Jennifer's blog, I found a couple of pages that have blog posts that were not archived on the main blog pages. They are in the form of a feed, so when you click on them, it looks like a wall of text. However, if you copy and paste that text into a Word document, or Pages if you use a Mac like me, it does do some formatting. It's not perfect, but I was able to read. I think there are about 11 posts that were not archived on the main blog - maybe a few more than that.

If anyone wants to try, these are the links

Wayback Machine

Wayback Machine

ETA, see my post #1015 below below if you are having trouble.

Thanks for sharing - first time I saw some of these!

 

[Deleted member 229974]

It's 6 people on this jury.

But in my experience as a juror in years past with 12 jurors its easy to know the right person for the job as you spend so much time in a small room on breaks and everyone gets to know one another, their personalities and their professional occupations. You recognize a leader when you see and hear one...IMO.

In every case I was a juror on we wrote a name on a piece of paper to decide the jury foreman and it was almost unanimous in every trial I served on.

The one chosen always voted for someone else and there was a couple other names submitted too but the majority ruled.

And in every case the one chosen was surprised but did the job wonderfully. In one case it was a male college English professor. In another it was a female retired legal aid lawyer and the other was a female bank manager. It was interesting to watch them organize the facts from the trial in 3 different organized systems with help from the other jurors but it was a resounding guilty 3 times during my service.

Why were there only six jurors?

 

[afitzy]

I think they must have believed the jury was aware already- perhaps cheating in the instructions.

JS did tease the info as often as he could- and Michelle literally flashed it out. So cheating jurors may have already been intrigued enough to find out for themselves.

I was surprised when it came out of pro's mouth, then I thought, he knows the jury knows, and why give it the power of secrecy, or make it seem like it's so terrible it can't be mentioned?

Might be a good strategy, if it is true that the jury gets the hints.

MOO

Yes, good offense on a stinky no win topic from the state.

I actually was surprised Horn didn’t use it more but he was so all over the place that I eventually felt sorry for him for a nanasecond before I recalled him subjecting us all to 1/2 hr of converting picograms etc and figured this putz deserves no sympathy at all as he spent 3+ years tormenting and torturing the legal system in CT and so he gets to stand up and sweat and stupidly run out of time as he didn’t practice his pacing!

He I think should have read his remarks if he couldn’t do it from memory. The presentation imo was shambolic and imo simply sad. Lack of preparation in speaking imo always kicks you in the and so to see him literally sweating today told me he didn’t prepare enough.

So glad he is done.

 

[afitzy]

Why were there only six jurors?

Defence had choice of 12 or 6 iirc.

 

[NCmom99]

It's 6 people on this jury.

But in my experience as a juror in years past with 12 jurors its easy to know the right person for the job as you spend so much time in a small room on breaks and everyone gets to know one another, their personalities and their professional occupations. You recognize a leader when you see and hear one...IMO.

In every case I was a juror on we wrote a name on a piece of paper to decide the jury foreman and it was almost unanimous in every trial I served on.

The one chosen always voted for someone else and there was a couple other names submitted too but the majority ruled.

And in every case the one chosen was surprised but did the job wonderfully. In one case it was a male college English professor. In another it was a female retired legal aid lawyer and the other was a female bank manager. It was interesting to watch them organize the facts from the trial in 3 different organized systems with help from the other jurors but it was a resounding guilty 3 times during my service.

This is fascinating to read - as someone who has never served on a jury but greatly appreciates those that have, thank you for sharing this!

 

[Deleted member 229974]

I think they must have believed the jury was aware already- perhaps cheating in the instructions.

JS did tease the info as often as he could- and Michelle literally flashed it out. So cheating jurors may have already been intrigued enough to find out for themselves.

I was surprised when it came out of pro's mouth, then I thought, he knows the jury knows, and why give it the power of secrecy, or make it seem like it's so terrible it can't be mentioned?

Might be a good strategy, if it is true that the jury gets the hints.

MOO

Well now I’m really feeling stupid. Are you saying that these jurors were allowed to do their own research on this case? First I thought every jury was 12 people and that they were admonished not to discuss the case with anyone or read any articles about it so as not to taint them in their decision but instead rely solely on what is presented at the trial.
Have things changed that much? Thank you.

 

[Deleted member 229974]

Defence had choice of 12 or 6 iirc.View attachment 486598

Ah ha, so I see. Thanks.

 

[afitzy]

Well now I’m really feeling stupid. Are you saying that these jurors were allowed to do their own research on this case? First I thought every jury was 12 people and that they were admonished not to discuss the case with anyone or read any articles about it so as not to taint them in their decision but instead rely solely on what is presented at the trial.
Have things changed that much? Thank you.

No, you are correct. Issue is that this case is so old and had so much press that it’s inevitable the jurors could know something about the case and perhaps that included the discredited Herman report. They also heard it discussed my MT, GAL Meehan and atty rose and endlessly by horn in the trial and I think also heard judge say it could not be entered as evidence (not sure he said this with jury present or not).
Moo

 

[Deleted member 229974]

No, you are correct. Issue is that this case is so old and had so much press that it’s inevitable the jurors could know something about the case and perhaps that included the discredited Herman report. They also heard it discussed my MT, GAL Meehan and atty rose and endlessly by horn in the trial and I think also heard judge say it could not be entered as evidence (not sure he said this with jury present or not).
Moo

Well, that makes sense now. I admit I’ve been out of the loop with this case for quite some time, but checked in now and then only to find that Jennifer’s body still wasn’t found and MT was still running free. I just figured the wheel of justice in CT just turns much more slowly than most cases.

 

[afitzy]

For those that didn’t get a chance to watch everything today or just want to see Atty Mcguinnis here is special segment on the rebuttal. Notice MT starts to text and stays on her phone as Atty Mcguinnis is speaking:

 

[Ruminations]

Well now I’m really feeling stupid. Are you saying that these jurors were allowed to do their own research on this case? First I thought every jury was 12 people and that they were admonished not to discuss the case with anyone or read any articles about it so as not to taint them in their decision but instead rely solely on what is presented at the trial.
Have things changed that much? Thank you.

No. The jurors were not allowed to speak to ANYBODY about this case or see any media.

In the meantime, their friends and family could have been following the case in the media. And it's not a stretch that some jurors got some media information from a co-worker, hair cutter, relative, etc. maybe they heard strangers talking about the case in the grocery store.

I'm saying the information may have gotten to jurors anyway. I'm saying the prosecutor must have thought it was more likely than not that jurors were exposed to hints that the sealed report claimed JF had some kind of psychological Dx.

MOO

 

[NCmom99]

You could always take Silver Spring Road…

A bit of an “inside joke” for those that have been suffering this case the past 4+ years…back in summer of 2019 FD got caught crossing state lines with his ankle monitor- there is a tiny piece of road between NC and Ridgefield that cuts across the NY line briefly.

FD said that there was traffic or an accident and Wayz directed him that way to get on 84. If anyone has ever driven on Silver Spring Rd…most haven’t because it’s a one lane rutted road that runs next to a remote reservoir- perfect place to dump a body (or any other evidence) and could fit within the time gap at Waveny…but definitely not a shortcut to get to 84….

As someone who has been following this case since the May 2019 initial silver alert headlines and local enough to actually travel Silver Spring Road regularly, I would not discount this theory for a minute!

 

[NCmom99]

Thanks for sharing - first time I saw some of these!

Replying to self to share this one passage that particularly stood out to me as sadly prophetic. Apologies for the sloppy execution - for some reason copy and paste wasn't cooperating for me.

 

[lucegirl]

To echo the well deserved praise for the State’s closing and rebuttal, their “closing argument choreography” was so effective because it was effortless and honest.

Shouldn’t the truth be the easier story to tell?

The Prosecution was better prepared because it’s easier to explain facts and things that actually happened; and, why, therefore, events occurred in a particular sequence, and not in a string of unfortunate and illogical coincidences.

MM: “This is a simple case”; her delivery was so honest, sincere, soft spoken and respectful to her audience- the patient, time-invested, law-abiding jurors.

SM: “Last night when I thought about what I wanted to say to you … it’s pretty simple … it’s about Jennifer and her children…”

The State’s closing told a seamless, tragically riveting, and unvarnished account, of what actually happened to Jennifer that day; why it happened, how it happened and the people who wanted and made it happen WHO got caught.

Each prosecutor played an equal role in the presentation of the evidence - both during the State’s case in chief, in cross examination; and then in closing.

They spoke from their hearts - but they were grounded in irrefutable facts and logic. More importantly they spoke TO the Jury - not AT them.

Contrast to Horn’s “closing”; the hired, bombastic “heavy” at the D table; with the subservient, window dressing/co-counsel/babysitter, of the beigepiece**, who spoke infrequently, when permitted, or needed, for diversion or damage control - only to be thrown under the contempt bus by her horn-partner. The D legal team optics are just like their client - a guilty hot mess.


**Today there was a NYT story about how many more modern word mashups are being included in Webster’s. Such as “girl meal” (supposedly a charcuterie board). I put beigepiece leaps and bounds over these tik tok words. That word has staying power!

 

[DeDee]

When the Defense has one hour to present a closing argument and he uses some of the time to apologize for displaying a B&W image onto the screen instead of a colorized version, it's time to stop whining about your lot in life.

Judge Randolph, in his most moving words, carefully spoke to the alternates before dismissing them today:

He knew they'd be excellent jurors in this case. It is different case. It's different in its complexity, in its length and in its media attention. The Court [JR] releases them from the Jury with a warning of possible recall to service, if they should be needed, and deliberations would start anew, should one be required to come back.

"I hope this experience has not been such that ... you cannot recover." - Judge Kevin Randolph

 

[afitzy]

Replying to self to share this one passage that particularly stood out to me as sadly prophetic. Apologies for the sloppy execution - for some reason copy and paste wasn't cooperating for me.

This was haunting. I remember reading it and crying. JF worked so hard to do the best she could for her children and to keep them safe always.

 

[Deleted member 229974]

For those that didn’t get a chance to watch everything today or just want to see Atty Mcguinnis here is special segment on the rebuttal. Notice MT starts to text and stays on her phone as Atty Mcguinnis is speaking:

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Wow, that was stunningly brilliant. Thank God for him.

 

[Deleted member 229974]

For those that didn’t get a chance to watch everything today or just want to see Atty Mcguinnis here is special segment on the rebuttal. Notice MT starts to text and stays on her phone as Atty Mcguinnis is speaking:

View attachment 486602

Thank you so much for sharing that. MT is done for.