Silver Alert CT - Jennifer Dulos, 50, New Canaan, 24 May 2019 *ARRESTS* #30

[Alathea]

I think he had loose plans to kill her as soon as she escaped to NC with the kids - that was the turning point for him. If you look at perps in similar DV related murder cases like Peter Chadwick (I think he fits a similar profile... wealthy, wife wanted out, kids in private schools, connections to other countries etc) they don’t truly care about the kids, they just care about taking everything from their ex and gaining from it. In this case I think FD took some pointers from guys like Chadwick but made sure to troubleshoot for their mistakes... in turn hastily making his own when his plan didn’t work out exactly as expected. Jennifer absolutely knew that FD was capable of killing her as soon as she put her kids in that car and drove off to New Canaan without telling him. She bought herself some time, sure, but I think she had some idea this could happen eventually.

She moved to NC in the first place because she felt her life was in danger, so yes, she had an idea it could happen, possibly for quite a while previous to that, and I'm sure she took all the precautions she possibly could to protect herself and the kids - including not leaving doors open, etc., etc.

I'm also hoping that included a security camera of some sort, but of course we haven't heard of one yet in her house.

 

[afitzy]

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Brilliant idea! I will work up an outline perhaps for a Judge talk about 'Gaming the Legal System in CT' with a guest appearance by FD and KM!

Perhaps on the DV topic perhaps they could field a panel of Family Court Judges led by Judge Heller targeted at female victims of DV, "How to Keep Yourself Safe through a Contentious Divorce"!

MOO

 

[Outforjustice]

Kind of off topic

Wild Wild ... East—900 Connecticut Attorneys Faced Discipline in Last 5 Years | Connecticut Law Tribune

A Connecticut Law Tribune analysis of attorney discipline cases between January 2014 and August 2019 revealed that missed deadlines, lack of communication with clients, improper bookkeeping, financial mismanagement and crime are major stumbling blocks for lawyers.
Attorneys were accused of 2,176 violations during the roughly five-year period. Although most grievance complaints didn’t make it to the prosecution stage, those that did resulted in about 244 presentments, 105 reprimands, 31 continuing legal education orders, 16 disbarments and 190 dismissals.
Connecticut is home to about 21,030 attorneys, according to the American Bar Association’s 2019 lawyer population survey.
The most troubling cases, according to Connecticut’s chief disciplinary counsel Brian Staines, are those involving Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts, or IOLTA. Staines said random audits conducted on behalf of the Statewide Grievance Committee often showed lawyers weren’t properly maintaining accounts or adequately protecting client’s funds.

What were the key findings?

• Attorneys were accused of 2,176 ethics violations.
• Of 878 cases, 190 were dismissed.
• Big Law attorneys and prosecutors rarely face discipline.
• Mishandling or stealing client’s money is usually a straight shot to suspension or disbarment.
• Seven rules accounted for more than 1,800 violations.
• The best way to reemerge on the right side of a charge is to stay calm, apologize and be honest, according to experts.

Source: The Connecticut Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel discipline cases between January 2014 and August 2019.

Safekeeping property was a particularly thorny area, as attorneys faced 317 violations for using client funds for personal expenses and other missteps.

Mishandling or stealing client’s money proved a surefire way to land the most severe sanctions, consistently resulting in suspensions and disbarments, while communication issues and first-time trust account violations typically resulted in mandatory continuing legal education.

While prosecutors and Big Law attorneys barely received a mention, senior attorneys with solo practices or small firms were disproportionately vulnerable to complaints and discipline. And they tend to fall into one of three categories: bad actors who stole money or abused their position; attorneys who missed a statute of limitations on a case or had a particularly difficult client; or lawyers struggling with burnout, mental health issues or substance abuse problems.

Some violations could only be described as ”miscellaneous.” One lawyer got in trouble for bad-mouthing a former friend to organizations and public boards, while another manufactured a string of reasons to avoid dealing with a client, including a computer virus and a cat bite.

Gee.. who can we add to this list!!?

 

[Megnut]

I just read about Chadwick. That IS chilling.

Makes me think FD developed his plan over time.... nothing spontaneous about it....

And THAT tells me he knew exactly what he'd do with her body long before he took her life.

I cannot account for the 30 bags. Maybe they were smaller bags because that's all he had at his disposal just then. Obviously he thought one small bag in a random trash can wouldn't trigger attention.... as 30 bags' worth into one. Possibly he amassed a fair amount of that material AFTER he'd already deposited her body somewhere; otherwise why wouldn't he have discarded it all then? 30 is still a lot... bit there are sponges, paper towels, perhaps multiple weapons, his clothes, pillows..... I have to assume none of these was a FULL bag. Small bags, easy to drop into trash cans, like pitching your Burger King bag, who would even think twice? No one.

Here's the Number One principle of Lost Items. NOTHING is lost; it just hasn't been found yet.

Which means Jennifer is SOMEWHERE. Or, as much as I hate to think it, someWHERES. His radius of opportunity was limited. So.... either she's still within that radius or he had help removing her from it (say an accomplice, a car swap before Laptham, and a direct shipment out of the country. Not likely but I've heard crazier). More likely, he did what Chris Watts did. Burial or tank. Septic or well.

And I'll bet he stumbled on that IDEA if not that actual physical location two years ago when Jennifer stood up to him, taking herself and her children and leaving him. CLASSIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: if I can't have you, no one can. I'll kill you so you can't leave me.

Senseless. Devastating.

For months, I bet this was fomenting and fermenting and fotismenting in his demented head.

I hate that he violated the sanctuary that was her home. Like a bat that exploits the tiniest portal, the evil she tried to leave found a way back in.

My heart breaks for her children and for her mother, left to bear this enormous grief.

He needs to be behind bars.

MOO MOO MOO MOO

 

[BellaVita]

I cannot account for the 30 bags. Maybe they were smaller bags because that's all he had at his disposal just then. Obviously he thought one small bag in a random trash can wouldn't trigger attention.... as 30 bags' worth into one. Possibly he amassed a fair amount of that material AFTER he'd already deposited her body somewhere; otherwise why wouldn't he have discarded it all then? 30 is still a lot... bit there are sponges, paper towels, perhaps multiple weapons, his clothes, pillows..... I have to assume none of these was a FULL bag. Small bags, easy to drop into trash cans, like pitching your Burger King bag, who would even think twice? No one.

RSBM:BBM:
There was big discussion here previously about "30 bags". Some were adamant that there were "30 stops" not necessarily 30 bags and maybe some of the dumpsters looked too full already so they moved on to the next. The search warrant, says "multiple locations". There is no mention of 30 anything unless i missed it. So, if anyone knows, where did the number 30 come from? Cause I don't remember.

 

[doyoulovemepfg]

RSBM:BBM:
There was big discussion here previously about "30 bags". Some were adamant that there were "30 stops" not necessarily 30 bags and maybe some of the dumpsters looked too full already so they moved on to the next. The search warrant, says "multiple locations". There is no mention of 30 anything unless i missed it. So, if anyone knows, where did the number 30 come from? Cause I don't remember.

It was in thread one or two I think. Very very early on. I think there were 30 phone pings along Albany Ave. or something like that. I would tend to agree with you that they didn’t drop off in every trash can - they might have even disposed of evidence elsewhere on their route/prior to going into Hartford.

 

[Outforjustice]

I just read about Chadwick. That IS chilling.

Makes me think FD developed his plan over time.... nothing spontaneous about it....

And THAT tells me he knew exactly what he'd do with her body long before he took her life.

I cannot account for the 30 bags. Maybe they were smaller bags because that's all he had at his disposal just then. Obviously he thought one small bag in a random trash can wouldn't trigger attention.... as 30 bags' worth into one. Possibly he amassed a fair amount of that material AFTER he'd already deposited her body somewhere; otherwise why wouldn't he have discarded it all then? 30 is still a lot... bit there are sponges, paper towels, perhaps multiple weapons, his clothes, pillows..... I have to assume none of these was a FULL bag. Small bags, easy to drop into trash cans, like pitching your Burger King bag, who would even think twice? No one.

Here's the Number One principle of Lost Items. NOTHING is lost; it just hasn't been found yet.

Which means Jennifer is SOMEWHERE. Or, as much as I hate to think it, someWHERES. His radius of opportunity was limited. So.... either she's still within that radius or he had help removing her from it (say an accomplice, a car swap before Laptham, and a direct shipment out of the country. Not likely but I've heard crazier). More likely, he did what Chris Watts did. Burial or tank. Septic or well.

And I'll bet he stumbled on that IDEA if not that actual physical location two years ago when Jennifer stood up to him, taking herself and her children and leaving him. CLASSIC DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: if I can't have you, no one can. I'll kill you so you can't leave me.

Senseless. Devastating.

For months, I bet this was fomenting and fermenting and fotismenting in his demented head.

I hate that he violated the sanctuary that was her home. Like a bat that exploit the tiniest portal, the evil she tried to leave found a way back in.

My heart breaks for her children and for her mother, left to bear this enormous grief.

He needs to be behind bars.

MOO MOO MOO MOO

Great post that also made me laugh . I thought there was a typo then realized your word play on Fo . Witty !

 

[Megnut]

My mistake! 30 STOPS, no mention of number of bags.

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Girlfriend of Fotis Dulos meets with detectives as search continues | News | wfsb.com
Girlfriend of Fotis Dulos meets with detectives as search continues | News | wfsb.com

 

[BellaVita]

It was in thread one or two I think. Very very early on. I think there were 30 phone pings along Albany Ave. or something like that. I would tend to agree with you that they didn’t drop off in every trash can - they might have even disposed of evidence elsewhere on their route/prior to going into Hartford.

https://nypost.com/2019/06/04/how-suspects-in-jennifer-dulos-case-handed-cops-their-big-break/
And the phone pings led cops to discover that the pair had made more than 30 stops to toss the bags while driving on Albany Avenue — allowing detectives to collect crucial evidence in time, the source said.

 

[pandaknows]

I wonder if anyone is really buying any rugs from MT? As Kimch33kim has said, the status of her IG account is curious, for a business. She made the account private at the same time as there were comments made about the possibility that it was being used as a way to correspond with FD-but it cannot possibly still be a viable way to conduct her business, unless she isn’t interested in new customers, and besides, aren’t most decent people avoiding doing any business with MT and FD? Especially since what they are respectively selling is overpriced in a market where the same thing can be had much cheaper?

Recent posts about, ah, foreign events, have made me take another look through the foregroupinc.com blog, going all the way back to the first post back in 2014, and it is telling:

Fore Group and Fotis Dulos were recently featured in the Q4 2014 issue of “American Builders Quarterly”.

Q4 2014 American Builders Quarterly Article

I vaguely recall MSM using language from this article back in May/June when Jennifer first disappeared as sloppy journalists tend to just assume, as I did at the time, that this was an authentic trade magazine for builders and real estate insiders, because, at a quick glance, what else would the URL name "American Builders" be about? But always in the back of my mind, the phrasing not quite right, something awkward but nothing I could really put my finger on. And I was reading local press, SA, HC, so, whatever. Exotic accents and foreign turn of phrases aren't necessarily off putting from a marketing perspective, particularly if you were really interested in collecting authentic Turkish rugs, which are truly beautiful works of art, or, have a deep interest in, say, classic Greek architecture, which does require a lot of study at expensive schools. So, why didn't FD's business take off? The business idea is financially sound, buy low sell high. Make Farmington chi-chi like Fairfield but cheaper. FD is good with spreadsheets according to the puff piece. Guerrero Marketing high concepts include "The Executive Positioning System", "The 5 Leadership Dimensions". "Guerrero is reinventing the executive network through The Alumni Society, which brings together Latino alumni from prestigious private US colleges and universities." Hmmm, can't really explain, what exactly is wrong here per se. It's just. Not. Right. However, FD's admiration for NP is fully explained here, as well as FD's failure in marketing high-end properties priced between "$1.5 mm and $9mm" (why the half mil distinction, not sure, why not just round up to $1 mm and $10 mm, give or take, is there something in the precision that I'm missing here, some kind of cutoff at $10 mil that makes this house waaaay too expensive?) because, headliner here:
“We’re polished compared to other builders. We can speak to the CEOs and CFOs at their level.”
So, what exactly is wrong with this statement? Sorry to have to say it but FD has a chronic tin ear, despite years in NY, CT, Brown. If FD's job was marketing, then Big Fail. The "Ghost Writing" offered under the Executive tab is, well, you are better off just saying it how you would normally say it. No one profiled on this site has believably worked with any of the people they aspire to work with, unless it was, say, FD's early work moving construction materials onto Block Island for a big name architect, super cheap, at cost or with cost overruns funded by JD, FIL dime. Problem is that quality has deteriorated everywhere in MSM and I didn't precisely catch where all the parroting came from myself until, now. NYT, Washington Post it ain't. IMO. MOO.

 

[acutename]

I occurs to me that with multiple cars and a three bay garage, that there were multiple garage door openers, probably one on the sun visor of each car plus one or two mounted and hidden outside. In other words, it probably wouldn't have been difficult for FD to take one away when he picked up or dropped off the kids. Other than the one on her own sun visor, I am sure she didn't account for the rest every day so he could have been in her many garage at least times prior to that day.
Also, I doubt he put down a tarp because she would have immediately seen it as she was pulling into the garage, since he would have had to put it down between cars where he expected the blood to be spilled and that was as she was stepping out of her car.MOO MOO MOO

Q: if she was going on to appts in NYC, why did she go home and put the car in the garage?

Also, if the garage had a numerical code, maybe he got that from one of the children or hacked it some how. Or, could he have crouched down and followed the car in without her seeing him?

 

[doyoulovemepfg]

Q: if she was going on to appts in NYC, why did she go home and put the car in the garage?

Also, if the garage had a numerical code, maybe he got that from one of the children or hacked it some how. Or, could he have crouched down and followed the car in without her seeing him?

She might have had to stop at home for a few minutes between errands to get things she needed, change, etc. If she was truly going on a run and wearing athletic clothing, I don’t think she would want to wear that into the city.

 

[acutename]

She moved to NC in the first place because she felt her life was in danger, so yes, she had an idea it could happen, possibly for quite a while previous to that, and I'm sure she took all the precautions she possibly could to protect herself and the kids - including not leaving doors open, etc., etc.

I'm also hoping that included a security camera of some sort, but of course we haven't heard of one yet in her house.

does anyone think that she might have had a weapon? I cannot imagine her sleeping or being in that house without looking in the showers and behind every door and looking over her shoulder every day if she was as convinced that she was his target as everyone says. I did ask before if she might have relaxed a bit after the visitation and after his association with MT, and many other commenters said "no way."

 

[Tink56]

Q: if she was going on to appts in NYC, why did she go home and put the car in the garage?

Also, if the garage had a numerical code, maybe he got that from one of the children or hacked it some how. Or, could he have crouched down and followed the car in without her seeing him?

In my experience some garages have an outside and an inside keypad so owners can open the garage even when the cars are parked in the garage and openers are inside the cars. I agree, also, that FD might have hijacked an opener during the Wednesday night dinner and basketball game with the kids.

And, by parking the car in the garage, she was closer to the door to the inside and would have saved time if she was rushed. She may have had car keys separate from her other keys.

Probably, like many mothers, exercise/casual clothes are easiest to throw on for herding 5 children through breakfast and out the door and into the car early in the morning. If it were me, I would shower and change after the chaos.

 

[BellaVita]

So, why didn't FD's business take off? The business idea is financially sound, buy low sell high. Make Farmington chi-chi like Fairfield but cheaper.MOO.

RSBM: Thank you for the article. I've seen some other marketing by FORE. It's clunky, IMO. Maybe the 1.5M is the addition done for GF on the Pound Ridge home. As for why didn't the business take off?
1. I looked at Farmington/Avon properties a few weeks ago. There are much nicer homes available that cost much less. IMO. Way overpriced for that area.
2. Pretty sure FORE was just FD personal pyramid type scheme. Funneling money to himself for the day of the inevitable divorce to come. IMO.

 

[BellaVita]

does anyone think that she might have had a weapon? I cannot imagine her sleeping or being in that house without looking in the showers and behind every door and looking over her shoulder every day if she was as convinced that she was his target as everyone says. I did ask before if she might have relaxed a bit after the visitation and after his association with MT, and many other commenters said "no way."

Well, I wouldn't say "no way". It's very hard to live in a heightened state of emergency 24/7. Time and distance can take the edge off. I am not saying she had no fear or that she didn't watch her surroundings, just that she may have become less guarded. IME.

 

[Midwestmom2019]

Police suspect a folding hunting knife was used to kill Jennifer Farber Dulos. A Hartford man sold it for $10.

Per above HC report, LE believed a knife was the murder weapon. Existence of the knife and the blue-striped pillow would be hearsay, per homeless man who found them and “Fudge”, if those items had not been recovered. But hm said the knife was bloody and he wiped it on his pants. I wonder if LE recovered the pants HM was wearing and were able to test for JF’s DNA? They’d then have more proof identifying the murder weapon. FD could have run through the woods with a knife, but would be hard to think of him carrying a pillow. Could it have come from JF's car--maybe kept there for the children?

Its hard to understand what is going on with Judge Noble in the Civil Case as the entire situation with Atty Norman Pattis deposition and explanation of how he has been paid by FD who has a reported income in Family Court of $50,000/yr, has become BEYOND CONFUSING? The last order by the Judge was highly confusing and didn't appear to deal with the deposition of Atty Norman Pattis AT ALL IMO. Was Atty Norman Pattis receiving preferential treatment by Judge Noble for whatever reason? Why would it NOT be relevant to understand how a team of attorneys are being paid by a person that has been unable to pay child support for 2+ years and has been a deadbeat dad and also has been a deadbeat tenant at 4Jx too?

Please wake up Judge Noble to the scam that is being spun by FD and Atty M in your courtroom!

Attorney for Jennifer Dulos’ mother renews call for info on how Norm Pattis is paid

Need proof of income source from criminal activities to get around attorney client privilege
Said this a million times.
Spend your frustrations thinking of what FD is doing or done that generates money illegally??
Subpoena his bank records. Do a forensic trail. Duh. We have a forensic auditor as poster. cannot remember who, but that poster could help with banking laws etc. actually, did give very useful information not long ago on this very topic.
Sloppy bookkeeping does not rise to crime. Bank deal was probably a crime. Filing false financials to secure loans is a crime. Why are these lawyers pounding a useless request. The horse is dead. Go after the paperwork. To the source. Let FD lawyers argue confidential. On what basis? Not fishing expedition bc the very core issue in the civil litigation is his finances. If judge doesn’t deny motion by FD lawyers to quash banking record subpoenas, CT HAS A PROBLEM. Judge must allow subpoena to issue.
Judge doesn’t have to do any darn thing. Nothing. But if he doesn’t rule that subpoenas valid, I’d be taking that up to the CT Supreme Court. And screaming abuse of the system to EVERYONE that would listen. The gag order is on the criminal side. I do not believe it is on the civil side.
His financial records are the SINGLE MOST BASIC ISSUE in the civil $2.5 million you owe Dr. Farber case.
Not holding FD in contempt for over two years for not producing those documents in SOME STATES would call for a judicial inquiry in the judge’s inaction. Texas has a process whereby if the judge is refusing to do his job, he can be brought in front of a judicial panel. Yes, I suppose he could just get a slap on his wrist. But a “come on, Judge XYZ, make the guy produce records by contempt sanctions and jail time. Or we will all find ourselves voted out by the public.”
If not, how deep is corruption in CT courts? Which recent judge opened her speech with those words? Hire her as intervenor. Sue every member of the judicial over sight commission, state bar for not complying with their own rules, make enough trouble by filing in the federal court in CT, need it to be a federal question or it will come right back to state court.
Had it been done before criminal charges were filed, FD couldn’t claim 5th Amendment rights.
Now, he’ll say can’t give them to you bc they might incriminate me. I don’t believe the banks have that privilege on the basis of a client’s criminal situation. They have to produce records.

 

[sleuth66]

In my experience some garages have an outside and an inside keypad so owners can open the garage even when the cars are parked in the garage and openers are inside the cars. I agree, also, that FD might have hijacked an opener during the Wednesday night dinner and basketball game with the kids.

And, by parking the car in the garage, she was closer to the door to the inside and would have saved time if she was rushed. She may have had car keys separate from her other keys.

Probably, like many mothers, exercise/casual clothes are easiest to throw on for herding 5 children through breakfast and out the door and into the car early in the morning. If it were me, I would shower and change after the chaos.

JD lived literally just around the corner from the school, less than 5 minutes drive. It is not that the school was “on the way” to NY. This is also a consideration in thinking about how FD approached the house. It must have been through the woods, otherwise there would have been serious risk of him being seen by her or the kids on the street on the short school run. Even with drop off line traffic and backup, his timing would have had to have been very precise if he came up Welles Lane.

I agree that a mom with 5 kids age 13 and under would just return home after drop off to get ready for the day. And wear my favorite comfy t-shirt for drop off...

Also, regarding the garage door opener, early media photos of Welles Lane showed red evidence tape on the edges of two garage doors. This could be from fingerprints, etc.
Keep in mind that when the STBX of KM reported a guy with a crow bar and gas can lurking at her house, KM claimed he had hired the man to fix the garage door six months earlier. FD likely had no problem figuring out a plan to get into the garage. (NP also at one point said LE thought FD entered through a back door).

MOO.

 

[Midwestmom2019]

Police suspect a folding hunting knife was used to kill Jennifer Farber Dulos. A Hartford man sold it for $10.

Per above HC report, LE believed a knife was the murder weapon. Existence of the knife and the blue-striped pillow would be hearsay, per homeless man who found them and “Fudge”, if those items had not been recovered. But hm said the knife was bloody and he wiped it on his pants. I wonder if LE recovered the pants HM was wearing and were able to test for JF’s DNA? They’d then have more proof identifying the murder weapon. FD could have run through the woods with a knife, but would be hard to think of him carrying a pillow. Could it have come from JF's car--maybe kept there for the children?

Police suspect a folding hunting knife was used to kill Jennifer Farber Dulos. A Hartford man sold it for $10.

Per above HC report, LE believed a knife was the murder weapon. Existence of the knife and the blue-striped pillow would be hearsay, per homeless man who found them and “Fudge”, if those items had not been recovered. But hm said the knife was bloody and he wiped it on his pants. I wonder if LE recovered the pants HM was wearing and were able to test for JF’s DNA? They’d then have more proof identifying the murder weapon. FD could have run through the woods with a knife, but would be hard to think of him carrying a pillow. Could it have come from JF's car--maybe kept there for the children?

It’s not hearsay. Please don’t confuse issues of law with facts.
Homeless guy saw the knife. Bloody pillow. Sold the knife. These are all facts. Whether they are true or lies, will be up to NP to handle.
If homeless guy SAID “I heard Fudge saying he bought a bloody knife,” that’s hearsay. Even if homeless guy tells LE “Fudge told me...” with some exceptions, is hearsay.
To say I SAW the knife is not an out of court statement. I saw the driver run the red light. I found a bloody pillow. Whether he kept the pillow or not, is not what makes it hearsay. If Fudge told homeless guy I saw the pillow, generally hearsay, and homeless guy repeats the story, generally hearsay.
It’s like gossip. Good example.

 

[Midwestmom2019]

JD lived literally just around the corner from the school, less than 5 minutes drive. It is not that the school was “on the way” to NY. This is also a consideration in thinking about how FD approached the house. It must have been through the woods, otherwise there would have been serious risk of him being seen by her or the kids on the street on the short school run. Even with drop off line traffic and backup, his timing would have had to have been very precise if he came up Welles Lane.

I agree that a mom with 5 kids age 13 and under would just return home after drop off to get ready for the day. And wear my favorite comfy t-shirt for drop off...

Also, regarding the garage door opener, early media photos of Welles Lane showed red evidence tape on the edges of two garage doors. This could be from fingerprints, etc.
Keep in mind that when the STBX of KM reported a guy with a crow bar and gas can lurking at her house, KM claimed he had hired the man to fix the garage door six months earlier. FD likely had no problem figuring out a plan to get into the garage. (NP also at one point said LE thought FD entered through a back door).

MOO.

You don’t fix garage doors with a crowbar. You break off the track, wheels and tension spring with a crowbar.
You don’t fix a garage door with a gas can. Presumably full of gas to torch the house starting in the garage. You use a special lubricant to grease the chains so they run smoothly.
LE talked to the guy, per
WS, and let him walk. What kind of explanation did a crowbar and gas tank entail? Oh. I guess crowbar was to unjam the wheels that slipped off the tracks after the tension wire spring came undone. Right?
Once that spring is loose, it’s a heck of a job rewinding it. Dangerous as well bc it can be halfway retightened and unspring itself, whipping itself at anything in its way. Lethal.
Hmm. Maybe that was the idea. Retighten it half way. Tension just good enough to open door. Wait for the wife to see the smoke and fire. Race into garage and bam, spring attacks her.