Silver Alert CT- Jennifer Dulos, 50, New Canaan, 24 May 2019

[sds71]

Just on the news here in CT but no new updates

There’s a prayer vigil tonight at St. Aloysius Parish in New Canaan for missing mom Jennifer Dulos from 8:30-9pm.
@News12CT

 

[Rosiebones]

Does anyone here who is local, know how busy and well traveled Laphan Road is during the morning? Could she have been moved from her car to another without any passing traffic seeing it happen?

 

[bestill]

Hello ws'ers I haven't been on in a while. Saw this on the news today. Praying for this mom and hopeful that she's found soon and safe!

 

[tigertales]

She could have been followed by someone impersonating LE or something she would have pulled over for. I also think the grandparents are smart to have private security. for all we know at this point, JD could have been kidnapped for ransom and the kids are a target too. Not to mention being afraid of a possible domestic violence escalation. I hope they find her soon and I hope she is alive. My own opinion.

 

[afitzy]

Are there places in the running area with cameras?

Interesting you should ask....cameras in the park have been a somewhat controversial topic over the past few years and so far as I know there aren't any cameras on any of the trails that criss cross the property. The main buildings at Waveny (Waveny House, Lapham Center and Paddle Tennis House) I believe have security systems wired into the police of some sort. Its truly a fantastic park but over the years there have been issues both with off leash dogs and being being followed and/or attacked. New Canaan is generally considered a safe place even though most people have alarms and/or camera security wired into the NCPD. There aren't any panic stations where you can go to alert the police similar to what you see on many college campuses. IMO folks are living the past and have a false sense of security when using the park. The park is quite large and unless you are walking the field areas near the main house its likely that you may only see one or two people on a run around the perimeter of the park. If its busy or a nice day you might see more people on the outer trails. Closer to the main house there are usually more people. The Lapham Center on the far side of the park is a Senior/Community Center of sorts and is busy during the day but it closes at 5 pm. What I am trying to describe is a situation where there is usually activity in the main area around Waveny House, the dog park, the paddle tennis courts, swimming pool in the summer time and Lapham Center during the day but the perimeter trails are usually sparsely populated IMO except during peak running hours.

Here is a link to the Town website for the park and I believe there is a map of the nearly 300 acres. New Canaan - Recreation Facilities

 

[afitzy]

Does anyone here who is local, know how busy and well traveled Laphan Road is during the morning? Could she have been moved from her car to another without any passing traffic seeing it happen?

Lapham Rd is used by some as a short cut to one of the local train stations so in the morning you will have commuter traffic to the train station (Talmadge Hill on Metro North), local traffic driving to work and school and of course school buses. Outside of commuting time and school time there isn't a huge amount of traffic on Lapham. In the summertime there is alot of traffic on the portion of Lapham near the entrance to Waveny Pool. But this entrance to the Waveny Pool is before the area where it sounds like the car was parked. Most people enter the park from the area near Waveny Pool or off South Avenue. Some people also park at New Canaan HS and walk some of the trails or fields near the Lapham Center. The park is filled with soccer fields which are often used during the afternoon. Depending on the season track and field/cross country runners from the local HS are active in the park and afternoons at the park can be very active at Waveny. People also walk their dogs all over the park throughout the day. The park technically closes at sunset and opens at sunset but there is no locked gates or ongoing security to enforce these guidelines.

 

[MassGuy]

For those people new to this case, this article provides a good timeline of events as well as background details.

Criminal Probe Underway In Case Of Missing New Canaan Mom: Update

 

[afitzy]

Here is a link to another beautiful local park where the police were searching today: Jennifer Dulos search shifts back to her neighborhood, Irwin Park

From the above article: New Canaan Police Lt. Jason Ferraro released a brief statement on Thursday, saying no arrests have been made, no body has been found and Jennifer Dulos remained missing.

Some have raised concerns whether there is a safety risk to the public. However, New Canaan police have only released several statements and have not responded to specific questions about the case.

 

[afitzy]

A bit more information about the lawsuit between JD mother and STBX:

Jennifer Dulos’ mother claims son-in-law owes her $1.7M

 

[riolove77]

This reminds me an awful lot of the Calvin and Michelle Harris case....

 

[bestill]

A bit more information about the lawsuit between JD mother and STBX:

Jennifer Dulos’ mother claims son-in-law owes her $1.7M

That's a lot of money and seems her estranged husband has a history of not paying his debts. I wonder if she had a life insurance policy?

 

[riolove77]

Has Fotis (estranged husband) been questioned yet? I don't see anything about this in any of the reports - though they probably would keep it all confidential at this point.

Also, I'm glad NCPD called in the state troopers - I don't trust them. I live within walking distance of New Canaan, and in the mid-'90s, my boyfriend and I got into a pretty bad accident driving home from a party in New Canaan on a snowy, icy night. Of course, we had been drinking, boyfriend was driving my car, and he suffered a pretty significant gash to his face. When police/ambulances came on the scene, they whisked us both to the hospital - where they apparently did a BAC on me by taking blood.
Fast forward 6 years (I'm in my my early-ish 30s) and I get a summons to appear in court on DUI charges for that accident. Apparently, in renovations to the NCPD, someone came across boxes of case files that had been stored in an attic. As I mentioned, I hadn't been driving the car - and because my boyfriend required plastic surgery to his face, I guess nobody ever bothered to draw his blood?

Anyway, we both wound up having to appear in court, and I had to get a lawyer (in a weird twist, someone recommended Mickey Sherman, so we wound up spending a lot of money for what was really an open/shut case) and testify in front of a JURY. And taxpayers had to pay for this circus.

The jury quickly found me not guilty - and a couple of months later, I bumped into the prosecutor, who confessed that she thought it was a ridiculous waste of time and money.

Well Idk what happened to you, but I can tell you that the prosecutor's office are the ones who filed that case against you, not the police. The police will send in any and all reports of things they do and it is the prosecutors' jobs to decide what to file on and what is not getting filed on. So if the prosecutor made it sound like it was the police's fault, you were lied to. I never would've tried a case on those facts.

Source: I'm a prosecutor.

 

[MassGuy]

This reminds me an awful lot of the Calvin and Michelle Harris case....

Yes. That’s a great comparison.

Hopefully this doesn’t have the same result. I’m still infuriated by that one.

 

[MassGuy]

That's a lot of money and seems her estranged husband has a history of not paying his debts. I wonder if she had a life insurance policy?

Life insurance or not, money probably plays a role here.

But that would definitely add another layer.

 

[Rosiebones]

That's a lot of money and seems her estranged husband has a history of not paying his debts. I wonder if she had a life insurance policy?

and who is the beneficiary?

 

[kay74]

So she was afraid of him. I hope she is in hiding. I hope he did not do her in. I suppose he has lawyered up and won't answer questions.

 

[afitzy]

and who is the beneficiary?

You would think that given this divorce has been going on for awhile that key financial instruments such as life insurance would be checked and put into trust for the benefit of the children. As it doesn't seem the JD was part of the real estate business it seems unlikely that insurance would be part of the business or her husband as yesterday one of the articles stated that the STBX was sole shareholder of the real estate business. We just don't have much information about JD daily activities other than being primary caretaker of 5 young children. The annual income of JD disclosed in one the articles last night of over $400,000/yr. is also unclear as to whether its trust income or income from writing etc. The STBX seemed very protective of the real estate business based on some of the court documents I read and he fought hard to not disclose any financial information to the court as part of the divorce. But I have to say that I find it odd that JD parents lent sizable sums to STBX for his various real estate schemes and didn't seem to have any ownership stake in his company. At some point the documents from the litigation that is in process between JD mother and STBX will explain some of these issues but based on the little available to read on this topic now, it appears these sizable loans were fairly casual and he stopped paying back the money owed a couple of years ago and claimed the money was given as a 'gift'.

 

[darmela]

It's hard to find a silver lining in a case like this, but at least the children are alive and well. So many times you hear of a father killing all the children during a bitter divorce/custody dispute. My heart breaks to think that Jennifer was harmed and could be decreased, but at least the STBX didn't take them away to never be found again. If he killed her, his butt is going to prison and the children would most likely go to Jennifer's mother. It's a comfort to know they are in a safe place away from their father.

 

[bears10]

That's a lot of money and seems her estranged husband has a history of not paying his debts. I wonder if she had a life insurance policy?

If there is a life insurance policy, I think (Hope) that Jennifer and her family would be smart enough to have removed him as a beneficiary (if he was one) and made the beneficiary a trust for the children. Hopefully.

 

[MsArk]

This poor woman....

Detectives from the State Police Western District Crime Squad discovered the traces of blood on Saturday when they combed the house for clues, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation.

Sources: Police found blood in the New Canaan home of Jennifer Dulos as search for missing mother intensifies