Former State Police Detective John Kimball testified Friday as more video interviews with Michelle Troconis in Jennifer Dulos case were shown to the jury.
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Ethan Fry,Staff Writer
Updated Jan 26, 2024 2:44 p.m.
STAMFORD — The Michelle Troconis trial resumed Friday with more interviews she had with police after
Jennifer Dulos disappeared in 2019.
Former Connecticut State Police Detective John Kimball
returned to the stand on Day 11 of the trial as the prosecution presents the jury with Troconis' second and third interviews with police. Troconis got emotional, wiping away tears, on Thursday
when the first of her interviews began playing.
Here's a look at what happened on Day 11 of the trial Friday at the Stamford courthouse:
Fotis' former employee could testify next week: Schoenhorn
After court adjourned, Schoenhorn told reporters he expected Pawel Gumienny, the former employee of Fotis Dulos' company whom Kimball
has suggested Fotis Dulos tried to frame, will testify next week.
Schoenhorn previously has opined that Gumienny, who has
been given immunity, will reveal heretofore unknown facts about the case while on the stand.
"You might hear Monday or Tuesday from the employee, Mr. Gumienny," Schoenhorn said, noting that prosecutors are presenting their case and control who gets called to the stand. "Everything's tentative, I hear these things. I'm going to review all my notes and prep for that, and we'll see what happens."
Weather map entered in evidence
Just after 4 p.m., Schoenhorn entered a National Weather Service map into evidence to draw attention to the fact that it rained in Farmington the night before Jennifer Dulos' disappearance.
During the police interviews, police dismissed Troconis' assertions that she had woken up in the middle of the night because thunderstorms had frightened her daughter. At one point, Kimball cited two apps on his phone he said showed "minimal" precipitation that night.
"Is it at least conceivable, Officer Kimball, that the sources you were looking at were not actually looking at the Farmington/West Hartford area at that moment?" Schoenhorn asked.
"Yes, it's conceivable," said Kimball, later saying the mistake was "not an attempt at deception," repeating an earlier answer he gave to McGuinness.
Schoenhorn then played a portion of surveillance video from a location on Old Farm Road in Avon from around the same time that showed heavy rain.
Schoenhorn: People 'react differently' to being arrested
After court resumed about 3:35 p.m. following afternoon recess, Schoenhorn began his cross-examination of Kimball by pointing out the then-detective's AV equipment for the second interview on June 6 at the office of Andrew Bowman, who was at the time Troconis' lawyer, was much better than that of the New Canaan police station, where the first interview took place.
He then noted that state police arrested Troconis late at night in front of her daughter and drove her to the New Canaan Police Department, arriving early in the morning June 2, where she then had to wait several more hours for her attorney to arrive.
Schoenhorn then turned to Kimball's training in interrogation tactics, and how people react to "unknown situations for a lot of people if they suddenly find themselves in police custody."
Kimball stared blankly at the defense lawyer.
"What is the question, attorney Schoenhorn?" Judge Kevin Randoph interjected.
"People react differently in your experience when they find themselves in police custody, isn't that a fair statement?" Schoenhorn asked.
"Yes," Kimball responded.
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