CT JENNIFER DULOS: Missing from New Canaan, CT - 24 May 2019 - Age 50 *Troconis GUILTY of Conspiracy*

New Canaan mom Jennifer Dulos is missing: Here’s what we know​

Fotis Dulos, 51, is the estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, 50. She has been missing since May 24, 2019. Fotis Dulos operates a building company, The Fore Group. He has built custom homes in Fairfield and Litchfield counties and the Farmington Valley. In her initial divorce filing, Jennifer Dulos described her husband’s affinity for water skiing, which she characterized as an “obsession.” She said he insisted on their children training to be world-class water skiers, and had them on a strict training regimen that she believed was dangerous and excessive, and sometimes would go on from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

New Canaan mom Jennifer Dulos is missing: Here’s what we know

Wednesday, Sept. 4

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JENNIFER DULOS has been missing from New Canaan, CT since May of 2019. Her husband committed suicide after her disappearance.

Jennifer Dulos mysteriously vanished during a custody dispute, her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, was under suspicion.But it wasn't until January 2020 that Fotis was arrested for her murder. A few weeks after his arrest, he died from an apparent...

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Judge rules most evidence found in Fotis Dulos' home can be part of Michelle Troconis' trial

The judge ruled only privileged communications between Fotis Dulos and his attorneys should be thrown out.

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Judge rules most evidence found in Fotis Dulos' home can be part of Michelle Troconis' trial​

As jury selection in the Jennifer Dulos case begins Wednesday, the judge ruled most of the evidence found at the home Michelle Troconis shared with Fotis Dulos when his estranged wife vanished can be presented at Troconis' upcoming trial.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Newspaper article about Dulos case abruptly ends Day 2 of jury selection for Michelle Troconis trial

Jury selection for the Michelle Troconis trial ended early Thursday after a potential juror brought a newspaper article about the Jennifer Dulos case.

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Newspaper article about Dulos case abruptly ends Day 2 of jury selection for Michelle Troconis trial​

The second day of jury selection for the Michelle Troconis trial ended early Thursday when the court was notified that a potential juror brought a newspaper containing a front-page headline about the Jennifer Dulos case.

A potential juror who alerted the court about the article said they didn't know which newspaper was brought to the courthouse. The person also said they were involved in a conversation with two other potential jurors at lunchtime outside the courthouse about what they knew about the case.

Defense attorney Jon Schoenhorn, who is representing Troconis, said afterward that the information raised concerns about the jury pool. Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Randolph excused the remainder of the potential jury panel around 4:20 p.m. Thursday, but decided to keep the one juror who was chosen earlier on Thursday.

Potential jurors are instructed by the judge not to speak to each other about the case. They are also not supposed to research the case or discuss the case with anyone, including family members and employers. Those who are chosen to be jurors are only permitted to tell their family members and employers that they will be serving on a jury.

As of Thursday, three jurors have been accepted, though one chosen on Wednesday notified the court that their employer may not pay them for the entire trial. Two of the three chosen jurors told attorneys they had heard about the case before coming to court, but had not formed an opinion about whether Troconis is innocent or guilty.

Randolph said jury selection will resume next Wednesday after attorneys determine whether the one juror with a potential conflict can still serve.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Newspaper article about Dulos case abruptly ends Day 2 of jury selection for Michelle Troconis trial

Jury selection for the Michelle Troconis trial ended early Thursday after a potential juror brought a newspaper article about the Jennifer Dulos case.

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Newspaper article about Dulos case abruptly ends Day 2 of jury selection for Michelle Troconis trial​

The second day of jury selection for the Michelle Troconis trial ended early Thursday when the court was notified that a potential juror brought a newspaper containing a front-page headline about the Jennifer Dulos case.

A potential juror who alerted the court about the article said they didn't know which newspaper was brought to the courthouse. The person also said they were involved in a conversation with two other potential jurors at lunchtime outside the courthouse about what they knew about the case.

Defense attorney Jon Schoenhorn, who is representing Troconis, said afterward that the information raised concerns about the jury pool. Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Randolph excused the remainder of the potential jury panel around 4:20 p.m. Thursday, but decided to keep the one juror who was chosen earlier on Thursday.

Potential jurors are instructed by the judge not to speak to each other about the case. They are also not supposed to research the case or discuss the case with anyone, including family members and employers. Those who are chosen to be jurors are only permitted to tell their family members and employers that they will be serving on a jury.

As of Thursday, three jurors have been accepted, though one chosen on Wednesday notified the court that their employer may not pay them for the entire trial. Two of the three chosen jurors told attorneys they had heard about the case before coming to court, but had not formed an opinion about whether Troconis is innocent or guilty.

Randolph said jury selection will resume next Wednesday after attorneys determine whether the one juror with a potential conflict can still serve.

What a dimwit. Perhaps she's trying to get out of jury duty. If that's why it sure as hell worked.

 

[Summer_Breeze]

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/jennifer-dulos-kent-mawhinney-ankle-monitor-18444855.php

By Lisa Backus, Liz Hardaway,Staff writers
Updated Oct 24, 2023 2:55 p.m.

STAMFORD — Kent Mawhinney charged in the death and disappearance of Jennifer Dulos missed a chance to have his ankle monitor removed Tuesday after being late for his court appearance because he and his attorney were watching jury selection for the Michelle Troconis trial.

The motion was supposed to be heard in state Superior Court in Stamford on Tuesday afternoon, however Mawhinney and his attorney, Jeffrey Kestenband, were not present when the case was called.

After calling the matter twice, Superior Court Judge Gary J. White adjourned for the day. Kestenband and Mawhinney arrived a few minutes after Assistant State’s Attorney Elizabeth Moran left the courtroom. Kestenband told a prosecutor in the courtroom they had been upstairs where Troconis’ jury selection was taking place and he thought Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Michelle Manning was supposed to be prosecuting his client's motion.

The defense will need to request another date for the motion to be heard.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Final juror selected in Connecticut missing mother case against Michelle Troconis; trial to begin in new year

HARTFORD, Conn. — The final juror was selected Thursday in the case against Michelle Troconis, who is charged in connection with the 2019 disappearance — and presumed death — of

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Final juror selected in Connecticut missing mother case against Michelle Troconis; trial to begin in new year​

The final juror was selected Thursday in the case against Michelle Troconis, who is charged in connection with the 2019 disappearance — and presumed death — of New Canaan mother Jennifer Farber Dulos.

Attorneys selected the 12th and final juror — a local businessman — on Thursday afternoon, completing the three-week process of choosing the jury that will decide whether or not prosecutors can prove that Troconis is guilty of conspiring with her former boyfriend, Fotis Dulos, to kill Farber Dulos and tampering with evidence.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Final juror selected in Connecticut missing mother case against Michelle Troconis; trial to begin in new year

HARTFORD, Conn. — The final juror was selected Thursday in the case against Michelle Troconis, who is charged in connection with the 2019 disappearance — and presumed death — of

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Final juror selected in Connecticut missing mother case against Michelle Troconis; trial to begin in new year​

The final juror was selected Thursday in the case against Michelle Troconis, who is charged in connection with the 2019 disappearance — and presumed death — of New Canaan mother Jennifer Farber Dulos.

Attorneys selected the 12th and final juror — a local businessman — on Thursday afternoon, completing the three-week process of choosing the jury that will decide whether or not prosecutors can prove that Troconis is guilty of conspiring with her former boyfriend, Fotis Dulos, to kill Farber Dulos and tampering with evidence.

Is it only me or is picking a jury months ahead of the trial very unusual? Not sure I've seen it before and I don't think it is a great idea even though I generally have good faith in jurors, to give them months of knowing what case they will be on and to look it up and slip up with family members and the like.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Is it only me or is picking a jury months ahead of the trial very unusual? Not sure I've seen it before and I don't think it is a great idea even though I generally have good faith in jurors, to give them months of knowing what case they will be on and to look it up and slip up with family members and the like.

A month ahead seems very odd. To pick the jury I sat with it took one day to seat a jury. IIRC, the trial started the next day. Granted my trial was way lesser than a nationally publicized crime, but it illustrates that a month is very odd.

 

[Cousin Dupree]

Final juror selected in Connecticut missing mother case against Michelle Troconis; trial to begin in new year

HARTFORD, Conn. — The final juror was selected Thursday in the case against Michelle Troconis, who is charged in connection with the 2019 disappearance — and presumed death — of

www.heraldpalladium.com

Final juror selected in Connecticut missing mother case against Michelle Troconis; trial to begin in new year​

The final juror was selected Thursday in the case against Michelle Troconis, who is charged in connection with the 2019 disappearance — and presumed death — of New Canaan mother Jennifer Farber Dulos.

Attorneys selected the 12th and final juror — a local businessman — on Thursday afternoon, completing the three-week process of choosing the jury that will decide whether or not prosecutors can prove that Troconis is guilty of conspiring with her former boyfriend, Fotis Dulos, to kill Farber Dulos and tampering with evidence.

So the 12th juror is the final one? They aren't going to use any alternates?

 

[Guess Who]

A month ahead seems very odd. To pick the jury I sat with it took one day to seat a jury. IIRC, the trial started the next day. Granted my trial was way lesser than a nationally publicized crime, but it illustrates that a month is very odd.

I think it is quite odd. They are picked here as basically the first day of trial. Some cases they know are going to take more than a day to find a complete jury but those are usually quite rare and the trial starts nearly as soon as they are picked. The more publicity the case has gotten, the longer it takes, but I've still never seen this happen this far out. Do they not realize how much can change in that many people's lives in that amount of time?

I guess it also could be so that since this trial is most likely going to take a while, the jurors have time to make arrangements. That's the only reasoning I can come up with.

 

[Guess Who]

So the 12th juror is the final one? They aren't going to use any alternates?

That is nearly guaranteeing that something will come up in at least one juror's lives, isn't it?

 

[Mel70]

So the 12th juror is the final one? They aren't going to use any alternates?

That’s common practice isn’t it?. Especially a murder trial. From what I’ve seen. I’ve never been called for jury duty. I’m sure my name has been selected. No. No. Nope. Put it back.

 

[GrandmaBear]

A month ahead seems very odd. To pick the jury I sat with it took one day to seat a jury. IIRC, the trial started the next day. Granted my trial was way lesser than a nationally publicized crime, but it illustrates that a month is very odd.

Ours took part of a morning and trial started that day. Ours too was not national but it was murder with a not guilty plea. These huge blown ones though always make jury selection take days if not a week. Although I will say Dulos is not really a pet case SM picked up or stuck with anyhow much. Not saying it has had none or was never but it isn't like some that have had far more interest.

I can't think of any reason for a month ahead unless they could only fit in the trial with everyone' schedule and not the jury selection too. Even if so, they should have made it when they could block enough time, I don't like delays but this is a stupid thing to do imo and fraught with things that could go wrong. And UNHEARD of ever by any of us or so it seems. You haven't. Guessy hasn't. I haevn't. Ever before.

I don't even know are we still with the same judge who let these two out on ankle monitors that didn't work and/or they went off of and gave Fotis the freedom to commit suicide... And other decisions that I didn't think much of... If so, then here is another dumb one with this jury thing...

 

[GrandmaBear]

So the 12th juror is the final one? They aren't going to use any alternates?

Hopefully not and it just means in some reverse way that they have the alternates and now the 12th juror too. I know that makes no sense but no way would they use no alternates...? I could not read the full article so unsure what was said.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I think it is quite odd. They are picked here as basically the first day of trial. Some cases they know are going to take more than a day to find a complete jury but those are usually quite rare and the trial starts nearly as soon as they are picked. The more publicity the case has gotten, the longer it takes, but I've still never seen this happen this far out. Do they not realize how much can change in that many people's lives in that amount of time?

I guess it also could be so that since this trial is most likely going to take a while, the jurors have time to make arrangements. That's the only reasoning I can come up with.

Even the arrangement thing doesn't cut it with me as it makes no sense. A big part of questioning and creating a pool of jurors is if they can be available and make arrangements, etc. or have anything that would interfere.

It isn't only odd it is unheard of right?

Here is another thing even aside from jurors themselves slipping up over that long of a time, this gives both prosecution and defense ample time to look into these jurors...

I think we had enough alleged tampering in Murdaugh...

 

[GrandmaBear]

That’s common practice isn’t it?. Especially a murder trial. From what I’ve seen. I’ve never been called for jury duty. I’m sure my name has been selected. No. No. Nope. Put it back.

Yes, We had alternates. 14 jurors watched the entire trial and at the end two were randomly named alternates and dismissed from deliberations I think is the point that happened at. And we were not a nationally known case. They ALL always have alternates. It is way too big in cost, time and so much more to have to start over. Two I'd say in a national one weeks long is even maybe too few. Ours was a week which is LONG and unusual and big in our area. We lost no jurors, the 14 attended the whole trial/week and no one had issues. Of course they deliberated only a few hours and had a verdict so it isn't like they were tired of being locked in the jury room.

Anyhow, yes there WOULD BE alternates commonly/always and if there aren't here, something is really OFF.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Interrogation videos at center of Michelle Troconis hearing

We are continuing to gain insight into initial interviews Michelle Troconis did following the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos. Interviews Troconis’ attorney is trying to have suppressed, saying they lead to undeserving charges and nothing incriminating came out of them. “Who was involved in the...

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Interrogation videos at center of Michelle Troconis hearing​

We are continuing to gain insight into initial interviews Michelle Troconis did following the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos. Interviews Troconis’ attorney is trying to have suppressed, saying they lead to undeserving charges and nothing incriminating came out of them.

“Who was involved in the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, and where Jennifer Dulos is right now?” asked an investigator in the second interview with Michelle Troconis following her arrest. “We know you know, we want you to come clean and give us everything you know.”

Lawyers were continuing to show video of the interviews in court. She maintains through the video she knew nothing about what happened to Jennifer Dulos, but investigators continued to press.

“Have you seen your face plastered every… I'll be honest with you, you’re probably the most hated woman in America right now, I'm not being mean, so this is the golden ticket,” another investigator said on camera, adding that Troconis’ insight is crucial to locating Dulos.

By the second interview, investigators also pressed Troconis about discrepancies with her first interview, including her involvement in alleged destruction of evidence along Albany Avenue in Hartford.

“You’re in the car, nobody in the world believes that you didn’t know what was going on,” an investigator said in the video.

These interviews contain statements that Troconis’ attorney is attempting to suppress. But the state maintains investigators were doing their jobs, probing appropriately for information relevant to involvement and the whereabouts of Jennifer Dulos.


The full trial starts Jan. 8.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Interrogation videos at center of Michelle Troconis hearing

We are continuing to gain insight into initial interviews Michelle Troconis did following the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos. Interviews Troconis’ attorney is trying to have suppressed, saying they lead to undeserving charges and nothing incriminating came out of them. “Who was involved in the...

www.nbcconnecticut.com

Interrogation videos at center of Michelle Troconis hearing​

We are continuing to gain insight into initial interviews Michelle Troconis did following the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos. Interviews Troconis’ attorney is trying to have suppressed, saying they lead to undeserving charges and nothing incriminating came out of them.

“Who was involved in the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos, and where Jennifer Dulos is right now?” asked an investigator in the second interview with Michelle Troconis following her arrest. “We know you know, we want you to come clean and give us everything you know.”

Lawyers were continuing to show video of the interviews in court. She maintains through the video she knew nothing about what happened to Jennifer Dulos, but investigators continued to press.

“Have you seen your face plastered every… I'll be honest with you, you’re probably the most hated woman in America right now, I'm not being mean, so this is the golden ticket,” another investigator said on camera, adding that Troconis’ insight is crucial to locating Dulos.

By the second interview, investigators also pressed Troconis about discrepancies with her first interview, including her involvement in alleged destruction of evidence along Albany Avenue in Hartford.

“You’re in the car, nobody in the world believes that you didn’t know what was going on,” an investigator said in the video.

These interviews contain statements that Troconis’ attorney is attempting to suppress. But the state maintains investigators were doing their jobs, probing appropriately for information relevant to involvement and the whereabouts of Jennifer Dulos.


The full trial starts Jan. 8.

All of this sounds to me like investigators doing their job and doing it right. So now they are not even to do that? Admissible. She could say anything she liked or have lawyered up. She knew. She certainly knew evidence was being disposed of. Imo.

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Jury can see Troconis police interviews in Jennifer Dulos case, judge rules

Michelle Troconis' lawyer said police investigating Jennifer Dulos' disappearance tried to coerce and deceive his client.

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Ethan Fry, Staff Writer
Dec. 20, 2023

STAMFORD — Judge Kevin Randolph denied a request from Michelle Troconis' lawyer to suppress statements she made to police investigating Jennifer Dulos' 2019 disappearance from being introduced at her upcoming trial on charges she conspired in the New Canaan mother’s death, her attorney confirmed Wednesday evening.

After several days of testimony from police involved in the case, Troconis' attorney, Jon Schoenhorn, and Assistant State’s Attorney Sean McGuinness argued over whether the conduct of law enforcement officers trying to get information about Dulos' disappearance was itself lawful.

The two sides also argued whether the information police obtained after talking with her should be put before a jury. Troconis is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of conspiracy to tamper with physical evidence, two counts of tampering with physical evidence and second-degree hindering prosecution in Dulos' disappearance and probable death.

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More at link. ~Summer

 

[GrandmaBear]

Jury can see Troconis police interviews in Jennifer Dulos case, judge rules

Michelle Troconis' lawyer said police investigating Jennifer Dulos' disappearance tried to coerce and deceive his client.

www.ctpost.com

Ethan Fry, Staff Writer
Dec. 20, 2023

STAMFORD — Judge Kevin Randolph denied a request from Michelle Troconis' lawyer to suppress statements she made to police investigating Jennifer Dulos' 2019 disappearance from being introduced at her upcoming trial on charges she conspired in the New Canaan mother’s death, her attorney confirmed Wednesday evening.

After several days of testimony from police involved in the case, Troconis' attorney, Jon Schoenhorn, and Assistant State’s Attorney Sean McGuinness argued over whether the conduct of law enforcement officers trying to get information about Dulos' disappearance was itself lawful.

The two sides also argued whether the information police obtained after talking with her should be put before a jury. Troconis is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of conspiracy to tamper with physical evidence, two counts of tampering with physical evidence and second-degree hindering prosecution in Dulos' disappearance and probable death.

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More at link. ~Summer

Her parents must have unending wealth for this fight or her attorney is being serviced by her. Sorry for that remark but really...

She serviced and helped Fotis kill her competition and he left her high and dry.

This woman shouldn't even be out and free nor should he have been. No average person would have been out on bond or even given a bond they could make in such a case. And that's despite ankle monitor problems and violation as it was with her and Fotis too. Yet it was allowed to continue.

Right decision by this judge but there's a lot to wonder about with the decisions throughout over the years with this case. Fotis shouldn't be dead, he should have been in jail as should she. You know this is a case of the rich, monied, not average people and yet it never has become really front and center despite a TON of things that would normally make one so. Despite the strange sh*t and release of the two murderers, etc. I wonder why........ It had some steam for a bit...

Why doesn't she just give up where Jennifer is at? Yeah right.

All I know is the bond between her and Fotis didn't end up with them happily ever after. And her parents just keep footing the bill. Was it all worth it Michelle?

It's a bit difficult to identify with these people even if it were on the prior Dominick Dunne or Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. Or infamous.

I don't like her. I just don't. I truly didn't like him.

It's time they get this done already. She actually needs to finally be really spending time behind bars and then maybe her parents can recoup their losses and just provide commissary and phone time. Oh and of course provide for her daughter.

Grandma last I knew had Jennifer's kids. Just what all plan in life right.

Fotis took the coward's way and Michelle needs to be prosecuted and put away and should not even be out. LET'S get this show on the ROAD already. Heading for FIVE years!

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Trial of Michelle Traconis delayed over juror dismissal

Michelle Traconis, a Connecticut woman charged in connection with the disappearance of author Jennifer Farber Dulos — her lover’s estranged wife — is set to go on trial four days later than o…

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By BRIAN NIEMIETZ | bniemietz@nydailynews.com | New York Daily News
January 4, 2024 at 5:31 p.m.

Michelle Traconis, a Connecticut woman charged in connection with the disappearance of author Jennifer Farber Dulos — her lover’s estranged wife — is set to go on trial four days later than originally scheduled.

The decision to push the trial’s start date from Monday to next Thursday was the result of an alternate juror being dismissed on account of financial hardship, according to the Hartford Courant. The six jurors who will hear Traconis’ case in Stamford Superior Court remain in place. Two alternates are still available, with a third expected to be chosen soon.

Farber Dulos, a mother of five from New Canaan, has been missing for nearly five years and is presumed dead. The alleged victim was going through a long and contentious divorce with Fotis Dulos, who was romantically involved with Traconis when his wife disappeared.