Jennifer Dulos and Fotis Dulos marry in 2004.
Thirteen years later, the marriage fails, and the couple file for divorce. The circumstances are anything but amiable. Hundreds of motions are filed during the two-year proceedings.
In 2017, Jennifer Dulos files for an emergency order for full custody of their five children. She alleges that her husband’s behavior is “irrational, unsafe, bullying, threatening and controlling. She says she is afraid for not only her safety but the physical and emotional well-being of the children.
Moving forward to the Friday before Memorial Day, Jennifer Dulos drops her children off at school near her New Canaan Connecticut home. She had an 11 a.m. appointment that morning, which she missed. No one hears from her for 10 hours.
That night, Jennifer Dulos is reported missing by her family and friends, and the search begins.
When investigators arrived at Jennifer Dulos’ home, blood stains were visible not only on the garage floor but garbage cans and a car parked in the garage. The car in the garage was not the Chevy Suburban the mom was known to drive. Police initiated a search for her vehicle.
Back at the home, investigators determine that someone tried to clean the concrete floor. Officers canvas the park, hand out fliers, use canines, and do aerial searches. And most dramatically, perform video searches of local CCTV cameras.
Surveillance cameras capture a man appearing to be Fotis Dulos disposing of garbage bags in as many as 30 receptacles in the area. A woman can be seen in the passenger seat of the man’s car.
Police recover clothes and household items with Jennifer Dulos’ blood on it, in trash cans around Hartford. Specifically, the bags contained women’s clothing, plastic zip-ties, and a white T-shirt; all of the items were stained.
Police also find a stained utility knife, a bath towel, and cleaning items such as a kitchen sponge.
The woman in the vehicle with Fotis Dulos is identified as his live-in girlfriend Michelle Troconis. Police search warrants say Michelle Troconis identified photos of the surveillance videos as Fotis Dulos and admitted that she was the woman pictured.
She confirmed multiple stops were made to discard bags, but she denies knowing what was in them.
Fotis Dulos and Troconis, 44, are arrested, and charged with tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and hindering prosecution. They both pleaded not guilty.
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[Feature Photo: Michelle Troconis listens to arguments at the start of her trial, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Stamford, Conn. The trial of Troconis, charged in the 2019 killing of mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos, has begun in Stamford Superior Court with a six-person jury hearing the case.(Richard Harbus/Dailly Mail via AP, Pool)]
