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Michelle Troconis remains in custody after being convicted of conspiring to murder Jennifer Dulos
Michelle Troconis was convicted Friday of conspiring to murder Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five who vanished from a wealthy Connecticut enclave in 2019 and was never found, and she remains in custody. She has not posted a bond as of Tuesday morning, according to the state Department of Correction. She is due back in court on March 21 for…
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Michelle Troconis' family reacts to guilty verdict in exclusive interview
Shock and disbelief. That’s what the family of Michelle Troconis is feeling after she was met with six guilty verdicts. “Unexpectedly, completely. We were never expecting the six counts, I mean, not even one to be honest because this has been an injustice from day one for my sister,” Claudia Marmol said. On the night of the verdict in...
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Michelle Troconis found guilty on all counts
Michelle Troconis has been found guilty of conspiring to murder Jennifer Dulos in 2019 and five other counts. A six-member jury returned its verdict Friday in Stamford Superior Court after more than two full days of deliberating. Troconis sobbed as the guilty verdicts were announced Friday morning. She was found guilty of the following charges: After the verdict was read,…
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Jury is done deliberating for the day in Michelle Troconis trial
The jury in the trial of Michelle Troconis has gone home without reaching a verdict following another day of deliberations on Thursday. Jurors sent out a note to the judge around 12:15 p.m. with questions about one of the counts of tampering with evidence. Judge Kevin Randolph read the questions in court. “In order to constitute tampering, does the defendant…
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Jury asks to hear testimony from Michelle Troconis' friend, doesn't reach verdict on Wednesday
The jury began its first full day of deliberations in the trial of Michelle Troconis on Wednesday. Jurors deliberated for a little more than two hours before sending a note to the judge requesting to rehear the testimony from Troconis’ friend, Carla “Petu” Duperron. The judge brought the jury back into the courtroom and Duperron’s 38 minutes of testimony was…
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Jury to begin deliberating the fate of Michelle Troconis
Is Michelle Troconis a murderous conspirator who wanted her boyfriend’s estranged wife dead and helped him cover up her killing? Or was she an innocent bystander who unwittingly became ensnared in one of Connecticut’s most enduring missing person and alleged homicide cases? A state jury heard two different tales of the 49-year-old Troconis as the prosecution and defense made...
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Closing arguments in Michelle Troconis' trial are scheduled for Tuesday
Closing arguments in Michelle Troconis’ trial in Stamford are scheduled for Tuesday and the jury deliberations could begin as early as tomorrow as well. Before that happens, state prosecutors and defense attorneys were in court on Monday to lay out what needs to be included in jury instructions. The jury was not present for that. The case centers around what…
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Michelle Troconis decides not to testify in her trial, defense rests its case
Michelle Troconis has decided not to testify in her trial and the defense has rested its case. The state decided it would present no rebuttal case, so no additional evidence will be presented. Closing arguments are planned for Tuesday morning. The case centers around what happened to Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five, who has been missing since May 24,…
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Defense case in Michelle Troconis' trial continues after state rests its case
Testimony in Michelle Troconis’ trial in Stamford is continuing on Thursday after the 88-year-old mother of Jennifer Dulos testified at a murder conspiracy trial on Wednesday. The first witness for the defense on Thursday was a professor at the University of California Irvine who specializes in memory. On Wednesday, Gloria Farber said that she has not seen or communicated with…
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Jennifer Dulos' mother testifies in trial of Michelle Troconis as state rests case
The 88-year-old mother of Connecticut mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos testified at a murder conspiracy trial Wednesday that she has not seen or communicated with her daughter since she disappeared and was presumed by police to be murdered in 2019. Dressed in a gray suit with scarfs, Gloria Farber didn’t show much emotion as she told the jury that her daughter was…
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Jennifer Dulos' mother takes stand at Michelle Troconis trial Wednesday
The 88-year-old mother of Connecticut mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos testified at a murder conspiracy trial Wednesday that she has not seen or communicated with her daughter since she disappeared and was presumed by police to be murdered in 2019. Dressed in a gray suit with scarfs, Gloria Farber didn’t show much emotion as she told the jury that her daughter was…
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Jennifer Dulos' mother to testify before state rests Wednesday in Troconis trial: attorney
The state is a day away from resting their case against Michelle Troconis in Connecticut Superior Court in Stamford. NBC Connecticut has learned there is only one expected witness left. According to defense attorney Jon Schoenhorn, it is his understanding that the last witness is Gloria Farber, Jennifer Dulos’ mother. That was learned after a day full of testimony. Tuesday…
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State intends to rest Wednesday in trial of Michelle Troconis
Prosecutors in the trial of Michelle Troconis told the judge after testimony had wrapped for the day on Tuesday that they intend to rest their case Wednesday. Assistant state’s attorney Sean McGuiness said they plan on calling a single witness Wednesday morning and expect that witness’ testimony to take about 15 minutes. According to defense attorney Jon Schoenhorn, the final…
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Digital forensic evidence dominate testimony for Troconis trial day 20
It was back to forensics in Michelle Troconis’ trial for day 20. This time, digital forensics, data pulled from Fotis Dulos’ phone and vehicles related to the case. Some of the details the data went over had already been revealed in prior testimony, but the GPS data and other data helped verify for the jury some locations and timeframes. “First…
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Results of DNA analysis take center stage in testimony for Troconis Trial day 17
Results from DNA testing of Items collected in the investigation into the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos were detailed for the jury in the trial of Michelle Troconis Monday morning in Stamford. The results confirm what is likely to be Jennifer’s DNA on a number of items collected during the investigation and the DNA of others alleged to have been...
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Troconis jury hears forensic testimony about hairs, potential blood found on evidence
A second retired forensic expert took the witness stand Friday to explain more processing of evidence pulled from various scenes to the jury in the trial of Michelle Troconis. Day 16 also offered new insight into other potential material DNA evidence that was collected from items seized for the investigation into the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos. “I imagined someone carrying…
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Testimony in Troconis trial focused on red pickup truck Tuesday
The jury in the Michelle Troconis trial heard testimony Tuesday about a red Toyota Tacoma that’s close to the heart of the state’s case. “Tubular running board, silver rims, also a snowplow hitch …” retired state trooper Gregory LeBeau said as he described for the jury what he saw in surveillance video of that red Tacoma traveling along the...
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Complicated DNA evidence dominates testimony in Michelle Troconis trial Thursday
A complicated day of testimony from the Connecticut Forensic Science lab on analysis done on samples sent from Jennifer Dulos’ home, garage, and cars investigators collected. The samples were sent for DNA analysis, and explanation of that analysis dominated testimony Thursday. A member of the State Forensic Lab team, Kristen Madel, testified to how they test for DNA, and how…
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‘My stomach just sank': Nanny describes frantic day Jennifer Dulos disappeared
A nanny who cares for five children whose mother went missing in Connecticut in 2019 recalled in court on Wednesday the frantic day Jennifer Dulos vanished, kicking off a search that eventually turned into a murder investigation. The nanny, Lauren Almeida, testified in the trial of Michelle Troconis, who was the girlfriend of Dulos’ estranged husband, Fotis Dulos. Troconis is…
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Testimony about Jennifer Dulos' disappearance continues Friday in trial of Michelle Troconis
Testimony resumed in a Stamford courtroom Friday in the murder conspiracy trial of Michelle Troconis. Troconis is charged in connection with the 2019 disappearance and death of Jennifer Dulos. Friday’s testimony began with Sgt. Jamie Pearston, of the Connecticut State Police’s Western District Major Crimes Unit. She testified to her role in mapping out the crime scene at the...