Michelle Troconis sobs as police interview about Jennifer Dulos’s death played at trial: Updates
Michelle Troconis is accused of helping then-boyfriend Fotis Dulos cover up the murder of his estranged wife Jennifer Dulos in Connecticut in 2019
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Michelle Troconis is facing trial in Stamford, Connecticut for her alleged role in helping her lover Fotis Dulos conceal the murder of his estranged wife and mother of his five children, Jennifer Dulos.
At the time of her disappearance in May 2019, Jennifer – whose remains have never been found – was in the midst of a bitter divorce and custody battle with Dulos. Investigators believe Fotis killed her in the garage of her home and that Ms Troconis, Fotis’ then-girlfriend, helped him cover up the murder.
On Thursday, Ms Troconis broke down in tears in the courtroom as jurors were shown her first interview with police following Jennifer’s disappearance.
In the footage, she is heard claiming that she and Dulos were staying together that morning, and that he woke up in her presence and got in the shower with her.
Earlier in the week, jurors saw a bloodstained long-sleeve, striped Vineyard Vines shirt that Jennifer is believed to have been wearing on the day she was killed.
Fotis killed himself in 2020 after being charged with murder.
Ms Troconis is charged with conspiracy to murder, tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution.
Warning: Graphic images
WATCH: Michelle Troconis defended by her family at Jennifer Dulos murder conspiracy trial
Jennifer Dulos’ family speak out after ‘brutal’ evidence of tragic death shown in court
Jennifer Dulos’ family has spoken out about the devastating evidence introduced in the trial of the woman accused of conspiring to conceal the slain mother-of-five’s murder.
Jennifer Dulos’ family speak out on ‘brutal’ evidence of tragic death shown in court
‘She died a tragic death, and her loss is felt beyond what words can express,’ a spokesperson for the Farber family said.Warning: Graphic images
Blood-soaked’ clothing, zip ties, ponchos shown in court
On day eight, investigators testified that they recovered several items covered in “blood-like substance” stuffed into trash bags and dumped into bins along a four-mile stretch of Albany Avenue in Hartford.
Grim photos of the items were shown in court before the state carefully held up each piece to show to the jury.
State Police Sgt Kevin Duggan testified that the items were pulled from trash bins in Hartford where, according to prosecutors, surveillance video shows Ms Troconis sitting in a black Ford Raptor truck with Dulos as he tossed the bags just hours after Jennifer vanished.
A white bra and Vineyard vines shirt, both of which were cut down the middle and appeared to be soaked with blood, and believed to have been Jennifer Dulos’, prompted a reaction from her close friend Carrie Luft who buried her head in her hands, the CT Insider reported.
WATCH: Michelle Troconis and Fotis Dulos seen dumping trash bags after alleged murder
Michelle Troconis trial: Key moments so far
Four years after mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos vanished without a trace, her late ex-husband’s lover Michelle Troconis is now facing a judge and jury for her alleged role in the case.
The Independent’s Andrea Cavallier explains the key takeaways from court:
Michelle Troconis trial: Key moments so far
Four years after mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos vanished without a trace, her late ex-husband’s lover Michelle Troconis is now facing a judge and jury for her alleged role in the case. Andrea Cavallier explains the key takeaways from court
Jennifer Dulos wore shirt with ‘Every day should feel this good’ (EDSFTG) slogan on day she was murdered
A long-sleeve, striped shirt shown in a Connecticut courtroom this week had turned nearly one solid colour after being soaked in what appeared to be blood, jurors in Michelle Troconis’s murder conspiracy trial heard.
The Vineyard Vines-brand shirt is believed to be what Jennifer Dulos was wearing on 24 May 2019, the day she vanished and was allegedly murdered. Her body has never been found.
The Independent’s Andrea Cavallier reports:
Michelle Troconis trial shown bloody shirt with cheerful slogan
Jennifer Dulos’s loved ones became emotional as grim evidence was shown in court
WATCH: Bloodied clothes believed to belong to Jennifer Dulos shown in court
Court adjourns
The proceedings will resume tomorrow morning.
Det Reilly under cross examination by defence
Under cross-examination by the defence, Det Reilly said he did not process the ‘alibi scripts’ for fingerprints.
Det Reilly also admitted that he had not found traces of blood at the Farmington home where Ms Troconis, her daughter, and Fotis Dulos lived at the time she went missing.
The defence pointed out that even after eight hours of search at the residence Ms Troconos and Dulos shared, detectives did not find any evidence that could be tied to Jennifer’s disappearance.
Michelle Troconis supposed steps on eve of Jennifer’s disappearance listed in ‘alibi scripts’
The ‘alibi scripts’ included a list of phone calls down to the seconds apparently made or received by Michelle Troconis.
A number of other pages also listed supposed activities Ms Troconis did on the day that Jennifer went missing and the day after. Those included cooking scrambled eggs for her daughter.
Another section read, ‘West Hartford Starbucks ... Two frappucinos ... I did not like the sandwich.”
Prosecutors have previously argued that Ms Troconis and Dulos tried to build a false alibi of
The defence previously asked the judge to ban any mention of the writing as “alibi scripts.” Ms Troconis told law enforcement that she and Dulos wrote the outline of their activities on the eve of Jennifer’s disappearance following advice from their attorneys.
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