New Evidence Presented in Infamous 'Gone Mom' Case

Prosecutors say shirt, bra, zip ties link defendant to woman's disappearance
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Jan 24, 2024 2:30 AM CST
New Evidence Presented in Infamous 'Gone Mom' Case
A glove containing a blood-like stain seized from a trash can on Albany Avenue in Hartford is presented as evidence on day eight of Michelle Troconis' criminal trial at Connecticut Superior Court in Stamford, Conn. Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.   (Tyler Sizemor/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool)

Prosecutors in Connecticut's infamous "Gone Mom" case presented evidence Tuesday that they say links defendant Michelle Troconis to the 2019 disappearance of her boyfriend's estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, the AP reports. The evidence included what appeared to be a blood-soaked shirt and bra, as well as zip ties, gloves, plastic ponchos, a box cutter, and other things with what State Police Sgt. Kevin Duggan testified was a "blood-like" substance on them. The items were pulled from Hartford, Connecticut, trash receptacles where, according to prosecutors, surveillance video shows Troconis sitting in a vehicle with boyfriend Fotis Dulos as he tossed trash into the same bins shortly after Jennifer Dulos disappeared.

According to Troconis' arrest warrant, DNA from Jennifer Dulos and Fotis Dulos was found on items in the trash from Hartford, and Troconis' DNA was found on some of the trash bags. That evidence is expected to come later in the trial. Troconis, 49, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, tampering with evidence, and hindering prosecution. She's accused of helping Fotis Dulos cover up the killing of his wife, whose body has never been found. Police believe Fotis Dulos killed Jennifer Dulos in the garage of her home in New Canaan, Connecticut, after she dropped their children off at school in May 2019 and then cleaned up the crime scene. Troconis, who is not seen handling the trash in any of the videos, has pleaded not guilty and denied any involvement.

Video also showed Fotis Dulos placing near a building what police say resembled a vehicle cargo mat missing from his wife's abandoned SUV and dropping an envelope down a sewer drain. Prosecutors on Monday showed jurors what they said were altered license plates found in an envelope in the sewer drain. The case drew widespread attention and became the subject of the made-for-TV movie Gone Mom. Jennifer Dulos, 50, was declared legally dead in October. She was a member of a wealthy New York family whose father, the late Hilliard Farber, founded a brokerage firm. She also was a niece by marriage of fashion designer Liz Claiborne. Fotis Dulos, a luxury home builder originally from Greece, died by suicide in January 2020 after being charged with his wife's murder.

(More Jennifer Dulos stories.)

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