The video from the Connecticut police bodycam footage of May 24, 2019 that was presented to a court on Thursday shows blood in Jennifer Dulos’ New Canaan garage, the day she vanished.
The video was shown on the first day in Michelle Troconis’ trial. Troconis dated Dulos’ estranged spouse, Fotis Dulos at the time Dulos died. She is accused of conspiring to murder, conspiring to commit evidence-tampering.
New Canaan Police Department Sgt. Aaron LaTourette, the first witness to testify on Thursday, described seeing what looked like blood splatters in Dulos’ garage as well as her Range Rover when he conducted a welfare check around 7 p.m. that evening at her house after she failed to show up to a doctor’s visit earlier in the day.
LaTourette said that he noticed a red mark in the grill of the vehicle. He added that the mark was “not the same color as the grill of the vehicle or its paint.”
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LaTourette said that a red mark was on the grill of the vehicle. He added that the color didn’t match with the grill of the car. ” (New Canaan PD)
The police have said that they believe Fotis dulos brutally assaulted Jennifer in the garage, and then drove off with her dead body. Authorities entered the house on May 24, 2019 using a code near the garage door that a babysitter had shared with them.
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LaTourette said, “I thought that it might be a deer hit,” noting however, there was no damage on the vehicle.
Michelle Troconis, a defendant in a trial, listens to the arguments during her first day of court on Thursday, January 11, 2024. (Richard Harbus/Daily Mail via AP Pool)
In court, officers photographed the Range Rover while pointing out any possible blood splatter around and on the vehicle. In the video, one officer says he saw “blood splatter” on the lower part of the vehicle. It looked like the car had been scraped or buffed. The garage floor was also covered with what appeared to be a bloody boot print.
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A second officer is heard saying: “Usually, if you hit deer with your vehicle, you’ll take it to the carwash.” “Especially if it is a Range Rover.”
The sight of blood was “strange”, according to two officers who responded, in the context of the Missing Persons case.
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Next to testify was New Canaan Police Sergeant Scott Romano. Scott Romano responded to reports that an abandoned SUV belonging to Dulos was on Lapham Road, near a nearby park. The vehicle’s battery was dead, and the officers couldn’t start it. They had to have the car towed back to the police station for processing.
Michelle Troconis, a defendant in a trial, listens to the arguments during her first day of court on Thursday, January 11, 2024. (Richard Harbus/Daily Mail via AP Pool)
Jennifer Dulos, a mother of five aged 50 years old, disappeared. She was married to Fotis for 13 years.
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Fotis, Troconis, and Fotis’ civil lawyer Kent Mawhinney were all charged with conspiracy for murder. All three suspects denied any involvement in Dulos’ death. Fotis and Troconis were released after posting $6 million bail each.
Jennifer Farber Dulos disappeared May 24, 2019. (New Canaan Police Department)
Fotis committed suicide shortly after the charges against him were brought. Fotis was hospitalized due to carbon monoxide intoxication for several days before he died.
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Jennifer Farber Dulos’ family released a statement on Wednesday. According to FOX61, it has been four years and seven month since she was murdered and vanished. “We have waited with patience, knowing that justice moves slowly and deliberately [sic], particularly given the disruption caused by a pandemic.
Fotis Dulos committed suicide in 2019 shortly after being charged with the murder of his estranged spouse, Jennifer Dulos. (Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant/TNS/Sipa USA).
We remain grateful for the tireless efforts of the Connecticut State Police, the New Canaan Police, and the State Attorney’s Office in this case, and the ongoing criminal investigation.
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Troconis has plead not guilty. She has also insisted that she was not aware of what happened when Fotis removed various garbage bags from Fotis’ truck as she sat on the passenger seat, after Jennifer vanished. She claims to have no knowledge of a timeline that was obtained by police as evidence.