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| Date | May 24, 2019 |
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| Time | Approximately 8:15 a.m. (EDT) |
| Location | New Canaan, Connecticut, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°07′51″N 73°30′49″W / 41.1308°N 73.5136°W |
| Type | Uxoricide |
| Motive | End divorce and child-custody proceedings |
| Perpetrator | Fotis Dulos (believed) |
| Arrests | 3 |
| Accused | Fotis Dulos, Michelle Troconis, and Kent Mawhinney |
| Convicted | Troconis |
| Charges | Evidence tampering, hindering prosecution, capital murder, murder, conspiracy to commit murder |
| Trial | 2024 (Troconis) |
| Verdict | Guilty |
| Convictions | All charges |
Jennifer Dulos (née Farber; born September 27, 1968; presumed dead May 24, 2019; ruled legally dead October 24, 2023) was an American woman who went missing on May 24, 2019. Authorities believe that she was killed in an attack at her home in New Canaan, Connecticut, United States. Her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, were arrested on charges of tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution in connection with Jennifer's disappearance. Later, the two – along with Fotis's attorney Kent Mawhinney – faced additional charges related to Jennifer's murder.
Fotis died by suicide in January 2020. Troconis was convicted of the six charges against her in March 2024[1] and sentenced to 141⁄2 years in prison in May.[2] Mawhinney is awaiting trial.[3]
Jennifer and Fotis were in the midst of a contentious divorce and child-custody proceedings.[4] Police believe Fotis lay in wait for Jennifer, attacking her when she returned home after dropping her children off at school. In the evening, he and Troconis drove to Hartford to dispose of garbage bags containing items with Jennifer's blood on them. Police further allege that Mawhinney conspired with Fotis and Troconis.
- ^ Fahy, Claire (March 2024). "Michelle Troconis guilty". The New York Times.
- ^ Li, David K. (May 31, 2024). "Michelle Troconis sentenced to more than 14 years for helping boyfriend murder his wife". NBC News. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ Tomlinson, Pat (January 18, 2022). "Kent Mawhinney, charged in Jennifer Dulos disappearance, has case put on trial list". Stamford Advocate. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ "Missing mom's body was in truck used by estranged husband, his girlfriend told police". CBS News.