PASSAGE ONE OF THE DAY: "Dulos moved out in 2017 to a home in New Canaan and filed for divorce, court records show. She had told officials she was afraid of her husband before her disappearance, according to court documents obtained by CNN. "I know that filing for divorce and filing this motion will enrage him," she said, according to the documents. "I know he will retaliate by trying to harm me in some way."Fotis Dulos denied making any threats or bullying her, according to court filings. He and his then-girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, were arrested in June and charged with tampering with or fabricating evidence after investigators found blood stains and evidence of attempts to clean the crime scene, officials said. They had pleaded not guilty. He was arrested on murder and kidnapping charges earlier this month and again pleaded not guilty."
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PASSAGE TWO OF THE DAY: "Fotis Dulos has denied wrongdoing and his attorney has said the murder case against him lacks sufficient evidence. He was released on a $6 million bond earlier this month, and an emergency bond hearing was set for Tuesday at noon. The day she went missing, surveillance cameras captured someone matching the description of her estranged husband getting out of his truck and putting "multiple garage bags into various trash receptacles" in the Hartford area, authorities said. Detectives later recovered clothing and household goods from trash receptacles with Jennifer Dulos' blood on it."
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STORY: "Authorities believe estranged husband of missing Connecticut mom attempted suicide, two sources say," by reporters Brynn Gingras and Eric Levenson published by CNN on January 28, 2020.
GIST: "Authorities believe the estranged husband accused of killing Connecticut mom Jennifer Farber Dulos made an apparent suicide attempt Tuesday, according to two law enforcement sources. Fotis
Dulos, 52, is in critical condition at UConn Health Center and is being
treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, Farmington Police Lt. Tim
McKenzie said. Officers
conducted a well-being check at his house on Tuesday just before noon
after Dulos did not appear in court for an emergency bond hearing,
McKenzie said. Upon arrival, officers saw Dulos sitting in his vehicle
in the house's garage in obvious signs of medical distress, so they
forced entry and began CPR, he said. He was alone at his home at the time, McKenzie said. Overhead video of the home, filmed by CNN affiliate WFSB, shows officers performing chest compressions on a person lying on the ground for more than 10 minutes. Jennifer Farber Dulos, a 50-year-old mother of five, disappeared in May 2019
in New Canaan, Connecticut, after she dropped her children off at
school. Investigators found her car near a park not far from her home,
but she has not been seen or heard from since, and officials now believe
she is dead. She
and Fotis Dulos, 52, were in the midst of a bitter custody battle.
Jennifer Farber Dulos moved out in 2017 to a home in New Canaan and
filed for divorce, court records show. She had told officials she was
afraid of her husband before her disappearance, according to court
documents obtained by CNN. "I know
that filing for divorce and filing this motion will enrage him," she
said, according to the documents. "I know he will retaliate by trying to
harm me in some way." Fotis Dulos denied making any threats or bullying her, according to court filings. He and his then-girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, were arrested in June
and charged with tampering with or fabricating evidence after
investigators found blood stains and evidence of attempts to clean the
crime scene, officials said. They had pleaded not guilty. He was arrested on murder and kidnapping charges earlier this month and again pleaded not guilty. Troconis, as well as Dulos' friend and former attorney, Kent Mawhinney, have also been arraigned on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder. Neither has entered a plea yet. Fotis Dulos has denied wrongdoing and his attorney has said the murder case against him lacks sufficient evidence. He was released on a $6 million bond earlier this month, and an emergency bond hearing was set for Tuesday at noon. The day she went missing, surveillance cameras captured someone matching the description
of her estranged husband getting out of his truck and putting "multiple
garage bags into various trash receptacles" in the Hartford area,
authorities said. Detectives later recovered clothing and household
goods from trash receptacles with Jennifer Dulos' blood on it. Fotis Dulos is president and CEO of the Fore Group, a Farmington-based company that builds custom homes."
The entire story can be read at:
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