Bloody T-Shirt Among Items Found In Missing Mom Case: Update

NEW CANAAN, CT — A Vineyard Vines t-shirt stained with Jennifer Farber Dulos' blood was among the items police recovered in the Hartford area as part of the investigation into her disappearance, writes the Hartford Courant.

Jennifer Dulos is believed to have been wearing the shirt on May 24 when she vanished, and in addition to that item, police also recovered a bra that investigators believe is hers, according to the publication.

The items, with sponges and two mops which also contained blood, were found in the days immediately following Jennifer Dulos' disappearance. They were found in black contractor garbage bags in garbage cans on Albany Avenue, the road where Fotis Dulos and his now ex-girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, are accused of dumping the items.

News of the t-shirt discovery prompted New Canaan Police Lt. Jason Ferraro to issue the following statement that the department would not comment about what may have been found:

In response to the dozens of email requests for confirmation/comment on the information from the Hartford Courant story that was released today (7/31/19) regarding evidence collected and processed no comment will be given.

As this remains an active and dynamic investigation no comment will be provided on any evidence that has been collected nor will information be provided regarding the results of any forensic testing.

Additionally no active searches are occurring.

We remain committed to bringing to justice those responsible for Jennifer’s disappearance.

Troconis and Fotis Dulos were arrested on June 1 and were charged with evidence tampering and hindering a prosecution in connection with the disappearance. Fotis Dulos is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 9; Troconis on Aug. 19.

The shirt and other recovered items could prove to be an important pieces of evidence in the case, in addition to surveillance video and cell phone records that authorities say place Fotis Dulos and Troconis on Albany Avenue discarding the items.

Patch reached out to Norm Pattis, Fotis Dulos' attorney, for a comment about the discovery. "I am unaware of any evidence about what she was wearing when she disappeared," Pattis said. "This sounds like desperate speculation.”

Those discoveries touched off weeks of investigators combing through mounds of garbage at Hartford's Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority facility, in addition to a host of other searches of properties, parks and bodies of water in the New Canaan, Farmington and Avon areas.

Click here to read the full story on the Courant website.