Crime & Safety
Trial Date Set For Troconis In Jennifer Dulos Disappearance Case
Jury selection reportedly is set to begin next month in Michelle Troconis' conspiracy to commit murder trial.
NEW CANAAN, CT — Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Oct. 4 in the trial of Michelle Troconis, one of two suspects in the disappearance of Jennifer Farber Dulos, reported the Stamford Advocate.
Stamford Superior Court Judge Kevin Randolph, who set the date during a hearing on Wednesday, also ruled that Troconis' case will remain in Stamford, and will not be moved to Hartford, as her attorney, Jon Schoenhorn, requested. Schoenhorn argued, unsuccessfully in part, that there has been too much media coverage over the past four years for his client to receive a fair trial.
Jennifer Dulos vanished from her New Canaan home on May 24, 2019, and is presumed to be dead. At the time of her disappearance, Jennifer and her estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, were in the midst of a contentious divorce and custody battle over the five children they shared.
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Her body has not been found. Fotis Dulos was charged with kidnapping and murdering Jennifer, but he took his own life in January 2020 and never stood trial in the case.
Troconis, Fotis' former girlfriend, and Kent Mawhinney, a former attorney and one of Fotis' friends, are accused of assisting Dulos in the murder plot; both Troconis and Mawhinney have pleaded not guilty.
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A trial date has not yet been set for Mawhinney.
News 12 Connecticut reported that Wednesday's court hearing continued witness testimony over what evidence should be allowed at trial. Schoenhorn has argued that Troconis was subjected to unlawful searches, and that some evidence was obtained inappropriately.
Read the Stamford Advocate story; read the News 12 Connecticut story.
The Dulos case
- Troconis Wants Evidence Thrown Out In Dulos Disappearance Case
- Mystery Continues 3 Years After Jennifer Farber Dulos' Disappearance
- House Arrest Lifted For Suspect In Jennifer Dulos Disappearance Case
- Mawhinney To Testify Against Troconis In Jennifer Dulos Case
- Fotis Dulos Gives Controversial Interview
- New Details On How Jennifer Dulos May Have Died: Warrant
- Shocking Details Revealed In Case Of Missing New Canaan Mom
- 2 Of 3 Suspects Bond Out In Jennifer Farber Dulos Murder Case
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