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Bryan.mercer@nbcuni.com (bryan.mercer@nbcuni.com)
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Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Michelle Troconis writes letter to NBC Connecticut anchor Shannon Miller
The four-page letter details in part how Michelle Troconis claims Fotis Dulos, her then boyfriend, deceived her and other people who were a part of his ongoing divorce and custody case. The letter addressed further details about who else Troconis believes her then-boyfriend Fotis Dulos had fooled.
2024-08-26
03 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Lead detective in Jennifer Dulos case shares never-before-heard detail
The lead case officer in the Jennifer Dulos investigation speaks exclusively to NBC Connecticut following the end of the Michelle Troconis trial.
2024-08-22
06 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Family of Michelle Troconis reacts to verdict
On the night of the verdict in Michelle Troconis’ trial, her father and sister sat down in an exclusive interview with NBC Connecticut to talk about the case.
2024-08-19
07 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Close friend of Jennifer Dulos speaks out after verdict
After the verdict was read, NBC Connecticut spoke with Carrie Luft, close friend of Jennifer Dulos and spokesperson for Dulos' friends and family. Luft opened up about the trial, evidence and Jennifer.
2024-08-16
07 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 29 | The verdict
The six-member jury returned its verdict inside Stamford Superior Court after more than two full days of deliberating.
2024-08-08
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 28 | Closing arguments
Is Michelle Troconis a murderous conspirator who wanted her boyfriend's estranged wife dead and helped him cover up her killing? Or was she an innocent bystander who unwittingly became ensnared in one of Connecticut's most enduring missing person and alleged homicide cases? A state jury heard two different tales of the 49-year-old Troconis as the prosecution and defense made their closing arguments Tuesday in Stamford. The six-member panel was given the case late Tuesday afternoon on charges including conspiracy to commit murder, evidence tampering and hindering prosecution. Troconis has pleaded not guilty.
2024-08-07
30 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 27 | Defendant does not testify
After three days of testimony, the defense rested their case in the trial of Michelle Troconis. Questions had been circulating about Troconis’ decision to take the stand. Her attorney Jon Schoenhorn made clear throughout the trial, the decision of the defendant to testify is one made in consult with him and his co-council at the end of the defense case. Troconis decided not to testify.
2024-08-05
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 26 | Testimony on interrogation tactics
Defense witness Elizabeth Loftus walked the jury through her extensive research and her knowledge of human memory. The defense argued that the science explains Troconis’ inconsistencies in her interviews.
2024-08-02
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 25 | Prosecution rests
Prosecutors Sean McGuinness and Michelle Manning rested the state's case after testimony from Jennifer’s mother. Troconis' lawyer, Jon Schoenhorn, immediately made a motion for an acquittal.
2024-08-01
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 24 | Jennifer’s mother testifies
Dressed in a gray suit and a scarf, 88-year-old Gloria Farber didn't show much emotion as she told the jury that her daughter was supposed to meet her at her New York City apartment on May 24, 2019, after a doctor's appointment, but never showed up. She suggested her daughter would never abandon her children.
2024-07-31
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 23 | Video of chimney shown in court
A new detail from the home surveillance footage showed smoke rising from a single chimney at Fotis Dulos’ home. The times smoke becomes visible were consistent with times some of the trips were made, according to testimony.
2024-07-30
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 22 | Sealed report on laptop?
State prosecutors raised concerns to the judge, outside the presence of the jury, about the possibility that part of a sealed report was displayed on Michelle Troconis’ laptop. It is a custody report completed and shown to Fotis and Jennifer Dulos the month before Jennifer disappeared. It is sealed, according to prior testimony, because it contains confidential health information and information about the five Dulos children.
2024-07-29
31 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 21 | New surveillance video shown
It was a day of quick testimony, including new surveillance footage of Jennifer’s husband, Fotis Dulos, dropping off and picking up Pawel Gumienny’s Toyota Tacoma from a car wash and detail in Avon.
2024-07-26
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 20 | Phone records and forensic data
After a holiday and a snowstorm closed the courts for a few days, the trial resumes with a closer look at forensic analysis, phone records, and GPS data.
2024-07-26
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 19 | Cross-examination of Pawel Gumienny
Gumienny was back on the stand to finish his testimony and face cross examination from the defense about his recollection of events around Jennifer Dulos’ disappearance. Gumienny’s credibility was called into question, as he was pushed on his memory of events and interviews he did with investigators.
2024-07-25
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 18 | Gumienny takes the stand
Pawel Gumienny was the project manager for Fotis Dulos’ company, Fore Group, and police believe Dulos was driving his employee’s red Toyota Tacoma on the day Jennifer went missing.
2024-07-25
27 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 17 | DNA analysis
Results from DNA testing of Items collected in the investigation into the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos were on display in court. The results confirm what is likely to be Jennifer’s DNA on a number of items collected during the investigation and the DNA of others alleged to have been involved in her presumed murder.
2024-07-24
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 16 | Key moments so far
From body camera footage to graphic evidence, and from striking testimony to surveillance video, our team recaps the biggest moments so far as the trial of Michelle Troconis approaches its 20th day.
2024-07-24
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 15 | Confirmed blood on clothing
The forensic examiner who ran tests on evidence seized from multiple locations after the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos testified Thursday that human blood was found on clothes belonging to Jennifer that was dumped in a trash bin in Hartford.
2024-07-23
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 14 | Seized evidence from the truck
Prosecutors brought back a familiar face in Stamford. Retired State Police Detective Matthew Reilly was back on the stand for lengthy testimony about the processing of Pawel Gumienny’s Toyota Tacoma.
2024-07-23
24 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 13 | Tracking the truck
The jury in the Michelle Troconis trial heard testimony about a red Toyota Tacoma that’s close to the heart of the state’s case.
2024-07-22
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 12 | Never-before-seen video
“At no time did Ms. Troconis say she knew anything about the disappearance or what Fotis Dulos was up to,” defense attorney Jon Schoenhorn said outside the courthouse. But state prosecutors spent the afternoon pushing back, showing new surveillance video of the couple inside a West Hartford coffee shop after they were seen disposing of evidence on Albany Avenue.
2024-07-22
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 11 | Second interview is shown in court
Prosecutors in Stamford showed the jury in Michelle Troconis’ trial the second interview she did with investigators. Emotions ran high as investigators pushed Troconis on discrepancies in her timeline that she gave in the first interview.
2024-07-22
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 10 | Jury reviews police interviews
Prosecutors showed the jury items that police seized from Fotis Dulos’ property and vehicles at the time of Jennifer Dulos’ disappearance. Police believe Fotis Dulos killed Jennifer in the garage of her home in New Canaan after she dropped their children off at school in May 2019 and then cleaned up the crime scene
2024-07-19
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 9 | Handwritten timelines
Prosecutors in the trial of Michelle Troconis focus on contents pulled from vehicles owned by Fotis Dulos at the time of Jennifer Dulos’ disappearance and from properties he and his company owned, including his Farmington home. Some of the evidence had never been seen publicly before court Wednesday. “Friday 5/24, 2019,” read retired Connecticut State Police Detective Matthew Reilly from the top of a timeline seized from Fotis Dulos’ home. The timeline marks the whereabouts of Michelle Troconis and Fotis Dulos on the day Jennifer Dulos disappeared. The seizure included the original copy and a photocopy made. Investigators commonly referred to these ti...
2024-07-18
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 8 | Powerful physical evidence
Prosecutors in the trial of Michelle Troconis presented evidence that they say links Troconis to the 2019 disappearance of her boyfriend's estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos. The evidence included what appeared to be a blood-soaked shirt and bra, as well as zip ties, gloves, plastic ponchos, a box cutter and other things with what State Police Sgt. Kevin Duggan testified was a “blood-like” substance on them.
2024-07-17
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 7 | Albany Avenue video
The trial focuses on video obtained along Albany Ave. in Hartford from the day Fotis Dulos was caught on camera dumping trash bags along the road. New angles and video were shown in court, followed by evidence obtained from the street.
2024-07-16
24 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 6 | Juror makes “Gone Girl” comment and is dismissed
Judge Kevin Randolph received an unsigned note from a juror in the trial of Michelle Troconis, accusing another member of the panel of making a comment in the presence of other jurors. It was Juror 186 who likened the case to “Gone Girl,” the 2012 novel by Gillian Flynn that was turned into a 2014 film starring Ben Affleck, about a woman who fakes her own disappearance and her husband, who becomes a suspect.
2024-07-15
24 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 5 | Diving into the DNA evidence
We break down a complicated day of testimony from the Connecticut Forensic Science lab on analysis done on samples sent from Jennifer Dulos’ home, garage, and cars investigators collected. The samples were sent for DNA analysis, and explanation of that analysis dominated testimony in court.
2024-07-13
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 4 | Nanny shares stories of the Dulos’ contentious marriage
Family nanny Lauren Almeida testified that she and Jennifer Dulos had become afraid of Fotis Dulos in 2017, when the Dulos' relationship deteriorated after she found out he was having an affair with Troconis. That year, Almeida said Fotis Dulos chased Jennifer Dulos outside the home with a piece of paper and had a screaming argument with her inside the Farmington home.
2024-07-12
21 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 3 | Testimony from the nanny
Jennifer Dulos’ nanny at the time of her disappearance takes the stand in Stamford, the same nanny who called police on the night of Jennifer’s disappearance in May of 2019, and gave a lengthy interview with investigators, some of which was used in writing up arrest warrants for Michelle Troconis and Fotis Dulos.
2024-07-12
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 2 | Body camera video shown to the jury
The trial did not include opening arguments, which are not required under state law. Instead, it kicked off with never-before-seen body camera video of a responding New Canaan police officer from the night Jennifer Dulos was reported missing.
2024-07-11
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
Ep. 1 | First day in court
Michelle Troconis appears in Superior Court in Stamford, CT. The woman who was dating Jennifer Dulos' estranged husband stands trial nearly 5 years after Jennifer was first reported missing.
2024-07-11
25 min
Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
What happened to Jennifer Dulos? Inside the Trial of Michelle Troconis
A disappearance in 2019, a death in 2020, delays from the pandemic, and jury selection in 2023. Following nearly 5 years of investigations, interviews and arrests, the trial of Michelle Troconis officially begins in Stamford, Connecticut.
2024-07-10
00 min
The Fandom Files
Inside Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge new ride, Rise of the Resistance
The Fandom Files is joined by frequent contributor Bryan Young to discuss Rise of the Resistance, the brand new ride at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge! Bryan and Jordan are on location in Orlando to experience and explore the highly anticipated new ride, and after taking it all in, they discuss all the ins and outs of the 20-minute extravaganza. Get all the details, Easter eggs, fun facts from Imagineers, and deep thoughts on this massive enterprise. All this and more in this episode of The Fandom Files! Follow us on Twitter: @FandomFilesSYFY!See Privacy P...
2019-12-09
35 min
Strong Female Characters
The one with New York Times best-selling author Holly Black
This week, Cher and returning guest co-host and fellow FANGRRL Courtney Enlow discuss the chilling expose on Bryan Singer, followed by a much-needed palate cleanser of Japanese mascot culture, and Preeti talks to New York Times best-selling author Holly Black about the power of female anger.
2019-01-29
00 min