Michelle Troconis sobs as police interview about Jennifer Dulos’s death played at trial: Updates

Det Matthew Reilly testified on 24 January that presumptive blood tests police conducted in Fotis Dulos’ truck – believed to have been the vehicle used when Dulos dump evidence – were negative.

Dulos was seen on surveillance footage driving the truck along Albany Avenue, stopping at multiple trash bins to dumb bags that were later found to contain bloodstained clothes, zip ties and ponchos.

Some of the items tested positive for Jennifer Dulos’ DNA, according to Dulos’ arrest warrant.

The truck was searched by police on 31 May 2019, and police used Luminol to search for traces of blood.

While several areas illuminated, police conducted presumptive tests but they came back negative for blood.

A blood-soaked bra recovered from trash bins along with zip ties, gloves and a razor – also splattered with a “blood-like” substance – were presented in court as evidence that prosecutors say links Michelle Troconis to the alleged murder of Jennifer Dulos.

Ms Troconis, 49, is charged with conspiracy to commit murder, tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution. She’s accused of helping her then-boyfriend Fotis Dulos cover up the 2019 killing of Dulos, his estranged wife, whose body has never been found.

Documents dubbed “alibi scripts” by police found at the Farmington home of Fotis Dulos and Michelle Troconis were read in court on 24 January.

Three photocopies – two of which outline the couple’s movements the day Jennifer Dulos disappeared – were found inside a black computer bag during a search of the home on 9 June 2019.

Ms Troconis previously told police that they had been advised by an divorce attorney at the time to write out the timelines.

The first document presented to the court mentioned sending emails to “Jennifer” and “Michelle,” a trip to Starbucks at 7pm in which she wrote, “West Hartford Starbucks ... Two frappuccinos ... I did not like the sandwich.”

The trip to Starbucks was made after Ms Troconis and Fotis Dulos were seen driving the route of Albany Avenue as Dulos tossed trash bags that police later discovered contained Jennifer’s DNA.

A second document was a detailed timeline that began with “take a shower with Fotis” at 6.40am, a description of an outfit and cooking scrambled eggs for her daughter.

The third photocopy appeared to be a call log which documented the incoming, outgoing and canceled calls and the duration of each one.

A fourth document, found in an office in the home, appeared to be the original version of the first photocopy.

It was dated 25 May 2019 and noted a meeting with an officer from the New Canaan Police Department and what vehicles “Michi,” “Fotis” and “Pawel” drove.

The defence previously asked the judge to ban any mention of the writing as “alibi scripts.”

Prosecutors clarified that they don’t intend to call the documents “alibi scripts” during the evidentiary portion of the trial, and also have advised their witnesses to call the documents “timelines.”

However, the state will be able to call the documents “alibi scripts” during closing arguments.

Four years after mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos vanished without a trace, her late ex-husband’s lover Michelle Troconis is now facing a judge and jury for her alleged role in the case.

The Independent’s Andrea Cavallier explains the key takeaways from court:

Handwritten timelines detailing the alleged movements of Michelle Troconis and Fotis Dulos on the day his estranged wife Jennifer Dulos vanished in 2019 were shown in court on Wednesday.

The documents dubbed “alibi scripts” by police were found at Dulos’ Farmington, Connecticut home where he lived with Ms Troconis, who is now on trial for charges related to the disappearance and death of Jennifer.

Ms Troconis told police that she believed Jennifer was “somewhere, I hope, hiding.” She said that Fotis Dulos had mentioned Jennifer supposedly once ran away from home as a teenager and supported herself with money from an inheritance.

Det Kimball noted that it was unlikely because Jennifer was a loving mother to her five children.

“Would you ever leave and go hide and not tell your 12-year-old daughter where you were?” Det Kimball said.

Ms Troconis said that while her relationship with Dulos was never violent, she was going to move to Colorado once Jennifer was found - alive, Ms Troconis appeared to suggest - because she was determined to end her relationship with Dulos.

“He never hit me. He never talked aggressively to me,” Ms Troconis said. “We have fights as couples, but I’m also very dominant.”

“Fotis lies to everybody, and the reason he lies to everybody is because he only cares about one person in the world - and that’s himself,” a detective told Ms Troconis.

“He didn’t care about his first wife, didn’t care about his second wife, and doesn’t care about you.”

“I’ll do whatever you want, but I didn’t do it,” Ms Troconis answered in tears.

Ms Troconis said that Fotis Dulos had told her Jennifer Dulos had borderline personality disorder.

“And you got this information from Fotis? This is the man who killed this woman,” a detective told Ms Troconis.

A female detective in the room also confronted Ms Troconis for staying with Dulos even after Jennifer’s disappearance.

“Fotis, the love of your life. The man you sleep with every night,” the female detective said as Ms Troconis broke down in tears. “So imagine what he could do to you ... [after what he did] to a woman he was married to for a long time, who he had five children with, two sets of twins.”

“Did you ask him, ‘Why are you doing this,’?” Ms Tronconis was asked by detectives.

“He said, ‘Relax, it’s okay,’” she said.