Prosecutors in the trial of Michelle Troconis Wednesday focused 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 timelines as the “alibi scripts."
“Went with cleaning supply back to 80 M back with Fotis,” Reilly read from the timeline.
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In addition to Fotis Dulos’ Farmington home, a property at 80 Mountain Spring Road in Farmington was also searched, and a Deercliff Road property in Avon as well. In the garage of the Deercliff Road property, investigators found a Porsche SUV with front end damage and the airbags deployed. Reilly also made note in testimony the two front seats of the Porsche were missing.
The arrest warrant for Michelle Troconis gives details on the missing seats. According to the warrant, an associate of Fotis Dulos named Pawel Gumienny told police Fotis told him to replace the two front seats of his Toyota Tacoma.
“The only alternative Gumienny could think of was to use the seats from Dulos’ wrecked Porsche, which he removed on 5/31/19,” the arrest warrant reads.
He kept the seats to the Tacoma in case police wanted to see them.
Gumienny is expected to testify in the trial at some point, and the Tacoma is expected to come up again.
More on the case here.
The timeline paperwork was only a part of a day of day of testimony from Reilly.
Prosecutors showed the jury the extensive search process of Fotis Dulos’ vehicles after Jennifer disappeared. Vehicles searched included a 2015 Chevy Suburban, Ford Raptor, and Jeep Grand Cherokee. Investigators seized a pair of gloves and a baseball hat from the Raptor.
When it came to testimony on the Suburban, Reilly said, “following a visual inspection, I applied luminol solution to look for any luminescent areas.”
That presumptive field test rendered a positive result for a substance that police determined needed further testing and ultimately the entire mat in the back of the suburban was seized.
On Thursday, prosecutors plan to show video of state police detectives interviewing Troconis after her arrest in 2019.
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