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Jury Foreperson Valerie Bonnett said eventually, Dabate’s story of a masked intruder who he said shot and killed his wife Connie in 2015 at their home started to crumble. What he told the court and what the crime scene photos showed didn’t add up, she said.

“We wanted him to be innocent, we really didn’t want to believe that a father of two [and] husband of 12 years could possibly do this two days before Christmas,” Jury Foreperson Valerie Bonnett said. It was the tale of an Ellington man torn between two women: his wife Connie Dabate and the mother of his kids or his mistress…

Valerie Bonnett sat down with NBC Connecticut’s Shannon Miller to discuss the key moments in the trial that led the jury to the guilty verdict.

Valerie Bonnett sat down with NBC Connecticut’s Shannon Miller and described Dabate’s behavior on the stand.

Valerie Bonnett sat down for an NBC Exclusive with Shannon Miller to discuss how the jury found Richard Dabate guilty.

The Vernon woman who was the foreperson of the jury that convicted Richard Dabate this week of murdering his wife, Connie, in 2015, spoke exclusively with NBC Connecticut Friday about how the jury reached its verdict. Valerie Bonnett says she wants people to understand how she and her fellow jurors sifted through the evidence and testimony to find Dabate guilty…

A jury on Tuesday found an Ellington man who was accused of killing his wife and staging a cover-up guilty on all charges.

A jury in Vernon found Richard Dabate guilty Tuesday of the 2015 murder of his wife, Connie, in their Ellington home.

A jury on Tuesday found an Ellington man who was accused of killing his wife and staging a cover-up guilty on all charges. The trial was five weeks long and the jury had 600 exhibits and the testimony of 130 witnesses to consider in their deliberations. Richard Dabate is accused of killing his 39-year-old wife, Connie, in December 2015. He…

The fate of an Ellington man accused of killing his wife and staging a cover-up is now in the hands of a jury.

The fate of an Ellington man accused of killing his wife and staging a cover-up is now in the hands of a jury. The trial was five weeks long and the jury has 600 exhibits and the testimony of 130 witnesses to consider in their deliberations. Richard Dabate is accused of killing his 39-year-old wife, Connie, in December 2015. He…

A verdict in the murder trial against Richard Dabate is now in the hands of the jury. Dabate is accused of killing his wife Connie back in 2015.

After five weeks of testimony, closing arguments have begun in the Richard Dabate murder trial.

After five weeks of testimony, closing arguments are set to begin on Monday in the Richard Dabate murder trial.

After five weeks of testimony, the jury began deliberating the fate of Richard Dabate Monday. Deliberations began after the prosecution and defense each gave closing arguments. The jury was sent into deliberations around 2:30 p.m. Family and friends for both sides were present, as were seven state troopers who were involved with the initial investigation. The court room, which holds…

Richard Dabate took the stand on Thursday telling the courtroom he loved his wife Connie Dabate and his alleged mistress.

Richard Dabate took the stand Thursday in the murder trial against him. Dabate is accused of killing his wife, Connie, in their Ellington home on December 23, 2015. He has maintained his innocence from the beginning and told police a masked intruder shot Connie to death in the basement of the home and stabbed him multiple times with a utility…