Did Conditions In CT Jail Contribute To Fotis Dulos' Death?

NEW CANAAN, CT — The conditions in a Connecticut jail where accused murderer Fotis Dulos was kept for a couple of days were so harsh, his sister believes, that the brief stay contributed to him taking his own life, writes the Stamford Advocate.

Fotis Dulos, who faced kidnapping and murder charges in the disappearance of his estranged wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos, took his own life in January 2020 when he might have been sent back to jail by a judge on a probation violation.

Rena Dulos Kyrimi told the Advocate's Lisa Backus that her brother's brief stint in Newtown's Garner Correctional Institution included Fotis Dulos being forced to stay naked, in a cold cell, with spotlights trained on him, among other indignities.

The prospect of possibly being sent back to that situation so unnerved Fotis Dulos that he took his own life to avoid it, according to Dulos Kyrimi. She said the story of her brother's death "is very dark and it deserves a fair resolution" for his and his estranged wife's memory.

Fotis Dulos was accused of violently attacking Jennifer Dulos in her New Canaan home on May 24, 2019, and then disposing of her body. She has not been found, and Fotis died before he could stand trial.

The couple were in the midst of a contentious divorce and fight over custody of their five children at the time of Jennifer Dulos' disappearance.

Two people still face charges of conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the crime, Fotis' former girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, and his former friend and attorney, Kent Mawhinney.

Troconis' attorney, Jon Schoenhorn, this week released a snippet of a police interrogation of Troconis, in which she is heard saying — with emotion in her voice — "I didn't do it."

Schoenhorn filed a new motion to dismiss some charges against his client, and he requests to hold a "Franks hearing" in which he can question if the arrest warrant against his client was based on misrepresentations by the filing police officer.

In the new motion, Schoenhorn argues what he claims are several occasions when the warrant by State Police Detective John Kimball "contained falsehoods, recklessly disregarded the truth, and omitted material facts, that negated probable cause."

Troconis is next scheduled to appear in court on March 16; Mawhinney on April 5.

Read the Stamford Advocate story.

The Dulos case:

• Mawhinney To Testify Against Troconis In Jennifer Dulos Case
• New Details On How Jennifer Dulos May Have Died: Warrant
• Shocking Details Revealed In Case Of Missing New Canaan Mom
• New Theory Developed In Jennifer Dulos Case: Report
• Kent Mawhinney Released On Bond In Jennifer Dulos Case
• Troconis Keeps GPS Device In Jennifer Dulos Case: Appellate Court
• Jennifer Dulos Case: New Updates As Mystery Remains Unsolved