Jury Finds Michelle Troconis Guilty on All Counts in Jennifer Dulos Case

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[nickcarraway]

Almost five years since Jennifer Dulos was last seen, Michelle Troconis has been convicted in her death and disappearance.

A six-person jury deliberated for more than three days — after hearing eight weeks worth of evidence and testimony — and delivered the verdict Friday. They found Troconis, 49, guilty of all six counts: Conspiracy to commit murder, two counts of conspiracy to tamper with physical evidence, two counts of tampering with physical evidence and one count of second-degree hindering prosecution.

Troconis faces up to 50 years in prison if a judge decides to sentence her to consecutive terms. The conspiracy to commit murder charge carries a sentence up to 20 years in prison.

[nickcarraway]

She was convicted without the body of the victim. They still don't know where she is.

[napscoordinator]

I always thought it was the husband.

[jonrick46]

I remember hearing that they found a garbage bag with evidence of Jennifer Dulos’ murder and Troconis’ part in the murder.

[muir_redwoods]

If the standard for acquittal is reasonable doubt, isn’t the lack of a body reasonable doubt the murder even occurred?

[nickcarraway]

I don’t know the exact evidence in this case, But I’ve heard district attorneys talk before and sometimes there are murder convictions without the body.

[Psalm 73]

Happened in my neck of the woods (or "nape of the neck" as Chevy Chase would say) - a gruesome crime, appears they both beat her to death in the garage.

He committed suicide awaiting trial and now she gets her come-uppance.

[Bartholomew Roberts]

The mopped up bloodstain in the garage was so large that Dulos could not have survived the loss of blood, according to the prosecutor prior to trial.

It was suspected that she was dismembered where she was struck down there and disposed of in small pieces.

I have several friends that were near neighbors and in administration at the childrens’ school, so I heard a lot of the random facts about the case.

[muir_redwoods]

I get that and in this case it’s clear she’s dead but in general, without a body (or it’s equivalent) I think that’s reasonable doubt.

[yldstrk]

She needs to just admit her part in it.

[MayflowerMadam]

“sometimes there are murder convictions without the body.”

It happens quite often now, if the true crime stories are actually true. I did see a documentary of the first trial where there was no body (killer was convicted), but don’t recall the details now.

[ballplayer]

They have Dulos on video dumping plastic garbage bags with his wife’s bloody clothes in a garbage can in Hartford miles from his home,in the video while he is doing this Troconis opens the passenger side door and leans out.
The truck Dulos is driving is not his it’s a guy that does work for him

[ABN 505]

Next up is McWhinny the crooked lawyer who also helped Dulos get rid of evidence.

[nickcarraway]

Well it would be nice if the family got to bury their relative.

[nickcarraway]

Why would a lawyer risk everything to help a client get rid of evidence?

[x]

Troconis causes a lot of trouble.

Stay away bad pork and bad porking.

[ABN 505]

They had a criminal association where they did favors for each other. The cops actually found a hole dug on his property with several bags of lime nearby, not that there is anything suspicious about that!