HARTFORD, Conn. _ State police sources say Fotis Dulos, who was facing charges in the murder of his estranged wife, has died at his Farmington home. No other details were available at this time.
Other news outlets are reporting that efforts are still underway to revive Dulos. There are multiple emergency personnel on site at his Jefferson Crossing home.
A Superior Court judge was expected to hold an emergency bond hearing in Stamford for Dulos on Tuesday.
Dulos, 52, was free on $6 million bond, was twice arrested in the past for tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution in connection with Jennifer Farber Dulos' disappearance on May 24. Dulos' former girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, 44, and his friend, Kent Mawhinney, 54, both face charges of conspiracy to commit murder.
Questions surfaced recently about the $6 million bond Dulos posted and whether the insurance company tied to it, Palmetto Surety Company of Columbia, S.C., would continue to back it, sources said. The insurance company raised concerns about collateral that was put up to guarantee Dulos would appear in court.
In a 35-page arrest warrant affidavit supporting Dulos' murder charge, state police detectives said they found Dulos' DNA on an inside doorknob to the mudroom of Farber Dulos' New Canaan home, along with his DNA and her blood mixed on a faucet in the home.
After tracking Dulos' phone to the North End of Hartford, investigators said they found surveillance footage showing a man they say is Dulos throwing out garbage bags in the area of Albany Avenue, the affidavit said. In the trash, investigators reported finding a number of items, including zip ties, a bloodstained poncho, a sponge and a bloodstained paper towel with Farber Dulos' DNA on it.
Last week, Superior Court Judge Gary White ordered strict home confinement for Dulos after questions surfaced that he meddled with a memorial for Farber Dulos set up near the Farmington home they once shared. At the time of her disappearance, Dulos and Farber Dulos were embroiled in a contentious divorce and custody battle. White told Dulos that if he violated the conditions of his release again, White would double the bond to $12 million.
Last week's hearing followed the filing of a motion by Stamford/Norwalk State's Attorney Richard Colangelo asking a judge to review Dulos' bond after Dulos was seen stopping at the end of a private road leading to his home on Jan. 17 to "get out of his vehicle and remove items from a memorial that was set up," court records show.
"Mr. Dulos is on the edge of what he has the right to do. I would ask that you remove his permission to leave for work and do it in black and white so that he knows what he can do. It shouldn't be that hard but apparently it is," Colangelo said to White.
Norm Pattis, Dulos' attorney, acknowledged it was not smart for Dulos to remove items from the memorial. But, he said, the memorial was set up near his home to taunt him.
