HARTFORD, Conn. _ Local police resumed their investigation at Fotis Dulos' Farmington, Conn., home Wednesday morning while Dulos remains in critical condition in a New York hospital, one day after attempting to kill himself with carbon monoxide poisoning.
Dulos, who is accused of killing his estranged wife Jennifer Farber Dulos, was transported to UConn Health in Farmington on Tuesday afternoon from his Jefferson Crossing home. He was later taken by LifeStar helicopter to the Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, ending a chaotic day that included police notifying the caretakers of his five children that he had died and drones hovering above his home capturing video of frantic emergency personnel using CPR to try to revive him.
Police Lt. Timothy McKenzie said Farmington police investigators are returning to Dulos' 4 Jefferson Crossing home Wednesday morning to continue their investigation. McKenzie would not specifically say what the probe is about, but it appears to be tied to Dulos' attempted suicide.
Farmington police had been at the house Tuesday and suspended their investigation overnight, he said. Crews returned Wednesday morning and McKenzie said Farmington police borrowed Newington police's mobile command center.
There were police vehicles at the house overnight simply to guard the scene, which is a common practice for ongoing investigations.
McKenzie said early Wednesday morning he could not give any additional information, and that he also has no information about Dulos' medical status.
Dulos, 52, was supposed to appear in Stamford Superior Court at noon for a hearing on whether the $6 million bond he posted after his Jan. 7 murder arrest was going to be revoked because the South Carolina company that insured the bond was now claiming that the collateral to cover the bond was not sufficient.
Instead, police found Dulos in the garage of his home. A car was running inside, the doors were closed and a hose was attached to the tailpipe, sources said. Dulos had apparently gone to the garage after his new girlfriend had left to go to the grocery store.
"Obviously the potential for a bond revocation was devastating news to him, but throughout he has been a fighter and resolute, so this development comes as stunning news to me," Dulos' attorney Norm Pattis told NBC News on Tuesday.
A bond hearing will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m in Stamford Superior Court without Dulos being present.
Pattis did not speak with reporters gathered outside Jacobi Medical Center late Tuesday night and earlier in the day had said only that he was aware Dulos was transported to the hospital with a pulse, offering him "thoughts and prayers."
Farber Dulos, 51, has not been seen since May 24 when she dropped her children off at school in New Canaan. Dulos, a luxury home builder, and Farber Dulos had been in the middle of a contentious two-year divorce at the time of her disappearance. A probate judge last year granted custody of their five children to their maternal grandmother, Gloria Farber.
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 on the day Farber Dulos went missing, investigators said they found surveillance video 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, the affidavit said.
Last week, Judge White ordered strict home confinement for Dulos after reports surfaced that he meddled with a memorial for Farber Dulos set up near the Farmington home they once shared. 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 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. Pattis 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.
