HARTFORD, Conn. _ Investigators ended weeks of searching a Hartford trash-to-energy plant in connection with the disappearance of New Canaan mother Jennifer Farber Dulos late Monday, but said the case remains "very active."
New Canaan police officials said their search with state police teams of Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority on Maxim Road in Hartford came to an end about 7:30 p.m. on Monday. They have not said what evidence, if any, was discovered in the search that started in early June.
Farber Dulos, a mother of five, was first reported missing at 6:59 p.m. on May 24. Her car was found a short time later at a park not far from her home in New Canaan.
Teams have been searching the expansive trash-to-energy plant after video collected in Hartford showed what appeared to by Farber Dulos' estranged husband, Fotis Dulos, discarding bags along Albany Avenue in Hartford the night she went missing, court records show.
By the time investigators arrived in the neighborhood, some trash had been collected, law enforcement sources said.
MIRA officials said they were contacted by investigators and said trash from those neighborhoods were brought to the facility on Maxim Road.
Dulos, and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, both faces charges of hindering prosecution and tampering with evidence in connection with the disappearance of Farber Dulos. They have been released on bail.
The trash-to-energy plant was one of a number of sites repeatedly searched by investigators. In past weeks, they have visited a properties related to Fotis Dulos and his homebuilding company, Fore Group, the park where Jennifer Farber Dulos' car was found, and other areas connected to the family.
Despite calling off the search at the trash plant, New Canaan police said the case remains "a very active and dynamic investigation that involves dozens of investigators."
Since she was first reported missing, investigators have received nearly 1,000 tips about Farber Dulos' disappearance and have collected videos from 80 homes and businesses, police said.
