Jennifer Dulos Told Friends, Family And Even A Judge That She Was Afraid Her Husband Was Going To Kill Her, Then She Disappeared.

 Jennifer Farber Dulos

She was an American writer and a devoted stay at home mother. She was very goal oriented, soft spoken, intriguing and beautiful. Jennifer had a very whimsical, spontaneous sense of humor. Her children were her priority and she was happiest when she was around them.

Jennifer was born on September 27, 1968 in New York, New York. She grew up in Greenwich Village. She was the daughter of a vice president of Chase Bank, who also had opened a successful brokerage company.

As a teenager Jennifer was an accomplished athlete.

She graduated from Brown University and later earned a master's degree in writing from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. 

She married Fotis Dulos in Manhattan in 2004 and moved to Farmington, Connecticut. They started a family and eventually had five children, two sets of twins and another daughter.

Jennifer and Fotis' relationship grew volatile and Jennifer was afraid for the safety of her and her children. By the summer of 2017, Jennifer had left the family home in Farmington with her children and moved to 69 Welles Lane. She then filed for divorce on June 20th. Jennifer also tried to file for emergency custody for the children, but was denied. Fotis then tried to run her over outside her new Connecticut home and the nanny was a witness. He also chased Jennifer through her house and she had to lock herself inside her bedroom. Jennifer did not want to call the police as she was very afraid of her husband and he threatened to take the children permanently to Greece.

Also in June 2017, Farmington police seized an unregistered handgun from Fotis Dulos because of a protective order. 

Two months later, Jennifer called New Canaan police from her new home to report that Fotis Dulos had argued with her in front of the children, calling her a “bad mother” and saying she “belongs in an asylum.”

50 year old Jennifer was last seen on May 24, 2019 while dropping of her kids at New Canaan Country School. That same day, she missed a doctor's appointment in New York City, and two of her friends reported her as missing that evening.

When police entered Jennifer's garage at 7 p.m, they realized that she had been a victim of a violent assault. There was blood smeared on the concrete floor, splattered on a car door and inside at least two garbage cans.

That same evening, Fotis and his girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, were captured on video dumping garbage bags, which contained  clothing, mobs, rags and other items with Jennifer's blood, in 30 trash bins in Hartford, Connecticut.

Jennifer's 2017 black Chevrolet Suburban was found later that day near Waveny Park in New Canaan. Police noticed more blood in it and that the mat or rug in the back of it was gone. Investigators eventually took 14 swabs from inside the Suburban that all contained Jennifer's blood

The theory is that after Jennifer dropped off the children at school, she went home where Fotis was lying in wait. The couple then had a violent confrontation in the garage. Fotis likely attacked Jennifer and restrained her with four zip ties. To cover up the murder, Fotis used ten rolls of paper towels to clean up the blood left behind.  

Soon after, the maid reported to authorities that she had restocked the paper towels in the home a few days before Jennifer went missing, and that the paper towels were missing after Jennifer disappeared.
At the time, Fotis had his employee's Toyota Tacoma, that he had taken without consent. Before he returned the vehicle to the employee, Fotis had it detailed. After it's return, Fotis told the employee many times to change out the back seat. Pawel Gumienny was the employee. He did switch out the seats, but he kept the original ones and later gave them to police, who found Jennifer's blood on them. 

Gumienny, a project manager at Fotis Dulos’s construction company, volunteered to help investigators in their work despite being threatened by Fotis. He has became a key witness in the case.

Gumienny told investigators that Fotis  had asked him months before the murder to repair the vintage 10-speed bicycle that a disguised Fotis could be seen cycling along Weed Street in a hoodie on the morning of May 24th. At first, Gumienny didn't pay much attention to the hoodie and the bucket that Fotis had left in his vehicle. He brought them in the house and left them in the laundry room. 

Hours after the murder, Gumienny came upon Fotis and Troconis as they started or tried to have sex while leaned up against his pickup truck.

On January 7th, 2020, 52 year old Fotis was arrested at his Jefferson Crossing home and charged with felony murder, murder and kidnapping. Fotis was released on January 9th after posting a $6 million bond and was ordered to wear a GPS monitor while under house arrest.

Troconis, was also arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit murder. 

Fotis' friend and former attorney, Kent Douglas Mawhinney, was also detained on January 7th and charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

Mawhinney became estranged from his wife after being accused of spousal rape. His wife went to South Windsor police and told authorities that she feared Fotis and Mawhinney were working together to kill her. After Jennifer disappeared, a shallow grave was discovered at a secluded property that Mawhinney owned, filled with two bags of lime and a blue tarp. Authorities and K9 dogs discovered the grave in August 2019, but no body was found in the grave, and said items were found to have been removed.

Fotis owns a construction company. He allegedly owes Jennifer's father over $1 million dollars. Fotis claims he is innocent of Jennifer's murder. At first his attorney said that Jennifer probably just ran away, then they said that she was alive and framing Fotis for he murder, now they are saying that she committed suicide out of revenge. Fotis is due back in court in February.

Jennifer and Fotis’ five children have been living with Jennifer’s mother, Gloria Farber, since their mother disappeared and Fotis has been trying to get custody.

If you have any information regarding Jennifer Dulos please come forward.  Phone 203-594-3544    Email findjenniferdulos@newcanaanct.gov.