In the wake of her conviction and sentencing , Michelle Troconis’ family is speaking out about what they say is “a wrongful conviction” and are eager to share what they call “her side of the story.” Speaking from their homes in Miami, Troconis’ youngest sister, Claudia Troconis-Marmol, and mother, Marisela Arreaza, talked with the Hartford Courant. They said that the world may never know the full story of what happened to Jennifer Farber Dulos, because Fotis Dulos — who they believe held the answers — is dead.
While detectives, prosecutors and Farber Dulos’ family believe Troconis knows more than she has revealed so far, including information on the location of Farber Dulos’ still unfound remains, the Troconis’ family is steadfast in their belief that she does not know anything about her ex-partner’s crimes. Troconis-Marmol called Dulos a “monster” whose true colors were only just revealed to them at trial. “He’s a coward.
I despise him,” she said. The Troconis family, they said, once loved Dulos and welcomed him into their close-knit family. But as they have learned more and more about what he was accused of doing to his wife, they have been appalled.
“We were completely shocked with Fotis, who the trial presented. Because that in no way was the Fotis that we had met,” said Troconis-Marmol. “He fooled us all,” her mother said.
Troconis, 49, was sentenced on May 31 to 14 1/2 years in prison after being found guilty in March of conspir.
