STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — A woman convicted of helping her boyfriend plot and cover up the murder of his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos, during contentious divorce and child custody proceedings in Connecticut was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday. A state judge in Stamford handed down the punishment to Michelle Troconis in the 2019 disappearance of Dulos, whose body has never been found since she disappeared from her New Canaan home.
Troconis, 49, was convicted in March of conspiracy to commit murder, evidence tampering and hindering prosecution. She denies the charges and plans to appeal. Prosecutors say Dulos’ husband, Fotis Dulos , killed her at her home in New Canaan and drove away with her body, which has never been found.
He died by suicide in 2020 shortly after being charged with murder. He had denied killing his wife. Troconis was living with Fotis Dulos when his wife disappeared.
Troconis was convicted in March of conspiracy to commit murder, hindering prosecution and evidence tampering. Troconis, who is detained in a state prison, maintains her innocence and plans to appeal her conviction. Jennifer Dulos has not been seen since she dropped her five children off at school on May 24, 2019.
About 80 people packed the courtroom, with Jennifer Dulos’ family and friends on one side and Troconis’ supporters on the other. All five of Dulos’ children, as well as her mother Gloria Farber attended. Before the sentence was announced, they spoke of their anger and he.
