The mother of Jennifer Dulos, who disappeared from her Connecticut home five years ago, says she believes her estranged husband’s girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, lied to investigators and “without a doubt” knows where her daughter’s body was dumped.
The slain woman’s mother, Gloria Farber, 89, believes Troconis has withheld the truth from investigators, but she doesn’t think he will ever reveal what happened to her 50-year-old daughter’s body, which has still not been found.
“I think she knows where Jennifer is, or where her body is,” Farber said. He told WTNH Troconis was convicted in March of helping his late boyfriend, Fotis Dulos, cover up the 2019 murder of his estranged wife.
Asked if she immediately suspected her daughter’s ex-husband, Farber said, “Yes, I did.”
“And the way it happened is just awful. Poor guy. I mean, I don’t know what made him go completely out of control,” she added.
Investigators believe Dulos, a 50-year-old mother of five, was attacked and killed by her estranged husband on May 24, 2019, and dumped somewhere with the help of Troconis, a Venezuelan socialite with whom he was living.
Troconis was convicted of conspiracy to murder, tampering with evidence and hindering prosecution after a video shown to a Stamford, Connecticut jury earlier this year showed her driving around with her boyfriend and discarding a bag containing Jennifer’s bloody clothes.
Fotis Dulos died in a Bronx hospital on January 30, 2020, days after attempting suicide while out of jail on $6 million bail and the day before he was scheduled to appear for his next bail hearing.
Dulos’ mother, who now has custody of the children in New York City, said her daughter amazes her “all the time” and that she thinks about her every day.
“I think about her every day. She poured all of her wisdom and joy into her children,” Ferber said. “Her life was cut short, but in that short time she became a great person. She amazed me. She never ceases to amaze me.”
Dulos comes from a wealthy New York family; his father, Hilliard Farber, founded his own brokerage firm, and his aunt-in-law was the fashion designer Liz Claiborne.
Troconis faces up to 50 years in prison.
She is scheduled to be sentenced May 31st.
