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Venezuelan socialite Michelle Troconis was seen with now-deceased boyfriend Fotis Dulos in security footage showing him disposing of evidence in his ex-wife’s murder, her trial was told.

Dulos was seen in a white T-shirt and black baseball cap traveling down Albany Avenue in Hartford, Conn., on the day of estranged wife Jennifer Dulos’ disappearance in May 2019, according to footage played in Stamford Superior Court on Monday.

At times, the man could be seen getting out of his Ford F-150 to throw unidentified objects into multiple trash cans along the city street.

Police say Dulos and Troconis disposed of 30 bags of items that day and the still-missing mom of five’s blood was found on some of the objects inside.

Another video appeared to show Dulos tossing an envelope into a storm drain, as Troconis reaches down to the sidewalk near the sewer gate.


  Surveillance footage shown in court on Monday apparently shows Fotis Dulos throwing out unidentified items along Albany Avenue in Hartford, Conn., on the day of his ex-wife’s disappearance. DailyMail.com/POOL Surveillance footage shown in court on Monday apparently shows Fotis Dulos throwing out unidentified items along Albany Avenue in Hartford, Conn., on the day of his ex-wife’s disappearance. DailyMail.com/POOL

Two altered license plates were found inside an envelope dumped there — ones later matched to an older-model Chevrolet Suburban once registered to Dulos, prosecutors said.

“We’ve never disputed the fact that Michelle was in that vehicle,” Troconis’ attorney, Jon Schoenhorn, said after court on Monday, according to the Hartford Courant.

She claims, however, that she was simply trying to get rid of a piece of gum by wiping it on the sidewalk, he said.


  Police say Dulos and his alleged accomplice, Michelle Troconis, disposed of 30 bags of items that day and Jennifer’s blood was found on some of the objects inside. DailyMail.com/POOL Police say Dulos and his alleged accomplice, Michelle Troconis, disposed of 30 bags of items that day and Jennifer’s blood was found on some of the objects inside. DailyMail.com/POOL

The surveillance footage showed it is “absolutely clear that it was Fotis Dulos who dropped that FedEx envelope ” with the altered plates down the drain, Schoenhorn said.

“Bottom line is these are things Fotis Dulos did,” Schoenhorn said of the murder suspect who killed himself before facing trial.

“He’s not here to explain himself. I don’t think anybody is going to be able to explain what he was up to,” he said.


  Dulos was charged with killing Farber Dulos, but took his own life at age 52 in January 2020. AP Dulos was charged with killing Farber Dulos, but took his own life at age 52 in January 2020. AP

“The bottom line is I’ve yet to see anything to suggest that Michelle Troconis knew anything about what [Dulos] was up to.”

Dulos had been charged with murdering his ex-wife in her New Canaan home after she returned from dropping off their five children at school in May 2019.

Police said he waited for her to return home, attacked her in the garage and tried to clean up the scene before driving off with her body in another SUV. The vehicle was later found abandoned at a local park but Jennifer Dulos’ body has never been found.


  Police claim Dulos killed his ex-wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos, in her New Canaan home after she returned from dropping off their five children at school on May 24, 2019. E. Broderick Photography Police claim Dulos killed his ex-wife, Jennifer Farber Dulos, in her New Canaan home after she returned from dropping off their five children at school on May 24, 2019. E. Broderick Photography

Dulos would later take his own life as he faced charges for his ex-wife’s murder — leaving Troconis as the only defendant in the case.

Troconis, 49, faces charges for allegedly helping him conceal the crime, including conspiracy to commit murder, evidence tampering and hindering prosecution.


  Troconis, 49, is facing charges for allegedly helping Fotis conceal the crime, including conspiracy to commit murder, evidence tampering and hindering prosecution. DailyMail.com/POOL Troconis, 49, is facing charges for allegedly helping Fotis conceal the crime, including conspiracy to commit murder, evidence tampering and hindering prosecution. DailyMail.com/POOL

Jurors previously heard from the Dulos family’s nanny, Lauren Almeida, who claimed in court that the parents were initially “nice to each other,” but their relationship soon fell apart and eventually took a turn for the worse when Jennifer Dulos found out about her husband’s affair with Troconis in March 2017, according to the Courant.


  Police say Dulos threw out doctored license plates that traced back to his car. AP Police say Dulos threw out doctored license plates that traced back to his car. AP

Almeida claimed that Fotis would often intimidate Jennifer Dulos, and she became so scared that she fled from their Farmington home to file for divorce from the safety of a five-star Manhattan hotel and hired a bodyguard.

Police have also testified that they found what appeared to be blood on the black Range Rover found in the victim’s garage.

But the Troconis family continues to insist Michelle is innocent.

“We stand together as a family, ’cause that’s what we are, we’re in unity to support my sister,” Claudia Troconis said outside Stamford court on Thursday.

“She’s a mother, a daughter, a sister, an amazing mother, and just an amazing human being,” she continued. “And we know that the truth will prevail and justice will be done because she is innocent … this has been unfair for the past four and a half years.”

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