911 was location of your emergency uh yeah I uh I'm worried about my uh Wife and Kids On Fire for medic and an ambulance expedited response I have always maintained that I thought she might be here Jennifer doulos led the perfect life wealthy and active and smart she had a beautiful family and an attractive enterprising husband her dreams had come true but things were not as they seemed and the ideal life was about to crumble a marriage full of tensions was reaching boiling point Jennifer would go on to take her children and run but when she finally disappeared it wasn't of her own valtion so where did she go what happened to This brilliant writer and loving wife and what did her husband have to do with it this is the tragic story of Jennifer doul Jennifer doulos was born in 1968 in New York City she came from a well-to-do family her father was a banker and her mother was a philanthropist while her aunt by marriage was Liz Clayborn who founded the fashion company that would later buy the Kate Spade brand as a result Jennifer grew up in a creative and financially supportive environment she was smart and had The Pick of ivy league universities and she chose Brown she graduated from Brown in 1990 and went on to pursue a master's degree in writing at an Arts University in New York Jennifer had always dreamed of a high society life in an essay she published in 1998 when she was 30 she wrote about the women she idolized correctly poised Supergirls well- educated accomplished Thoroughbred her dream career would not be a career at all it would be supervising her family's New York calendars still she occupied herself writing and was a known figure on New York's literary scene in the 9s described as a vibrant presence she wrote multiple plays about her romantic experiences reflecting fears about commitment and emotional honesty she had a string of relationships that did not succeed but she was still looking for the one at the end of the 9s Jennifer moved out of New York she had no more romantic luck in the countryside and her ideal life began to feel more of a distant dream little did she know she'd already met the man of her dreams the man who had become her husband fotus dulos was Greek born in istan buul in 1967 at the age of s he and his family had had moved to Athens but he wanted more in a piece of personal writing he said he wanted to get exposed to societies and cultures Beyond his own country he was smart and ambitious and this ambition led him across the Atlantic to Brown University where he began his degree a year before Jennifer did Jennifer met fotus in her first week at Brown they had chemistry but it didn't go anywhere Jennifer was settling into her exciting New Life and fotus was preoccupied with his existing romances he graduated in 1989 and went to Colombia for his MBA in finance in 2000 he married another Brown graduate Hillary Alama Hillary was also ambitious a lawyer and a writer but this led to friction in their relationship there is something very attractive when you're a creative person yourself and you meet somebody who's also an entrepreneur you're riding that high bridge with them um and you're kind of like dangling off the sides fotus was indeed living a successful life he was a manager at a technology consulting firm and sought The High Life wherever he could a friend said everything with him had to be the best the best ski equipment the Porsche he was also highly athletic early to the 2010's wellness Trend Jennifer had been a competitive squash player and continued to enjoy running they had a lot in common and with fotus his marriage to Hillary on the rocks it was no wonder that Sparks flew when fotus and Jennifer ran into each other at the airport in Aspen in 2003 a year later January 13th 2004 fotus emailed Jennifer his divorce from Hillary was in progress and he wanted to meet up with Jennifer he wanted to breathe life into the connection they'd always shared since they first met at Brown in 1986 Jennifer described him on her blog as this young man I'd always liked we had a special chemistry together always something special and precious and we were careful to be careful with one another until lightning finally struck in 2004 a month after fotus and Hillary's divorce went through Jennifer and fotus were married in Manhattan the divorce was settled amicably but Hillary was glad to be out of it that was a relationship that was very unhealthy that uh actually ended up involving a high-profile case you literally dodged the bullet there I think so no one could have known how fotus second marriage would end Jennifer certainly didn't she thought she was getting everything she dreamed of a supportive athletic and attractive husband a large family and a life of luxury to go along with it the couple moved to picturesque Farmington Connecticut and there fotus started his own business with the financial backing of Jennifer's Banker father in Connecticut Jennifer struggled to make new friends she socialized mainly with photos' friends and participated in his Hobbies like water skiing though she hated it her own interests such as writing were set aside and her unfinished novel manuscript went into a drawer to collect dust fotus had a very chaotic working method a friend described him as a last minute shooting for the deadline kind of guy meanwhile they were both getting stressed under the pressure to have children they both wanted to conceive but they were struggling they turned to Medical intervention and finally Jennifer gave birth to twins in 2006 but this heralded a new era of their relationship and the beginning of its decline Jennifer and fotus had five children together including two sets of twins the family was active and high achieving just the way Jennifer had dreamed of it the kids days were packed with Hobbies such as art horse riding and photos's beloved water skiing but family life was also stressful to keep cash flowing in his real estate business fotus constantly moved them from house to house and the kids busy lives meant that Jennifer had little time for herself she and fotus began to fight in a blog post in 2012 Jennifer wrote I wish I were a stronger person and that confrontation did not both scare and appall me hints like this of deep conflicts in the marriage were littered across her writing and external pressures emerged too fuses parents moved to the US but his mother was killed shortly afterwards in a freak accident run over by the couple's Nanny Jennifer's father developed complications from an autoimmune disease sometimes pressures like these can draw couples closer together but instead they pushed Jennifer and fotus only further apart fotus began spending time away from home sometimes he was gone for as many as 10 days each mon month on what he said were water skiing trips Jennifer meanwhile Drw into herself spending more time reading and became increasingly isolated as fotus Cut Her Off from her friends fotus also displayed aggressive behavior he punched out a parking lot attendant at her parents apartment building and forced the kids to compete at ever higher water ski levels when they didn't want to Jennifer wrote they they are physically and emotionally exhausted and have begged me to do something about it we are all terrified to disobey my husband things came to a head in 2017 Jennifer's father died and it was amidst her grief that fotus told her he was having an affair his mistress was a Venezuelan woman named Michelle tronus born in 1975 Michelle was a marketing and PR manager for high-end Resorts an advanced skier with ambitions to rank in the top 50 water skiers Nationwide just the way fotus and Jennifer had felt an instant attraction when they reconnected in 2003 so too did fotus and Michelle now realize their similarities and fotus cast Jennifer aside fotus told Jennifer he'd fallen out of love with her he said he still wanted to remain close with her and the children however and did not want them to move he even suggested that Michelle could move into their mansion which was plenty large enough to host all of them together Jennifer couldn't believe this she opened up to the kid's Nanny she opened up more saying that she was no longer in love with fotus but she wanted she had five kids so they were going to try and work out what they could after an emotional year she was reaching Breaking Point and there was one final straw Jennifer and fotus had an agreement not to bring guns into the home for the sake of the kids yet around this time fotus bought a 9mm Glock Jennifer learned this not from fotus himself but from their children fotus had shown the gun to the kids before telling Jennifer he'd bought it so breaking their agreement the introduction of a deadly weapon into an already conflict household worried Jennifer she was afraid of what photus would do to her or with the kids if she filed for divorce while they were living under the same roof so she made a plan to move out secretly under the cover of night in June 2017 she piled the kids into the car and drove them to a new home in new Canan fotus was Furious he called 911 I I'm worried about my wife and kids because they uh they left to go to New York and I haven't been able to get in touch with them but nothing bad had happened to Jennifer not yet the next day she filed for divorce in the filing she wrote I know that filing for divorce and filing this motion will enrage him I know he will retaliate by trying to harm me in some way she mentioned fotus affair with Michelle and alleged he had threatened to kidnap their children if Jennifer did not agree to his terms the couple were given temporary joint custody while the divorce was settled but Jennifer made multiple requests for emergency Soul custody in March 2018 this was granted as a judge learned that fotus had been seeing the children in the presence of Michelle which was not allowed and telling them to lie about it fotus had lost custody of of his children he also felt undermined and emasculated he claimed Jennifer had told the kids your father likes Farmington because he is not that smart successful people live in new Canan on top of all this he was losing money upon Jennifer's father's death her mother sued fotus for the loan he'd been given for his business at least $1. 7 million the pressure was escalating and the outcome of the divorce looked like it would be humiliating indeed in May 2019 relations had soured even further a family dog was dying of a terminal illness and fotus and Michelle wanted the kids to visit to say goodbye Jennifer didn't trust fotus even this far she wouldn't let the children go an employee of fotus witnessed Michelle's resulting Fury she said that should be buried right next to it was not long after this that Jennifer doulos went missing on May 24th 2019 Jennifer was seen dropping the kids off at school in New Kanan at around 8:00 a. m.
she was then seen by a neighbor security camera returning home at 8:05 she had two doctor's appointments scheduled for that day in New York City an hour away 1 at 11:00 a. m. and 1 at 1 p.
m. she did not turn up for either appointment at around 11: the children's Nanny Lauren Almeida arrived at Jennifer's house she let herself in did you notice anything unusual when you went into the garage when I went into the garage yes um the Range Rover was still there and the Suburban was gone when she told me she would be taking the Range Rover did you notice anything unusual a couple things yes tell the jury what you noticed so first her purse was on um the floor the tea was still full there were only two rolls of paper towels left Lauren went about her daily tasks as usual she wouldn't recognize these signs as forboding until later on she picked up the kids and texted Jennifer because one of the kids couldn't find her iPad but Jennifer didn't answer they were supposed to be meeting Jennifer at her mom's apartment in Manhattan but Jennifer never showed up it's like my stomach just sank cuz she never not answered her phone Lauren called around to Jennifer's friends no one had seen her upon learning that her boss hadn't turned up to her appointments in New York and hadn't been seen since 8 that morning Lauren called the police the police found blood spatter on the floor door and a wall in the garage there was also Blood on the exterior of the Range Rover and in the kitchen when they DNA tested this blood they found it was all Jennifer's all of it except the blood on the kitchen faucet which was a combination of Jennifer and fuses someone had tried to clean up the blood which was why Lauren hadn't noticed any and why there was so little kitchen roll left Jennifer Suburban was found parked behind waveny Park in New Canan that night on May 26th the police commenced a search of the 38 Park as the days passed without any sign they extended their search looking in the vicinity of photos' properties when a wife goes missing the husband is always the first Port of Call and in this case with such a contentious divorce going on fotus cut a highly suspicious figure and new evidence was emerging the area had a lot of CCTV coverage since it was filled with high value properties whose owners valued their security doorbell cameras and Street CCTV captured the sequence of events on that fateful May 24th as clearly as any eyewitness at approximately 7:30 p. m on that day a pickup truck registered to photos's company was seen driving down Albany Avenue with several trash bags in the back it dipped out of camera view and then when seen again there were considerably less bags in the back and a man could be seen getting out to put another bag in a trash can this routine continued several times the driver was fotus doulos and the passenger was Michelle tronus and they were disposing of something peac meal like they were trying to avert suspicion the police searched these trash cans they found all the evidence the pair had been trying to dispose of a huge collection of items many of them stained with Jennifer's blood the items included cleaning materials Jennifer's clothes and zip ties this was enough for the police to consider Jennifer's disappearance a suspicious death and for both fotus and Michelle to be arrested a search warrant uncovered further damning Evidence at photos's house the police found what they called an alibi script it was a handwritten timeline outlining both fotus and Michelle's movements on May 24th and 25th it claimed Michelle had spent the morning when Jennifer had been killed running errands a story Michelle stuck to in her first police interview photus killed Jen okay this is a we know this Michelle reacted shocked but was this genuine she invented a story about the timeline being a request from photos's lawyer but it omitted their trip dumping trash on the evening of May 24th when they'd been seen clearly on CCTV if this was a lie what else were they hiding Michelle was interviewed three times across these interviews she contradicted herself and fotus when asked where fotus had been on the morning of May 24th she stated they'd woken up together at 6:40 a.
m. this was inconsistent with photos's cell phone records which showed his alarm had activated at 4:20 a. m.
and had been shut off at 4:21 a. m. when pressed Michelle said that fotus might not have been at home all morning finally in the third interview she admitted that fotus had not been home when her own alarm went off at 6:40 a.
m.
