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7/31/22
Fotis Dulos texted a close friend in Greece, asking him to make “a planned alibi call”
the morning his estranged wife disappeared, according to a search warrant obtained by federal authorities in October 2020.
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Special Agent Craig Bowling with the Department of Homeland Security was looking for any evidence that Toutziaridis participated in federal crimes, including interstate domestic violence, obstruction of justice, aiding and abetting and conspiracy from Feb. 1, 2019 to June 25, 2019 when he sought the federal search warrant, court documents said.
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The warrant was served, but the case was closed by acting Connecticut U.S. Attorney Leonard Boyle on Nov. 12, 2021 without an arrest, the document said.
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The search warrant, obtained by Hearst Connecticut Media Group, is now part of the
defense for Michelle Troconis whose attorney Jon Schoenhorn is seeking any evidence that other suspects were considered, but not charged in the case.
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New Canaan police asked federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security for their assistance early in the investigation, according to the search warrant, which was sealed until November 2021.
But the federal involvement was unknown to even most insiders, including the Superior Court judge presiding over the criminal cases against Troconis and Mawhinney who admitted last week he was not aware of the “parallel” federal investigation.
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Bowling and other federal agents seized Toutziaridis’ phone when he entered the U.S. on June 25, 2019 at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey to stay with his friend Fotis Dulos, court documents said.
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On the morning of May 24, 2019, Mawhinney and Troconis were in Fotis Dulos’ office at his Farmington home in an effort to establish an alibi for him while he was in New Canaan, police have said in arrest warrants.
Fotis Dulos’ cellphone was left in the office and rang at 8:26 a.m., arrest warrants stated. Troconis answered the phone, but claimed the connection was “poor” and the call failed after a few seconds, arrest warrants said.
Toutziaridis then made a calendar entry in his device in Greek that was translated to “telephon(ed) Fotis,” the search warrant said. The entry was for 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, the court document said.
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Almost two hours after he made the call to Fotis Dulos’ cellphone, Toutziaridis sent a video to his friend and two other people through WhatsApp, the search warrant said. The video, which investigators believe is a meme available online, shows a man who is asked a question by a woman off camera, the search warrant said.
“All right, you have two choices: A, you can live the rest of your life with your wife, or B...” the woman says in the video, according to the search warrant.
The man then interrupts and yells “B,” before the video abruptly ends, the search warrant said.
A federal search warrant shows the Department of Homeland Security investigated a man...
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ETA: I guess the Greek did call FD's cell phone and MT answered. I don't know why I thought he'd called the house phone which messed up the plan for the alibi call. As if leaving your cell phone at home can save you from a murder charge....