Michelle Troconis found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in Jennifer Dulos case: Live updates

Michelle Troconis faces up to 50 years in prison. She is scheduled for sentencing May 31.

After 12 hours of deliberation, a jury found Ms Troconis guilty on all counts Friday morning.

She broke down after the verdict was head, putting her head down on the table as her defense attorney rubbed her back.

Michelle Troconis has been handcuffed and led out of the courtroom.

Her sentencing hearing will be held May 31.

Michelle Troconis laid her head on the table after her verdict was read out.

Her attorney rubbed her back, consoling her.

The jury has unanimously found Michelle Troconis guilty on all six counts, including on conspiracy to commit murder.

The judge has received a note that the jury has reached a verdict.

Throughout the trial, spectators have packed the courtroom wearing purple for domestic violence awareness.

Many are members of the Facebook group “Justice for Jennifer Dulos,” which has more than 1,000 members.

“If there were room for 1100 of us in the courtroom, we would have all been there everyday,” Shell Meador, one of the Facebook admins told The Independent.

Read more about the women fighting for ‘Justice for Jennifer’ here.

Jurors are now in their third day of deliberations.

So far, they have sent two notes to the judge. The first, on Wednesday morning, requested testimony from Troconis’s friend, Clara ‘Petu’ Duperron.

On Thursday, they sent another note, with questions about the definitions of tampering and accessorial liability.

The court reconvened at 10am, and jurors were quickly sent back to their chambers to continue deliberations.

They have already deliberated for 11 hours since the end of closing arguments on Tuesday.

Jurors are expected to return to the courthouse at 10am today to continue deliberating in the Michelle Troconis murder conspiracy trial.

For 27 days, the court has heard dramatic testimony about how mother-of-five Jennifer Dulos, 50, was allegedly killed in 2019 by her estranged husband Fotis Dulos amid a contentious divorce and custody battle. After being charged with her murder, he died by suicide in 2020, leaving his girlfriend Michelle Troconis to take the fall.

Ms Troconis fate is now in the hands of the jury who will decide whether she was involved in conspiring with Fotis to kill Jennifer and cover up the crime.

The jury in the Michelle Troconis trial have deliberated for 11 hours over the course of three days since closing arguments concluded on Tuesday at the Connecticut Superior Court in Stamford .

They have not yet reached a verdict.

On Wednesday morning, they sent a note to the judge requesting testimony from Troconis’ friend Clara ‘Petu’ Duperron – which they watched in the courtroom.

On Thursday, the jury sent another note with two questions.

“In order to constitute tampering, does the defendant need to have physically altered, destroyed, concealed, or removed an item or thing, i.e. physical contact?” the first question read.

They also had questions about the term accessory or accessorial liability and said the information never mentions those terms.

The judge told them accessorial liability does not require physical contact.

Jurors are expected back at court at 10am today.