Fotis Dulos, 52.Photo: Patrick Raycraft/Getty Images
Fotis Dulos, 51, is currently in critical condition with carbon monoxide poisoning, Tim McKenzie of the Farmington police said at a Tuesday press conference.
Officers performed CPR on Dulos, who was alone at his residence at the time, said McKenzie.
Officers went to his home for a well-being check because he did not show up for a court appearance scheduled for Tuesday.
Dulos was charged with murder on January 7 in the presumed death of his estranged, still-missing wife. He was out on $6 million bond.
Connecticut State Police
In court, Fotis pleaded not guilty to the murder charge, reports theStamford Advocate.
National Center for Missing and Endangered
Fotis was charged with murder in Jennifer’s presumed death seven months after theConnecticut mother of five vanishedfrom her New Canaan home after dropping her children off at school. His girlfriend, Michelle Troconis, and his civil lawyer, Kent Mawhinney, also were charged with conspiracy to commit murder, according to Connecticut State Police.TheCourantreportsMawhinney has pleaded not guilty, and Troconis has not yet entered a plea to that charge.
Fotis and Troconis were charged earlier with evidence tampering in connection with Jennifer’s disappearance. Both have pleaded not guilty to that charge.
New Canaan Police Department(2)
Jennifer last was seen on May 24. Bloodstains were found in the garage of her home, indicating a violent struggle, say police. Shortly afterward, her black Chevy Suburban was found abandoned near a local park several miles away.
She and Fotis were involved at the time in a contentious divorce and custody battle. Police allege that Fotis was “lying in wait” and attacked his estranged wife in her garage on the day she died, court documents show.
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After the murder charge was filed, Pattis told PEOPLE: “A preliminary review of the warrant leaves us relieved and saddened. We’re relieved that there was nothing we didn’t expect or have heard about; saddened because it’s obvious the state police really have no idea what became of Jennifer. This remains an open case in our view.”
An attorney for Troconis and Dulos did not immediately return PEOPLE’s calls for comment.
source: people.com
