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U.S. NEWS Friday 31 January 2020
Estranged husband accused of killing Jennifer Dulos dies

By DAVE COLLINS children, who ranged in perbaric treatment. Pattis
Associated Press age from 8 to 13 when their said late Wednesday that
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A mother vanished, have his client's condition was
Connecticut man charged been staying with their ma- "dire." His family was travel-
with murdering his missing ternal grandmother in New ing from Greece to be with
wife amid a contentious York City. him, according to his de-
divorce case died Thurs- On the day Fotis Dulos was fense lawyers.
day following an apparent found stricken, he had Fotis Dulos was under
suicide attempt, his lawyer been facing an emergen- house arrest and alone at
said. Fotis Dulos, 52, had cy bond hearing where he the house at the time of
been hospitalized with car- could have been sent back the apparent suicide at-
bon monoxide poisoning to jail. The company that tempt, Farmington police
since Tuesday, when he originally posted the $6 mil- said. He had been arrested
was found unresponsive lion bond had learned that Jan. 7 on murder and kid-
inside a vehicle in the ga- two properties offered as napping charges, capping
rage of his house in Farm- collateral were subject to a lengthy investigation in In this Jan. 8, 2020 file photo, Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of
ington, Connecticut. He foreclosure and a third was which he emerged early as a missing mother of five, is arraigned on murder and kidnapping
was pronounced dead on overvalued. the primary suspect. charges in Stamford Superior Court in Stamford, Conn.
Thursday, attorney Norm Police officers who went to Warrants released last Associated Press
Pattis said. check on Dulos because summer, when Dulos was around the time Jennifer Jennifer Dulos' blood on
"To those who contend that he was late for the hearing charged initially with evi- Dulos was reported missing. them.
Mr. Dulos' death reflects a saw through a garage win- dence tampering and hin- The man was seen tossing Items in the garbage bags
consciousness of guilt, we dow that he was in medi- dering prosecution, said garbage bags into more included clothing belong-
say no," Pattis said. cal distress. Emergency re- that he and a girlfriend than 30 trash bins in the ing to Jennifer Dulos and
Dulos, a luxury home build- sponders forced their way were seen on video surveil- area that were later deter- plastic zip ties that later test-
er originally from Greece, into the garage and initi- lance driving in Hartford mined to have items with ed positive for her DNA.q
was accused of killing ated CPR.
Jennifer Dulos, who has A lawyer for Dulos and oth-
not been seen since she ers initially said he had died
dropped their five children before saying a pulse had
off at school in New Ca- been found.
naan in May. Her body has Dulos was taken to the
not been found despite hospital in critical condi-
extensive searches. Fotis tion and transferred to the
Dulos had denied any role Jacobi Medical Center
in her disappearance. The in New York City for hy-

Winds topple U.S. border wall
being built; it falls in Mexico

CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) — A Trees prevented some
portion of border wall be- panels from falling on the
ing built in California top- Mexicali street, which runs
pled in strong winds, fall- parallel to the wall. Other
ing on a busy street on the panels hit the road.
Mexican side, authorities Mexicali journalist Heriberto
said Thursday. No one was Reyes said he saw six top-
injured. pled panels. The Border Pa-
Concrete had not yet dried trol declined to say exactly
on several panels of steel how many fell.
poles topped with metal Reyes said vehicles may
plates, which fell Wednes- have been crushed if they
day about 2.5 miles (4 ki- were in the path at the
lometers) east of a border time. "They averted a trag-
crossing that connects the edy, in my opinion," he said.
downtown areas of Calex- The Border Patrol is discuss-
ico, California, and Mexi- ing the incident with the
cali, Mexico, Border Patrol contractor, Pitones said.
spokesman Carlos Pitones The contractor, SLSCO Ltd.,
said. referred questions to the
The 30-foot-high (9-meter- Border Patrol. The com-
high) barriers are being in- pany, based in Galveston,
stalled across the border as Texas, was awarded the
the Trump administration 11-mile (17.5-kilometer)
speeds up construction project in December 2018
to erect about 450 miles as part of a $156 million
(2,070 kilometers) of wall by contract to replace exist-
the end of next year. The ing barriers in California, us-
border wall has been a sig- ing Department of Home-
nature priority for President land Security funds from
Donald Trump. the 2018 fiscal year.q