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Jennifer Dulos hired armed bodyguard before filing for divorce from alleged killer husband

Source: Law&Crime

The nanny who cared for Jennifer Dulos’s five children revealed in court on Wednesday that the slain Connecticut woman was so terrified of her husband, Fotis Dulos ,that she hired an armed bodyguard to stand outside her hotel room while she filed for a divorce.

“She was afraid of what Fotis would do to her and the kids if she filed for divorce while they were living under the same roof,” Lauren Almeida told jurors in Stamford. “She was terrified.”

It was the second day on the stand for Ms Almeida at the trial of Michelle Troconis, Fotis’ former girlfriend who is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes on allegations that she helped him cover up the killing of Jennifer Dulos.

At the time of her disappearance in May 2019, Jennifer – whose remains have never been found – was in the middle of a bitter divorce

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