Jennifer Dulos’ Killer Cleaned The Crime Scene, But The Evidence Still Pointed To 1 Suspect

The Friday morning before Memorial Day was especially hectic. Erik Trautmann/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP On the morning Jennifer disappeared, Troconis and Kent Mawhinney, Fotis’ longtime friend and former attorney, helped to establish an alibi for him, police said in arrest warrants. Police said Mawhinney was also “self-contradictory” in interviews with them, but he ultimately said that he did not see Fotis that morning, even though they’d arranged to meet at Fotis’ house, according to arrest warrants. Moreover, Gumienny told police Fotis had then urged him to replace the Tacoma’s seats, according to arrest warrants, which he did, keeping the original seats “in case the police ever wanted to take them.” Police did take them — and found evidence of Jennifer’s DNA in a “bloodlike substance,” they said in arrest warrants. Pawel Gumienny's red Toyota Tacoma pickup allegedly being operated by Dulos at a car wash. Connecticut State Police Gumienny also provided another clue as to how Fotis might have been able to go to Jennifer’s house without being spotted the morning she disappeared, police said: He had recently fixed Fotis’ French-made childhood bicycle, which Troconis later told police was missing from the spot where she and Gumienny had seen it stored in Fotis’ garage, according to arrest warrants.