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The long-awaited trial of Michelle Troconis got underway with prosecutors presenting evidence from the day Jennifer Farber Dulos went missing.

\\xa0The first person to testify in the case was Lieutenant Aaron LaTourette, New Canaan Police Department. He was the first patrol officer on the scene and the first person to notice possible blood in the garage. Talking to another officer wearing a body cam, LaTourette is heard talking about the possibility the vehicle hit a deer, but didn\'t see anything indicating there had been that type of event.

The jury watched 20 minutes of the footage of LaTourette and Officer Black of the New Canaan Police Department walking through the home and focusing on parts of the garage where officers believe they see what appears to be blood stains on the floor and a black SUV.\\xa0 The officers are also seen looking through Jennifer Dulos\' purse. The nanny, \\xa0Lauren Almeida, tells police it is unusual for Jennifer\'s purse to be in the house when she isn\'t home.

It was the nanny who called the police in May of 2019, the night Jennifer Dulos disappeared. \\xa0Lauren Almeida has now testified about witnessing the marriage go from one of love and fun and trust to one of fear and intimidation after Fotis Dulos admitted to an affair.\\xa0

Almeida told the jury how she helped Jennifer Dulos secretly move her things out of the house over a while so as not to alarm Fotis Dulos. \\xa0Almeida began as a part-time babysitter for the Dulos children in 2012 and eventually became their full-time nanny.

On the stand, Almeida can tell the jury about the day Jennifer Dulos vanished. Jennifer Dulos dropped her children off at school and was never seen again. Her body has never been found.

Almeida says the big change in the relationship between Jennifer and Fotis Dulos was during a vacation in March 2017. After a week in Aspen skiing in the snow, the family spent a week in Miami skiing in the water. In Miami, Jennifer Dulos tells the nanny, that Fotis Dulos is having an affair and she has proof. Almeida says she doesn\'t believe it at first, but over the next few months, everything changed.

Jennifer Dulos has found receipts from when Fotis Dulos went to Utah on a trip with Troconis and another couple and emails confirming the relationship.\\xa0 Almeida is convinced to help Jennifer Dulos secretly move items out of the house because she fears what Fotis Dulos would do to her or the kids if she filed for divorce while they were living under the same roof.

Joining Nancy Grace Today:

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• Mark Sherman - Managing Partner of Mark Sherman Law
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• Caryn L. Stark \\u2013 NYC Psychologist, Trauma and Crime Expert; Twitter/X, @carynpsych, Facebook: \\u201cCaryn Stark\\u201d
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• Lisa M. Dadio \\u2013 Former Police Lieutenant, New Haven Police Department; Senior Lecturer & Director of the Center for Advanced Policing University of New Haven\\u2019s Forensic Science Department
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• JJoe Scott Morgan \\u2013 Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, \\u201cBlood Beneath My Feet,\\u201d and Host: \\u201cBody Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan;\\u201d Twitter/X: @JoScottForensic
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• Jen\\xa0Smith-\\xa0Chief Reporter for\\xa0DailyMail.com, Twitter/X: @jen_e_smith\\xa0\\xa0
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