Judge Dismisses Juror Who Compared Connecticut Missing Mother Case to ‘Gone Girl’ Plot

Michelle Troconis listens to arguments at the start of her trial, Jan. 11, 2024, in Stamford, Conn. A nanny, Lauren Almeida, who cares for five children whose mother went missing in Connecticut in 2019, recalled in court on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, in the trial of Troconis, the frantic day Jennifer Dulos vanished, kicking off a search that eventually turned into a murder investigation. Richard Harbus/Dailly Mail via AP, Pool

A judge on Friday dismissed a juror in the trial of a Connecticut woman accused of helping her boyfriend cover up the murder of his estranged wife, after the panelist likened the case to the novel and movie “Gone Girl.”

Judge Kevin Randolph received an unsigned note from a juror in the trial of Michelle Troconis Friday morning, accusing another member of the panel of making the comment in the presence of other jurors.