‘My Stomach Just Sank’: Nanny Describes Frantic Day Connecticut Mother of Five Disappeared

Michelle Troconis listens to arguments at the start of her trial in Stamford, Conn., on Jan. 11, 2024. Richard Harbus/Dailly Mail via AP, Pool

A nanny who cares for five children whose mother went missing in Connecticut in 2019 recalled in court on Wednesday the frantic day Jennifer Dulos vanished, kicking off a search that eventually turned into a murder investigation.

The nanny, Lauren Almeida, testified in the trial of Michelle Troconis, who was the girlfriend of Dulos’ estranged husband, Fotis Dulos. Troconis is charged with conspiracy to commit murder and other crimes on allegations that she helped Fotis Dulos cover up the killing of Jennifer Dulos.