The guilty verdict against Michelle Traconis accused of conspiring to
kill her boyfriend's estranged wife,
Jennifer Doulos. Her defense team promising to appeal the conviction.
ABC's Morgan Norwood has more on that.
Good morning, Morgan. Hey, good morning to you,
Geo. That's right, they are vowing to fight back.
But we are talking about a murder conspiracy case that
centered around a bitter divorce,
a love triangle and a web of lies.
And though Michelle Traconis is convicted,
there are still many unanswered questions.
And this morning the family of Jennifer Doulos determined to
get down to the bottom of what happened to the
mother of five.
This morning, Michelle Tracon is now staring down a potential
lifelong prison sentence after a jury unanimously found her guilty
of conspiring to kill her boyfriend's estranged wife,
Jennifer Farber. Doulos Dracon is sobbing as the verdict was
read,
at one point resting her head on the table,
her family shocked at her conviction and vowing to appeal.
And she's innocent. And I know that.
My heart knows that the trial lasting weeks and centered
around Traconis and the night Jennifer Doulos vanished.
Prosecutors zeroing in on this surveillance video they said shows
Traconis with her live in boyfriend photos,
Doulos bending out of his pickup truck as he dumped
trash bags full of evidence.
The court also shown this police interrogation video.
Did he ever kind of talk to you about how
to handle when we approach you?
Just say keep calm where this is going to be
over.
Stay strong. Prosecutors leaning in on Traconis's own words.
Anything can be used against you,
and that's what I feel was done here.
What started out as a missing persons case in May
2019,
when 50 year old Jennifer Doulos disappeared after dropping her
kids off at school,
quickly morphed into a massive search effort.
Doulos declared dead and her estranged husband photos charged with
murder,
but died by suicide before he could stand trial.
Her body to this day never found.
In a statement the family of Jennifer Doulos writing it
is our hope that the research at Public interest in
this case might spur new viable leads,
adding today's verdict is a crucial attribution of accountability,
not a victory.
And Michelle Draconis is due back in court on May
31st for sentencing.
She faces up to 50 years in prison.
Janae. All right, Morgan. Thank you.