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| Murder of Connie Dabate | |
|---|---|
| Location | 7 Birchview Drive, Ellington, Connecticut, USA |
| Date | December 23, 2015 |
Attack type | Murder |
| Weapon | Ruger .357 Magnum Revolver |
| Victim | Connie Dabate |
| Perpetrator | Richard Dabate |
| Verdict | Guilty on all counts |
| Charges | Murder, tampering with evidence, giving false statements to police |
On December 23, 2015, Connie Dabate was murdered by her husband Richard Dabate in their Connecticut home. Richard was found guilty of murder, tampering with evidence and giving false statements to the police on May 10, 2022[1] and sentenced to 65 years in prison for the murder of his wife on August 18, 2022.[2]
The case gained national[3][4] and international[5] attention due to the state's use of Connie's Fitbit fitness tracker data to prove their case against Richard, the case has been commonly referred to as the "Fitbit murder" by news publications.
Background
[edit]Connie (née Margotta) (1976-2015) and Richard Dabate were married on July 4, 2003; at the time of the murder, they had two young sons.[6] Connie worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative for Reckitt Benckiser and Richard was a computer network administrator.[6] During their investigation, police found evidence of the couple's marriage problems including Richard's affair with Sarah Ganzer, who Richard had found out was pregnant with his child shortly before the murder.[7][8] The police also uncovered notes on Connie's phone listing reasons to file for divorce, a note listing reasons to stay with her husband, and evidence that the couple were having disagreements over their finances and Richard's spending.[6] Richard had told Ganzer about a month before Connie's murder that he and Connie were planning on getting a divorce.[6]
Murder
[edit]Around 10am on December 23, 2015, first responders arrived to the Dabate household in response to a panic alarm from the household security system. Connecticut state police officers found Richard on the kitchen floor, with his right wrist zip-tied to a folding chair, with zip ties also attaching his ankles to the same chair.[9] Richard told police that while he was on his way to work that morning he realized that he had forgotten his laptop at home and, after pulling over to email his boss on the side of the road, turned around to retrieve his laptop. Upon returning home, Richard told police that he heard noises coming from the second floor of his home and went upstairs to investigate. Richard claimed that he discovered a man in the Dabate's bedroom rifling through a closet.[10] The purported intruder, who was allegedly a large man wearing a camouflage suit with a mask and who had a voice like actor Vin Diesel, overpowered Richard and took his wallet. According to Richard, Connie arrived home moments later, and Richard yelled for her to flee, while the intruder allegedly used pressure points on Richard's wrist to restrain him. The police secured and investigated the scene and EMTs treated Richard for his injuries. While Richard was being treated in an ambulance on the property the police utilized police K9s to try and find the scent trail of the supposed intruder, the police dogs only found Richard's scent, leading police officers to Richard in the ambulance several times.[11]
Trial
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Jurors convict Connecticut man of killing wife in 'Fitbit murder' case". NBC News. 2022-05-11. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Connecticut man sentenced to 65 years for wife's killing in 'Fitbit murder' case". NBC News. 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ Hauser, Christine (April 27, 2017). "In Connecticut Murder Case, a Fitbit Is a Silent Witness". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Jurors in 'Fitbit murder' trial convict man of killing wife". The Seattle Times. 2022-05-10. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Husband sentenced to 65 years in Fitbit murder case". NZ Herald. 2022-08-21. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ a b c d Altimari, Dave (2017-04-23). "A Marriage Marked By Secrets, A Murder Case Months In The Making". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "Connecticut Man Sentenced to Decades in Prison After Fitbit Data Undermines Story About Wife's Death in Basement". Law & Crime. 2022-08-18. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ "How a Mom's Fitbit Led Police to Charge Her Husband with Her Murder". People.com. Retrieved 2024-10-10.
- ^ Dempsey, Christine (September 13, 2022). "'Fitbit murder' a seven-year Connecticut 'soap opera' that may not be over". CT Insider.
- ^ Kulm, Arica (2023-11-09). "The Fitbit Murder: Digital Evidence Solves Homicide". Dakota Digital Review. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
- ^ Zymaris, Eva (April 22, 2022). "Troopers detail how K9s led to Richard Dabate as murder suspect". New Haven News 8. Retrieved October 22, 2024.