{"id":445139,"date":"2022-05-11T10:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T07:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/husband-convicted-in-shooting-wife-in-fitbit-murder\/"},"modified":"2022-05-11T10:03:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T07:03:06","slug":"husband-convicted-in-shooting-wife-in-fitbit-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/husband-convicted-in-shooting-wife-in-fitbit-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"#Husband convicted in shooting wife in &#8216;Fitbit&#8217; murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a383dab034d5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a383dab034d5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/husband-convicted-in-shooting-wife-in-fitbit-murder\/#%E2%80%9CHusband_convicted_in_shooting_wife_in_%E2%80%98Fitbit_murder%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Husband convicted in shooting wife in &#8216;Fitbit&#8217; murder&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHusband_convicted_in_shooting_wife_in_%E2%80%98Fitbit_murder%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Husband convicted in shooting wife in &#8216;Fitbit&#8217; murder&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A wealthy\u00a0Connecticut\u00a0man was\u00a0convicted Tuesday\u00a0of all charges for\u00a0murdering\u00a0his wife and trying to pin the crime on a phantom intruder \u2013 after his testimony was contradicted by a \u201cFitbit\u201d activity tracker.<\/p>\n<p>It took jurors less than four hours to find Richard Dabate, 45, guilty of murder, tampering with physical evidence and making a false statement for fatally shooting his wife, Connie Dabate, 39, two days before Christmas in 2015, according to the Journal Inquirer.<\/p>\n<p>His wife was wearing the activity tracker wristwatch and data recovered from the device allegedly showed she was leisurely walking around an hour after Dabate claimed she had been killed by a camouflage-wearing burglar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dabate took the stand in Rockville Superior Court in Vernon, Connecticut, and claimed that he had left for work Dec. 23 but had forgotten his laptop and turned around to retrieve it. When he got home, he found an intruder in the house, who shot his wife, tied him to a chair and slashed him with a box cutter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Matthew Gedansky argued that Dabate killed his wife to avoid a divorce after impregnating his mistress.<\/p>\n<p>A device expert testified that it was highly unlikely the data on the tracker would be off by an hour, undermining Dabate\u2019s timeline.<\/p>\n<p>After the verdict, a judge hiked Dabate\u2019s bond from $1 million to $5 million. He faces a minimum of 25 years in prison when he\u2019s sentenced. The five-week trial came after two years of delays due to COVID-19 shutdowns.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Homicide-Mystery-Fitbit.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Richard Dabate, left, stands with his lawyer Hubert Santos at Superior Court in Rockville, Conn. Dabate has been convicted of murder in the 2015 killing of his wife in a case built partly on evidence provided by her Fitbit exercise activity tracker.\" class=\"wp-image-22219369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Homicide-Mystery-Fitbit.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Homicide-Mystery-Fitbit.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Homicide-Mystery-Fitbit.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Homicide-Mystery-Fitbit.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Richard Dabate, left, stands with his lawyer Hubert Santos at Superior Court in Rockville, Conn. Dabate has been convicted of murder in the 2015 killing of his wife in a case built partly on evidence provided by her Fitbit exercise activity tracker.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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