Murder Victim’s FitBit Leads to Husband’s Conviction
Murder
NBC’s Dateline airs a two hour special Friday about the murder of Connie Dabate and the conviction of her husband, Richard Dabate, after her FitBit contradicted his version of events.
Murder
August 18, 2022
Husband Sentenced to Prison for Killing Wife After Fitbit Contradicts His Story
A Connecticut man will likely spend much of the rest of his life behind bars for murdering his wife, thanks in part to the wrist pedometer Fitbit she was wearing. On Thursday, a judge sentenced 40-year-old Richard Dabate to 65 years in prison after he was convicted in May of murdering his wife, 39-year-old Connie …
Court
March 2, 2022
Trial: Alleged Cheating Killer Dad Gets Mistress Pregnant, FitBit Catches Him Lying About Wife’s Murder
A second jury selection started Tuesday in connection with the trial of a Connecticut man who allegedly killed his wife and lied about it. Potential jurors are scheduled to be questioned in the Rockville Superior Court for the murder case of Richard Dabate, who stands accused of killing his wife, Connie Dabate, 39, in 2015. …
Podcast
December 20, 2017
Wednesday Crime Stories: Dead wife’s FitBit says hubby’s lying; ‘Munchhausen’ mom update & kids tortured at daycare
The FitBit bracelet on Connie Dabate’s wrist told a story that landed her husband in jail on a murder charge. Nancy Grace updates the case against Richard Dabate, who told investigators a masked intruder tied him up and fatally shot his wife. Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan, lawyer and child …
Family Crime
April 17, 2017
Police: CT husbands shoots wife in head, blames it on intruder with ‘Vin Diesel voice’
-The suspect has a pregnant mistress on the side
-He tries to cash in on his children’s life insurance policy within days of wife’s death
