Richard Dabate was led away in handcuffs Tuesday after the jury found him guilty of the 2015 murder of his wife, Connie Dabate, tampering with evidence and lying to police. He was taken into custody for the first time in years after a judge increased his bond from $1 million to $5 million.
Richard Dabate, charged in the 2015 death of his wife and lying to police about a home invasion, took the stand Thursday as his defense team’s first witness. Dabate, who is free on a $1 million bond, maintained his innocence on the stand as State’s Attorney Matthew C. Gedansky tried relentlessly to poke holes in his story.
After five weeks of testimony and six years after his alleged crimes Richard Dabate’s lawyers and state prosecutors rested their cases in the “Fitbit murder” trial.
Jurors on Monday finally heard testimony about the Fitbit Connie Dabate was wearing when she was murdered. Investigators used data from the activity tracker to poke holes in her husband’s story that a masked intruder broke in and shot her.