The trial was delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the death of one of his lawyers, Hubert J.
'I will never stop fighting for justice for my wife Connie, who I think about every single day.'Īfter a 22-day trial, a jury on May 10 found Dabate guilty of all charges. He said his wife was killed by an 'unknown individual' during a home invasion. 'I'm here before you as an innocent man,' he told the judge. The sentence falls a year shy of the maximum family and friends had called for during the hearing.ĭabate proclaimed his innocence in a brief statement before the sentencing. He's seen here in April 2017 just two years after the murder of his wife She described the murder as a brutal, calculating and incomprehensible act.Īfter a 22-day trial, a jury on found Dabate guilty of all charges. Noting the profound loss expressed by eight family members and friends of victim Connie Margotta Dabate Klatt said she believed 'the world is truly a lesser place without Connie in it' at the time of sentencing. She also sentenced him to one year, which will run concurrently, for making a false statement to police. Judge Corinne Klatt sentenced the 46-year-old Ellington resident in state Superior Court in Rockville to 60 years for murder and five years for tampering with evidence. The chilling revelation comes eight months after Dabate was put behind bars for 65 years for fatally shooting his 39-year-old wife eight years ago and trying to blame a home invasion. 'It was unexpected,' Dabate finally admits.
'Was her getting pregnant unexpected,' asked Jeff Payette another state police detective on the case. 'There was cheating going on in the beginning,' Dabate is heard saying in the police interview. Dabate, seen pictured at a hearing in 2017, claimed a masked intruder, who sounded like Vin Diesel had broken into their home, tied him up and shot his wife
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