Fatal Traits

Send Roxy a message For more than seven months, Jennifer Dulos was missing. Then, on January 7, 2020, the investigation changed dramatically. Fotis Dulos was arrested and charged with murder, felony murder, and kidnapping. Michelle Troconis and Kent Mawhinney also faced charges as investigators and prosecutors laid out a case built not around one single piece of evidence, but around a trail of sur...

Send Roxy a message   Jennifer Dulos disappeared on May 24, 2019.  By this point in the investigation, the case was beginning to change. What initially appeared to be a missing-person investigation was becoming something much darker.  In Episode 5 of Fatal Traits , we follow the evidence that began to expose what happened after Jennifer vanished — from the evidence discovered in the garage, to sur...

Episode 4: The Jennifer Dulos Story – Part 2: The Cracks Begin to Show From the outside, Jennifer and Fotis Dulos appeared to have built an enviable life—a successful business, a beautiful home, and five children. But appearances rarely tell the whole story. In Part 2 of this special series, we move beyond the headlines and examine the years leading up to Jennifer's disappearance. Through pub...

  What happens when control becomes more important than love? In this episode of Fatal Traits, we begin examining one of the most dangerous and often misunderstood forms of abuse: coercive control. Many people believe abuse begins with physical violence. But long before bruises, police reports, or visible injuries, there are often warning signs that quietly reshape a person's world. Isolation...

What exactly is a fatal trait? In this episode of Fatal Traits, host Roxanne Donaghy explores the personality characteristics and behavior patterns that often appear long before abuse, manipulation, violence, or tragedy occurs. From narcissism and coercive control to obsession, deception, and a lack of empathy, we'll examine why certain behaviors matter, why warning signs are often overlooked...

Welcome to the very first episode of Fatal Traits. In this introduction, host Roxanne Donaghy shares the inspiration behind the podcast and explains why understanding human behavior, personality traits, manipulation, and psychological motives is essential to understanding crime. This episode introduces the mission of Fatal Traits and explores how warning signs, behavior patterns, and relationship...