Keith Margotta News Today

Family and friends finally had the chance to speak about the grief they have languished in since Connie Dabate's murder at the hands of her husband, Richard Dabate, in 2015 during his sentencing this week.

A US man was sentenced this week to 65 years in prison for the 2015 killing of his wife, who prosecutors say was wearing a Fitbit exercise activity tracker

Richard Dabate tried to stage a burglary and told the cops that the attacker killed Connie, but investigators used data from Connie’s Fitbit to show that Dabate’s story didn’t line up with reality.

Richard Dabate, the Ellington man who was found guilty of murdering his wife in a case dubbed the “Fitbit murder,” was sentenced Thursday to 65 years in prison — a sentence that led Connie Dabate’s fa...

ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man was sentenced Thursday to 65 years in prison...

Richard Dabate was sentenced after being convicted of fatally shooting his wife, Connie Dabate, and making it look like she died in a home invasion.

ROCKVILLE, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut man was sentenced Thursday to 65 years in prison for the 2015 killing of his wife, who prosecutors say was wearing

Family and friends of Connie Dabate remember her as a devoted mother who loved to scrapbook photos of her sons and dedicated her free time to volunteering and being a caregiver. She was a loving daughter, sister, aunt, cousin and colleague whose life was cut short by her husband, Richard Dabate.

By Evan Sobol and Dennis Valera

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.