While most people who knew them would have admitted that Connie and Richard Dabate had very different characters, they nevertheless seemed to be a happy couple.
They had been married for 12 years and lived in a colonial-style home in upmarket Ellington, Connecticut, with their sons, aged six and nine.
Connie, 39, worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative, while Dabate, a computer network administrator, was known for his offbeat humour. Connie was said to be kind, with a “sunshine” personality.
