UPDATE:

Attorney Norm Pattis announced in a press conference at 6 p.m. Thursday that Fotis Dulos has died.

FARMINGTON — A North Carolina woman who was at Fotis Dulos’ home shortly before and after his apparent suicide attempt has remained by his side at the hospital where his condition is considered “dire,” a source close to him told Hearst Connecticut Media Wednesday night.

Farmington police officers found Dulos inside a running car in his garage around noon Tuesday during a welfare check when he didn’t show up at an emergency bond hearing — where a judge could have revoked his bond and sent him back to jail.

Fotis Dulos had been on house arrest on $6 million bond for charges of murder, felony murder and kidnapping in the death and disappearance of his estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos.

A source close to Fotis Dulos said the 52-year-old went into the garage Tuesday morning after Anna Curry, a North Carolina resident and former colleague of Dulos, left his Jefferson Crossing home to get groceries.

When Curry returned, police and medics were trying to save Dulos, who was initially considered dead before a weak pulse was detected after 30 minutes of CPR.

Curry, who helped post Dulos’ bond earlier this month, appears to be a former co-worker at the New York technical consulting firm, Capgemini. Dulos worked at the firm in the early 2000s. Curry’s LinkedIn profile page indicates she worked there at the same time.

Although Curry and Dulos have not been seen together for court appearances, sources said she has supported him for months.

“She is an old and loyal friend, the sort of person content to help when the world turns cold and hostile,” Dulos’ defense attorney Norm Pattis said.

Court records obtained by the Hartford Courant indicated that Curry contributed $147,000 in cash — and promised to pay an additional $272,000 — to help Dulos post his $6 million bond.

In bond documents, the Courant reports, Curry was referred to as Dulos’ “best friend.”

The emergency bond hearing was called Tuesday when Palmetto Surety Corp., which posted the bond, was concerned about the collateral real estate properties Dulos had put up from his struggling business, Fore Group.

In a motion filed Tuesday, Palmetto claimed its risk analyst found “imperfections in the collateral provided” by Dulos. The concerns listed by Palmetto included an inflated valuation of Fotis Dulos’ New Canaan residence by $325,000. The Sturbridge Hill Road home and his Jefferson Crossing property are also under foreclosure.

Dulos’ failure to identify these concerns in his application for bond, Palmetto claims, have caused the company to “exceed the limitations of risk” as set by state statute.

Pattis has now lined up Ira Judelson, a New York bondsman, to handle his client’s bond. The bondsman has represented high-profile clients, including Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and football player Antonio Brown.

Judelson is prepared to post the new $6.5 million bond set by Judge Gary White on Wednesday if Dulos recovers and is released from the hospital.

Dulos was initially taken to the UConn Health center in Farmington before he was flown late Tuesday afternoon to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, N.Y.

At the New York City medical facility, Dulos was to be put into a hyperbaric chamber. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used for a variety of medical conditions, including for those with carbon monoxide poisoning.

Curry has been with Dulos at the hospital and his relatives from Greece arrived on Wednesday.