Michelle Troconis appears in court during the first day of Troconis' habeas trial at Rockville Superior Court in Vernon, Conn. on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. Troconis is challenging her 14-year prison sentence in connection with the death of Jennifer Dulos. She also advocating for better health care for those incarcerated in the state of Connecticut. Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media Graphic: Bryan Michelle Troconis can recite in detail the struggles of women incarcerated at

A Connecticut correction officer who strip-searched Michelle Troconis, pictured in court while challenging her 14-year prison sentence in the death of Jennifer Dulos, violated agency policy, a report concluded. Tyler Sizemore/Hearst Connecticut Media The ombudsman for Connecticut prisons is calling for a review of directives around invasive searches after he says a female correction officer violated policy when she strip-searched Michelle Troconis, convicted for conspiracy in

Michelle Troconis is appealing her convictions in the disappearance and presumed murder of Jennifer Dulos on grounds there was insufficient evidence to support the charges and Troconis' constitutional rights were violated multiple times, according to a roughly 1,000-page brief now made public. On Monday, Supervisory Assistant Public Defender Pamela Nagy filed the document , which was recently uploaded to the judicial system's website. There are seven main arguments about why