“Lindy Urso, the attorney for Pawel Gumienny, Dulos’ former project manager who testified against Troconis in her trial, also spoke with investigators back in 2019, but he had an immunity deal on the table. Urso said he would not have let his client sit for such interviews without that deal. “Never,” he said. “Never, because she had nothing to gain, she had nothing to gain going in there. And she had everything to lose, as we see today,” Urso said just after her conviction.”

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