Michelle Troconis Can Challenge Conviction In Jennifer Dulos Case, Judge Rules: Report
- Aug 19, 2025
- 2 min read
Troconis is currently serving a prison sentence in connection with the disappearance and presumed death of Jennifer Farber Dulos.
Alfred Branch, Patch Staff
Posted Fri, Aug 15, 2025 at 2:39 pm ET
NEW CANAAN, CT — A judge has ruled that Michelle Troconis, who was wrongfully convicted last year in the disappearance and presumed death of Jennifer Farber Dulos, can challenge that conviction in court, CT Insider reported.
Troconis reportedly filed a habeas challenge last year claiming that her first attorney, Andrew Bowman, was ineffective in defending her. Separately, Troconis is also appealing the conviction to the state Supreme Court.
Bowman told CT Insider that "There is no basis in fact or law to support this habeas petition."
Jennifer Dulos vanished from her New Canaan home on May 24, 2019, and is presumed to be dead. Her remains have not been found.
Jennifer's estranged husband, the late Fotis Dulos, was arrested on charges of kidnapping and murder in connection with the case, but he never stood trial. He died in late January 2020 after a suicide attempt.
Troconis, the only person convicted in the case, was accused of helping Fotis in the murder plot, and was found guilty of:
Conspiracy to commit murder
Conspiracy to tamper with evidence
Tampering with physical evidence (2 counts)
Conspiracy to commit to tampering with physical evidence
Hindering prosecution
She has denied all the allegations from the beginning, but was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison.
A third suspect in the case, former attorney Kent Mawhinney, who was a friend of Fotis, was also charged with conspiracy to commit murder, but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge this summer. He served jail time following his arrest in 2020, but will not face any more incarceration.
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