Strip Search Of Michelle Troconis At Prison Facility Was Unauthorized: Report

NEW CANAAN, CT — A report dated April 1 from the Office of Correction Ombuds found that a pre-visit strip search of Michelle Troconis at York Correctional Institution in Niantic was unauthorized, WTNH-TV reported.

According to the report, Troconis, convicted in 2024 in the disappearance and death of Jennifer Farber Dulos, was incarcerated at the facility on May 5, 2025, when she went to the visiting center for a scheduled contact visit and was searched before the visit.

The report stated, "The strip search conducted in this matter was inconsistent with Administrative Directive 6.7. The record reflects that no reasonable suspicion was documented, the stated justification does not meet the threshold required under Department policy, and required procedural safeguards were not followed."

WTNH reported that the ombuds investigation said the issue stemmed from delayed radio communication by main control, not Troconis' conduct.

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 is serving a 14-and-a-half-year sentence in the case.

Read the WTNH-TV story.

The Dulos case:

• Jennifer Dulos Case: Troconis Writes About 'Miscarriage Of Justice'
• Michelle Troconis' Family Issues New Statement In Jennifer Dulos Case
• Jennifer Dulos Case: Jury Deliberations Begin In Troconis Trial
• Jennifer Farber Dulos' Family: Seeing Bloody Evidence Was 'Brutal'
• Jennifer Dulos Case: Jury Hears Authorities Feared For Troconis' Life
• Jennifer Dulos Case: New Updates As Mystery Remains Unsolved
• New DNA Evidence Disclosed In Jennifer Dulos Disappearance
• New Documentary Explores Jennifer Dulos Murder Mystery
• Troconis Wants Evidence Thrown Out In Dulos Disappearance Case
• Mystery Continues 3 Years After Jennifer Farber Dulos' Disappearance
• New Details On How Jennifer Dulos May Have Died: Warrant
• Jennifer Dulos Case: Examination Of Forensic Evidence Continues
• Fotis Dulos Pressed Witness To Destroy Evidence: Court Testimony
• Jennifer Dulos Case: Troconis To Face Contempt Charge In Trial
• Jurors Dismissed, Blood Evidence Presented In 1st Week Of Dulos Trial
• Jennifer Dulos Case: Troconis Does Not Testify; Defense Rests: Report
• Jennifer Farber Dulos: 4 Years Since Her Disappearance
• Family Releases Statement On Jennifer Farber Dulos' 51st Birthday