A Florida man accused of murder impregnated his alleged killer while in prison, but the two never interacted.
Daisy Link, 29, was charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing her husband in 2022.
“I'm not going to lie, this is going to go down in history.”
Suspect Joan DePaz (23) was arrested in October 2020. He is charged with first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, assault and criminal mischief, according to jail records.
The two inmates reportedly communicated with each other through the air conditioning vents in their cells.
“When you knock on the restroom, you hear people on different floors. You can actually stand in the restroom and talk to them,” Link said. WSVN-TV. “If you're isolated for too long, you end up talking to that person for hours on end, and it feels like you're in the same room.”
Link said he and DePass passed notes and photos through the air conditioner vent.
Eventually, they developed a romantic relationship even though they had never met.
DePaz had dreams of becoming a father, but it seemed impossible because he could face a lengthy prison sentence if convicted of the crime.
“I always really wanted to have a baby, and it wasn't going to happen for a really long time,” DePaz said. And he said this to Link. “So if I had to choose someone, it would be you. And she was like, 'Yeah, you can do that.'
Depas made a plan to make his dream come true.
“I told her how one of my friends showed me through the vents,” he explained. “This is what the vents look like. [an] Exactly L-shaped. It falls directly into my vent, when she throws a pen into the vent from her room, it falls directly into my vent. ”
Link added, “We figured out a way to drop the line. It was a line established in something like bedding material.”
DePass said he wrapped the semen in plastic wrap and did it “every day for about a month, about five times a day.”
Link recalled. “He would roll it up like a cigarette and attach it to a string in the vent and I would pull it through.” She put it in a yeast applicator and “administered it.” said.
Link said, “I don't know what my destiny will be, just as you don't know what yours is.If you're going to go out, maybe you should take the plunge.'' If it works, though, it definitely worked.”
Link said she was “so excited” and “ecstatic” that she became pregnant after just a few tries.
WSVN asked Dr. Fernando Ackermann, a fertility specialist and medical director of the Miami Fertility Center, whether it was possible for women to become pregnant the way the inmates claimed. Ackerman said that is possible, but said the probability is less than 5%.
On June 19, Link gave birth to a baby at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.
The baby is currently living with Depass' mother.
“I can't believe it worked out. I think everything happens for a reason,” Link said.
“She's a miracle baby, she's a blessing,” Link said. “She can be anything. I think she's going to be great.”
DNA results revealed that Depass was the father.
When asked if he had ever had physical contact with Link, Depass replied, “Never.”
The two are currently being held in separate prisons while awaiting trial. DePaz is being held at the MetroWest Detention Center. The rink is located at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. They still talk on the phone and see their daughter during video visits.
“I'm like a celebrity here,” Depass exclaimed excitedly. “I'm not going to lie, this is going to go down in history.”
The Miami-Dade Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has launched an internal investigation to determine how this happened without the agency's knowledge.
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