Over a year after a jaw-dropping scandal of Miami jail pregnancy erupted at Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, the perplexing mystery of how a female inmate gave birth to a baby fathered by another prisoner without ever meeting face-to-face continues to captivate the nation.
Daisy Link, 29, has been behind bars since 2022 on a second-degree murder charge. Her unexpected partner, Joan Depaz, 23, another inmate is also accused of murder.
It all started with soft whispers drifting through the ducts, a quiet connection in the chaos of jail life. Those whispers grew into heartfelt conversations, bridging the gap between their cells.
Before long, they were sharing handwritten notes and cherished photos, building a bond that defied the cold steel around them.
Against all odds, a tender romance blossomed not through touch, but through the hollow echoes of those air vents.
According to their interviews with WSVN, the pair devised a makeshift system to transfer biological material between cells. Housed separately but within the same facility, they discovered they could communicate through the air conditioning ducts. This allowed them to build a relationship and coordinate their plan.
Using bedding, they fashioned a line or pulley system connecting their vents. Depaz wrapped his semen in Saran wrap, rolling it tightly “like a cigarette,” and attached it to the line. Link pulled the package through the vent to her cell and then used an applicator, originally designed for yeast infection treatment to inseminate herself.
The process worked, resulting in Link’s pregnancy. For semen to remain viable: timing, protection from contamination, and swift transfer all matter and these factors aligned against the odds. This method, extraordinary in a jail setting, mirrors basic principles of artificial insemination.
The baby girl now lives with Depaz’s mother, while Link and Depaz are held in separate facilities, maintaining contact through phone calls and video visits with their daughter, WSVN reported.
Miami-Dade Corrections’ internal affairs investigation has yet to provide a clear public resolution on how such a breach went undetected, keeping the mystery alive. Link’s mother branded the situation “ludicrous,” demanding answers about how her daughter became pregnant in custody, per NBC 6 South Florida.
Depaz’s comparison of the pregnancy to “the Virgin Mary” adds a surreal twist to the saga, amplifying its mystique and fueling public fascination.
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