‘She showed love for everyone’: how did Daphy Michel end up frozen to death in a Pittsburgh bus shelter?

Haitian immigrant with mental illness found dead after ICE released her in 20F weather wearing summer clothes Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death On the night of 26 February this year, the Michel family in Pennsylvania expected to see their loved one, Daphy, again very soon. After she had spent six months in jail, a judge had dismissed criminal charges against her and one of her brothers was told she would be released soon, probably the next day. Continue reading...

Alba Asenjo Domínguez · Sun, Aug 2, 2026, 3:00 AM
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‘She showed love for everyone’: how did Daphy Michel end up frozen to death in a Pittsburgh bus shelter?

Haitian immigrant with mental illness found dead after ICE released her in 20F weather wearing summer clothes

Family to sue after woman released from ICE custody froze to death

On the night of 26 February this year, the Michel family in Pennsylvania expected to see their loved one, Daphy, again very soon.

After she had spent six months in jail, a judge had dismissed criminal charges against her and one of her brothers was told she would be released soon, probably the next day.

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