Woman’s hypothermia death after her release by ICE is ruled a homicide

Daphy Michel, a vulnerable asylum seeker from Haiti, died at Pittsburgh bus shelter days after leaving federal custody A medical examiner has ruled the death of a Haitian asylum seeker in Pennsylvania after being released from federal custody a homicide. Meanwhile, an attorney representing her family said he expects her relatives to sue Immigration and Customs Enforcement in connection with her death, though a spokesperson maintained in an email that the agency had “NOTHING to do with this woman’s death”. Daphy Michel, 31, died on 2 March. She was found at a bus shelter in Pittsburgh. The local Allegheny county medical examiner’s office found her cause of death to be hypothermia and ruled the manner a homicide, “indicating the death was caused by the actions of another individual”. A statement from the office – which released its findings on Friday – said that should not be interpreted as a declaration of criminal guilt. Michel was a native of Haiti who was seeking asylum in the US after arriving at the southern border in 2022, said her family’s attorney, Joseph Patrick Murphy. She was granted humanitarian parole based on urgent humanitarian need, but she did not