How a suspected murderer impregnated an alleged killer in prison without ever touching her: 'I can't believe it worked'



A Florida man accused of murder impregnated a female alleged killer while they were in prison — but the pair never touched each other.

Daisy Link, 29, is charged with second-degree murder after she allegedly killed her husband in 2022.

'Not gonna lie, this is gonna go down in history.'

Joan Depaz, 23, was arrested in October 2020. According to prison records, he's charged with first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, battery, and criminal mischief.

The two inmates say they communicated with each other through the air conditioning vents in their prison cells.

"You would knock on it, and you can hear the people from the different floors. You would stand on the toilet actually to be able to talk to them," Link told WSVN-TV. "Being in isolation for so long, you begin to spend hours and hours talking to this person, you know, to the point where it’s almost as if you’re in the same room with them."

Link said she and Depaz would pass notes and pictures through the A/C vents.

Eventually they developed a romantic relationship despite never meeting each other.

Depaz had a dream of being a father, but it didn't seem possible since he was facing a lengthy prison sentence if convicted for his alleged crimes.

"I always really wanted to have a baby. And I’m not gonna get to do that for a really long time," Depaz said. He then told Link, "So if I had to choose somebody, you know, it would be you. And she was like, ‘Yeah, we could do that.’”

Depaz devised a plan to make his dream come true.

"I told her a way that one of my friends had showed me through the vent," he explained. "Because the vents are like [an] L-shape, really. It drops right into my vent, from her room, she could throw a pen into the vent, and it’ll land right into my vent.”

Link added, "We had figured out a way to drop the line. It was a line that we had established out of like bedding material."

Depaz said he put semen in plastic wrap "every day like five times a day for like a month straight."

Link recalled, "He would kind of like roll it up, almost like a cigarette, and he would attach it to the line that we had in the vent, and I would pull it through." She said she placed that in a yeast infection applicator and "administered it."

Link stated, "I don’t know what my fate is, you kind of don’t know what’s yours. If we’re gonna go out, might as well just go out with a bang, you know? If it works, it works. But it definitely did."

Link said she got pregnant after just a few attempts, and that she was "very excited" and "ecstatic."

WSVN asked Dr. Fernando Akerman — a fertility specialist and the medical director of the Fertility Center of Miami — if a woman could get pregnant through the method the inmates alleged. Akerman said it's possible but noted that the chances are less than 5%.

On June 19, Link gave birth to a baby at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.

The baby is now living with Depaz's mother.

“I can’t believe it worked," Link stated. "I think everything happened for a reason."

“She’s a miracle baby, she’s a blessing,” Link said. “She could be anything. I think that she’s gonna be something great.”

DNA results show Depaz is the father.

When Depaz was asked if he ever had any physical encounters with Link, he said "never."

The pair are now being detained in different jails while they await their trials: Depaz is housed at the Metro West Detention Center; Link is at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center. They still talk on the phone and see their daughter during video visits.

"Over here I’m like a celebrity," Depaz excitedly exclaimed. "Not gonna lie, this is gonna go down in history."

The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department has launched an internal affairs investigation to determine how this could have happened without authorities knowing.

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Russian chess champion allegedly caught on video trying to poison rival with mercury



A Russian chess champion has been accused of trying to poison her opponent during a recent tournament. The brazen move allegedly was caught on video.

Amina Abakarova, 40, faces a possible lifetime ban and potential criminal proceedings, NBC News reported.

'The actions she committed could have led to the saddest outcome.'

The incident occurred last Friday inside the tournament room of the Dagestan Chess Championship in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's Republic of Dagestan.

Security video purportedly shows Abakarova entering the room with a bag about 20 minutes before the tournament was set to begin. The 34-second surveillance clip appears to show Abakarova spreading a substance over one of the chessboards.

Sazhid Sazhidov — Dagestan’s sports minister — released a statement on the Telegram messaging app Wednesday alleging that Abakarova, who has won the tournament before, spread a substance that later turned out to contain mercury, NBC News reported.

The Russian Chess Federation issued a statement Wednesday describing the situation as "an attempt to poison a participant in the championship of the Republic of Dagestan in Makhachkala."

The target of the alleged attempted poisoning was Abakarova's rival – 30-year-old Umayganat Osmanova.

About 30 minutes into a tournament match, Osmanova allegedly fell ill with nausea and dizziness. She reportedly required medical attention.

"I still feel bad. In the first minutes, I felt a lack of air and a taste of iron in my mouth. I had to spend about five hours on this board. I don’t know what would have happened to me if I hadn’t seen it earlier," Osmanova told Russia Today.

Osmanova added to Russian newspaper Izvestia that she noticed "some tiny balls" rolling out from under her board. She initially had no idea what they were but soon realized they could have been mercury, after which she notified chess officials.

Chess.com reported that Osmanova recovered from the alleged attempted poisoning and finished second in the tournament. Abakarova allegedly was expelled after the fourth round.

Russian outlet RTVI reported that Abakarova allegedly said she wanted to "knock her opponent out of the tournament." However, a police report claimed that Abakarova meant to scare her opponent and not actually harm her.

According to the New York Post, Abakarova later admitted to the poisoning and allegedly confessed to police that she had broken a thermometer and smeared mercury across the chessboard.

Police have detained Abakarova, who now faces up to three years in jail, according to the Mirror.

Andrey Filatov — president of the Russian Chess Federation — said the organization had temporarily suspended Abakarova from all competitions until a law enforcement investigation is completed.

ABC News reported that Sazhidov stated, "I am perplexed by what happened, and the motives that guided such an experienced athlete as Amina Abakarova are also incomprehensible to me."

"The actions she committed could have led to the saddest outcome. They threatened the lives of everyone who was in the chess house, including herself," Sazhidov added. "Now she will have to answer for what she did before the law."

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Texas toilets booby-trapped with pressure-activated explosives; 3 injured, 1 arrested



A Texas man is accused of booby-trapping public toilets with pressure-activated explosives, which injured three people.

The first attack was reported July 20 at the Wash Tub car wash in Helotes, which is about a half hour northwest of San Antonio.

Employees reportedly were able to identify Alden to police because he was a 'regular customer' who used a membership card.

A woman allegedly sat down on the toilet at the car wash after which a small explosion occurred.

Detectives said a woman was injured but left the location before the police report was made, KENS-TV reported.

"The female customer was reportedly very upset and left the location before a report was made," the affidavit states. "The Helotes Police Department responded to the location to take the report and document the scene."

Investigators discovered "small, readily available commercial fireworks that are designed to explode when pressure is applied," according to the outlet.

Six days later, two more people were injured from booby-trapped toilets at a Wash Tub in San Antonio.

A female employee and a young girl were victims of the explosives within minutes of each other, according to the affidavit.

Investigators reportedly found remains of the small fireworks in the two bathrooms.

Citing a probable cause affidavit, Law & Crime reported that a Wash Tub representative said that on both dates "loud bangs were heard in the bathroom by customers using the bathroom/toilet.”

In all three cases, a man was caught on security cameras entering and leaving the unisex bathrooms, sitting in the lobbies of the car washes, watching the bathroom door, and then leaving after the explosives went off, the affidavit read.

On Aug. 1, police arrested 46-year-old Paul Moses Alden of Helotes.

Alden was charged with arson causing reckless damage or bodily injury, according to police records.

His bond was set at $50,000, and he was bailed out the same day he was arrested.

Court records show Alden is awaiting indictment. A court date has not been set for his next hearing.

Employees reportedly were able to identify Alden to police because he was a "regular customer" who used a membership card. Police reportedly had video of Alden as well as his vehicle and license plate.

A Wash Tub spokesman said, "We are very pleased with the quick action of the San Antonio Police Department and the arson investigator working this case. We will continue to fully cooperate with SAPD and the district attorney's office."

Both fire and police departments are still investigating the exploding toilets.

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Dad is in the dark that he won $1 million jackpot until detectives explain to him that his lottery ticket had been stolen



A Tennessee father had no idea that he had won a $1 million jackpot until the moment detectives told him that his lottery ticket had been stolen, according to authorities.

A lucky dad recently purchased two scratch-off lottery tickets at a Shell station in Murfreesboro. He reportedly asked the clerk to check if the tickets — $20 Diamond and Gold tickets — were winners.

'The feel-good side of this story is the [Antioch father] never knew he was the winner until we made contact with him. That is absolutely life-changing money.'

The clerk — identified by authorities as 23-year-old Meet Patel — allegedly told the dad that he had won $40 on one ticket, but the other ticket was not a winner.

Lt. Detective Steve Craig told WTVF-TV the ticket the dad was told was not a winner ended up "on top of the trash." Then when the dad departed the store, Craig said Patel "took the trash outside, and if you follow him on camera, you can see him grab the ticket and put it in his pocket."

However, the "losing" ticket was a million-dollar winner — and Patel allegedly attempted to claim the prize.

Craig noted, "He went to the lottery commission to claim the ticket as his own, but there were red flags, and they held onto the ticket."

Tennessee Lottery officials reviewed security footage from the Shell gas station and determined that the winning ticket was stolen.

Detective Dennis Ward told NBC News, "Mr. Patel is then seen later in the video celebrating in the store after scratching off the front of the ticket and learning it was a $1 million winner."

Craig explained, "It's pretty obvious. Good enough to put in front of 12 jurors, and they'll reach the same conclusion."

Patel was accused of stealing the million-dollar lottery ticket — a Class A felony — and was being held in the Rutherford County Jail on $100,000 bond after his arrest. Patel is scheduled to appear in court July 30.

Craig added, "The feel-good side of this story is the [Antioch father] never knew he was the winner until we made contact with him. That is absolutely life-changing money."

The dad requested that his identity not be revealed.

Craig gave some advice to those who play the lottery: "If you scratch off the front bar code, it will tell you if it’s a winner or not, regardless of whether you scratch off everything showing how much you won."

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Florida man in critical condition after 'severe' shark attack on a boat, deputy who saved victim said to be a hero



A Florida man is in critical condition after a shark attack on the east coast of the Sunshine State.

Around 11:15 a.m. on Friday, the Nassau County Sheriff's Office Marine Unit responded to a distress call from a boat reporting a shark bite that caused a "critical injury." The boat was off the coast of Fernandina Beach – which is roughly 35 miles north of Jacksonville.

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office posted a video on Facebook revealing the details of the attack and how the deputy saved the man.

The man was on a fishing trip and had been bitten by the shark on the boat.

The man, who was said to be in his 40s, suffered a "severe" shark bite to his right forearm and had "lost a lot of blood."

A Nassau County Sheriff’s Office deputy boarded the boat and applied a tourniquet to stop the heavy bleeding.

The Nassau County Sheriff’s Office said the deputy piloted the boat to the Dee Dee Bartels boat ramp – where Fernandina Beach Fire Rescue was waiting.

The victim was immediately airlifted to the nearby UF Health Jacksonville Medical Center.

The shark attack victim is currently listed in critical condition. The man is said to have been alert and expected to recover.

Sheriff Bill Leeper of the Nassau County Sheriff's Office called the deputy a "hero" for the quick-thinking assistance that he provided to the distressed victim.

There had only been eight confirmed shark attacks in Nassau County since 1882, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History’s International Shark Attack File.

Nassau County is approximately 150 miles north of Volusia County, which is considered to be the "shark bite capital of the world."

There have been 351 confirmed shark attacks in Volusia County since 1882, including 17 bites in 2021.

There were 16 shark attacks in the state of Florida last year, or 44% of all of the attacks in the entire United States and 23% of the worldwide total.

In June, there were three swimmers who were attacked by sharks in two different incidents in the Gulf Coast of Florida.

One woman had to have her arm amputated and suffered "critical injuries" to her hip in the shark attack that happened in Walton County – which is located in Florida's northwest panhandle.

On the same day, two teenage girls were victims of a shark attack near Seacrest Beach, about four miles further east of the first attack.

One of the girls suffered "significant injuries to the upper leg and one hand," while the other endured minor injuries on one of her feet, according to officials.

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Oregon woman, 24, killed in freak boating accident, family blames 'reckless' driver for her death: 'No simple accident'



A young Oregon woman died after a crazy freak accident while boating, according to officials.

The odd news emerged just before 8 p.m. on June 22 that a young woman had been severely injured in a boating accident.

Kaileigh Seidel – who was riding on an inflatable device towed by boat – reportedly begged the driver of the boat to slow down. The boat driver allegedly continued to drive the vessel in a zig-zagging motion despite her requests to be more careful.

During the boating adventure, there was reportedly a tubing accident near the Hawthorne Bridge on the Willamette River in Oregon.

The victim was allegedly flung into another boat, according to witnesses.

"The driver who was driving very fast and recklessly, he just drove her into another boat. She hit the boat, and she died immediately, to my knowledge," said Aliyah Seidel – Kaileigh’s younger sister.

The Multnomah County Sheriff's Office informed Fox News that a 911 caller "reported that they had witnessed a woman getting struck by another boat."

The sheriff's office stated, "The woman was transported to a local hospital, but was pronounced dead after she arrived."

Seidel was rushed to the local hospital after being pulled from the water, but the family told KGW that she most likely died at the scene.

"She was so innocent and taken so violently because of someone else’s decision to be reckless. We definitely feel her not being here. It’s a hole in all of our hearts, it’s so quiet," Aliyah Seidel –Kaileigh's sister – told FOX 12'

Kaileigh's aunt, Rachelle Hunsperger, said, "That just seems so unlike her. She was always like, ‘Let’s go, let’s have fun.’ If she was telling somebody to slow down then she was probably scared. This was no simple accident. I feel that there is somebody definitely at fault and hopefully that comes out."

Aliyah added, "She had a beautiful smile, and she just touched so many lives."

A GoFundMe fundraising campaign had raised over $45,000 by Sunday morning.

The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office River Patrol unit is currently investigating Kaileigh's sudden death.

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Teen arrested for toppling porta-potty with woman and 4-year-old daughter inside, trapping them with feces, bodily fluids



A New Hampshire teen was arrested for allegedly toppling a porta-potty with a woman and her 4-year-old daughter inside, according to police. The mother and daughter were trapped inside the portable toilet with "feces and bodily fluid."

Aiden Studer allegedly got into an argument with the mother near a porta-potty on Wednesday at Derryfield Park in Manchester, New Hampshire.

The woman went inside the portable toilet to assist her daughter, and then 18-year-old reportedly pushed the porta-potty from behind. Since he pushed it from the behind, it trapped the mother and daughter inside because they couldn't open the door as it was on the pavement.

The Manchester Police Department said in a statement that the pair were "covered in feces and bodily fluid."

The police department said concerned bystanders quickly ran over to the tipped-over toilet and stood it up to free the pair.

The mother and daughter were uninjured in the incident.

The woman and the suspect reportedly did not know each other before the alleged crime, according to the Manchester Police Department.

Studer was arrested and charged with two counts of criminal restraint and criminal mischief. He was also charged with a count of simple assault on a police officer for allegedly throwing something at one of the cops at the messy scene.

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Grandma helped her granddaughter beat up elementary school girl after sneaking into bathroom: Police



A Michigan grandma allegedly helped her granddaughter beat up an elementary school girl, according to police. The grandmother allegedly snuck into the elementary school to fight the student inside a bathroom.

The unnamed woman was arrested on April 18. The grandmother was taken to the Genesee County Jail. The name of the grandma had not been released as she is pending arraignment.

The grandmother and the granddaughter were dropped off at the McMonagle Elementary School on Thursday.

Mt. Morris Township Police Chief Michael Veach said the pair were buzzed into the school under the guise of participating in a behavioral meeting.

Jamal Bransford – Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator of Westwood Heights Schools – said in a statement: "On Thursday, April 18 an unfortunate incident transpired at McMonagle Elementary School involving a grandparent of a student who managed to circumvent security protocols and gain unauthorized access to the school premises."

The grandma saw a young girl who her granddaughter was having trouble with, according to Veach. The couple reportedly followed the girl into a bathroom.

The grandmother held down the girl while her granddaughter punched her, Veach stated.

The Mt. Morris Township Police Department immediately launched an investigation into the alleged assault.

Bransford said, "It is crucial to emphasize that no other children in the school were involved or harmed during this incident."

"The safety and security of our students is our topmost concern. Our school administration is diligently implementing all necessary measures to prevent such breaches of security in the future," Bransford continued. "We are actively collaborating with the Mt. Morris Township Police Department to implement safeguards that will safeguard the well-being of our students and prevent similar incidents from occurring."

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Georgia woman, 21, killed in freak accident after dropping AirPod at golf cart factory



A Georgia woman was killed in a freak accident at a golf cart factory after trying to retrieve an AirPod that she had dropped.

Alyssa Drinkard, 21, was working her shift around 9:45 p.m. on March 8 at the Club Car factory in Evans – a suburb of Augusta, Georgia.

A witness told investigators that Drinkard dropped her AirPod earbud under the conveyor belt. Drinkard reportedly attempted to retrieve the AirPod.

The woman – who was a contracted line worker for Club Car – got caught in the chain that moves the conveyor, according to the witness.

Witness Fae’Zsha Smith said Drinkard "was not able to get her out, so she called for maintenance to come and shut the machine down. They began taking it apart once the machine was down and called 911."

Emergency crews freed Drinkard "by cutting the metal frame from around the conveyor and pulling her out," according to the report.

Drinkard still had a pulse when she was unbound from the machinery. EMS performed life-saving measures before she was rushed to the hospital.

She succumbed to her injuries and died the next morning.

Drinkard had reportedly been working at the factory that manufactures golf carts and commercial utility vehicles for about a year.

Smith said she can't get the images of her coworker being violently mauled at work out of her head.

"I'm kind of traumatized from seeing her that way," Smith said.

Smith has not returned to work since the traumatic accident.

Club Car gave a statement to The Augusta Press:

Friday evening, a contract labor worker experienced a critical injury while working at our main manufacturing facility in Evans. First responders were immediately notified, and we thank them for their quick response to provide medical care and transportation to the hospital where the worker unfortunately later passed away. Our sincere condolences and thoughts are with the family, friends and all impacted by this loss. We are working with authorities and the contractor in an investigation to determine the facts about what led to the incident.

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Wisconsin man named 'Deez-Nuts' arrested on charges of battery, brandishing a BB gun



A Wisconsin man – Deez-Nuts Lee Kroll – was arrested and charged with battery this week.

WFRV reported on Friday, "According to a criminal complaint obtained by Local 5, 42-year-old Deez-Nuts Kroll was arrested following an incident involving a gun."

Around 10 p.m. on March 5, police reportedly responded to a disturbance on the east side of Green Bay, Wisconsin.

When police officers arrived at the residence, two people were allegedly detained and brought to a squad car. Police also purportedly took Kroll into custody. The criminal complaint reportedly noted that Kroll was shirtless and appeared to be highly intoxicated. Law enforcement said Kroll did follow the commands of officers.

He handed his Wisconsin identification card to cops that said his name was "Deez-Nuts Lee Kroll."

One of the people at the scene claimed that Kroll opened the door at the residence and punched them in the shoulder with a closed fist. The police report said a fight broke out.

During the melee, Kroll reportedly brandished a gun.

Authorities said they took the gun as evidence. Police allegedly noted that the firearm was a CO2 BB gun loaded with eight silver 4.5mm BBs.

Police said Kroll was "talking in circles" when they investigated him regarding the violent situation.

Court records show Deez-Nuts Lee Kroll was arrested and charged with battery, disorderly conduct, and use of a dangerous weapon – all of which are misdemeanors. A signature bond was set at $1,000 for Kroll.

Court records also show that Deez-Nuts also goes by the name of Derrick L. Kroll.

Kroll faces up to nine months in prison over the criminal charges.

According to reports, Kroll made a court appearance on March 6.

Deez-Nuts is scheduled to appear at the Brown County Courthouse at 8:30 a.m. on April 24, 2024.

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