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Daphy Michel

A death after release from recent ICE custody. No official in-custody death count includes this person, including every count published on this site.

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The reviewed record

Daphy Michel

Age
31
Reported origin
Haiti
Released from ICE custody
February 27, 2026 or February 28, 2026 — sources conflict
Date of death
March 2, 2026
Place of death
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Reporting policy at release
ICE Directive 11003.6

Official cause: Hypothermia

Manner of death, as classified by the medical examiner: Homicide. The medical examiner stated that the classification does not declare criminal guilt.

Excluded from ICE’s in-custody death reporting because the death occurred after release. The death occurred within 30 days of release, but Directive 11003.6 made post-release review conditional on a request by the ICE Director.

The medical-examiner account cited by AP identifies February 27; other reporting describes release in Pittsburgh on February 28. Do not force a single day without the release record.

  • Custody context associated with the release, as reported
    Washington County Correctional Facility / ICE Alternatives to Detention intake and release contextCustody location as reported; no facility record joined
What this record does not establish
  • Criminal guilt by any person or entity.
  • Civil liability or a final legal determination against ICE.
  • That every fact alleged by family representatives or public officials has been adjudicated.
Associated PressPittsburgh’s PublicSourceU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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Which counts include this person

  • Included only in this site’s reporting-gap lane of 3 known reviewed cases.
  • Not included in the fixed 52-person Human Rights Watch / Physicians for Human Rights cohort, which closes on June 4, 2026.
  • Not included in ICE’s in-custody death reporting, which covers deaths in custody and not deaths after release.

How the published totals differ, and why

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Sources

  1. [1]
    A woman’s hypothermia death in Pittsburgh after her release from ICE custody is ruled a homicide

    Associated Press · news report · June 12, 2026 · retrieved August 22, 2026

    Locator: Medical-examiner findings and release context

    Identity, age, death date, official cause and manner, vulnerability findings, and ICE-release association.

    Manner-of-death classification is not a declaration of criminal guilt; litigation was prospective at publication.

  2. [2]
    Death of Haitian immigrant ruled a homicide. ICE denies responsibility.

    Pittsburgh’s PublicSource · news report · June 12, 2026 · retrieved August 22, 2026

    Locator: Medical-examiner statement and ICE response

    Release-date discrepancy and agency response preserved alongside AP.

    Secondary reporting; statements by officials and advocates retain attribution.

  3. [3]
    ICE Directive 11003.6: Notification, Review, and Reporting Requirements for Detainee Deaths

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · agency policy · February 27, 2025 · retrieved August 22, 2026

    Locator: Purpose/Background; definitions; section 5.4(3)

    Superseded post-release review scope and Director-discretion condition.

    The directive text makes review conditional; it does not establish that every post-release death was reviewed or publicly reported.

Associated PressPittsburgh’s PublicSourceU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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