The saying is that where there’s a will, there’s a way. You should never underestimate the strength and force of a determined person to bring a concept that exists as just an idea, into fruition. Two Florida inmates managed to do just that. An imprisoned man and woman were determined to have a baby together. And despite being imprisoned in separate wings, they made it happen.
They did so with sheets, a plastic bag, a little innovation, and sheer will. Now, they have a child.
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Daisy Link, 29, is currently housed at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center charged with the alleged murder of her boyfriend in 2022, The Express reported. Joan Depaz, 24, is also being held at the same facility for a different murder.
The two have never met in person. But in June, Link gave birth to Depaz’s baby. “She’s a miracle baby, she’s a blessing,” Link told WSVN. Depaz views the birth of their daughter similarly, likening Link to the Virgin Mary.
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So how did this happen? The air conditioner vents played a huge role. Both Link and Depaz learned that they could communicate with inmates on various floors through the vents. That’s where Link and Depaz first began that relationship. They spoke for hours at a time, often passing notes and pictures to one another.
“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 explained. During one of those conversations, Depaz shared one of his dreams.
“I always really wanted to have a baby. And I’m not gonna get to do that for a really long time. So if I had to choose somebody, you know, it would be you. And she was like, ‘Yeah, we could do that.’”
The vents they had been speaking through were L-shaped. “She could throw a pen into the vent and it’ll land right into my vent,” he said.
The two used bedding material to establish a line through the vent. From there, Depaz put semen in Saran Wrap every day, five times a day for a month straight. Link said, “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. From there, I had placed it inside of, you know, the yeast infection applicators? I had placed it inside of there and then from there, yeah, I administered it.”
It took a few tries but it worked after about a month. Link was pregnant and was ecstatic about it. “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.
On June 19, 2024, their daughter was born at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Now, at 5 months old, the infant is living with Depaz’s mother, who became a grandmother for the first time. Link and Depaz, who are now in two separate jails, speak on the phone and see their daughter through video visits.
There’s an ongoing investigation to determine how no one noticed.
“She could be anything,” Link said of her daughter. “I think that she’s gonna be something great.”
Naturally, creating children while you’re in jail is against the rules. It has many questioning how the two were able to create a whole child without any of the jail staff noticing. Miami-Dade Corrections has launched an internal affairs investigation. It is still ongoing.
