Woman who made headlines for jailhouse pregnancy granted new murder trial

Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald on Feb 5, 2026

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MIAMI — The Miami inmate who made national headlines when she became pregnant while behind bars — and was found guilty of killing her husband — will get a new trial, a judge ruled Thursday.

Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Lody Jean granted Daisy Link, 30, a new trial, according to an order filed in court Thursday afternoon. Link, the judge said, was “prejudiced” by photos that prosecutors showed jurors — hoping to discredit her self-defense claim — despite the photographs not being introduced as evidence.

“The errors deprive [Link] of a fair and impartial trial and likely materially contributed to the jury’s finding of guilty,” Jean said in the order.

It’s unclear if prosecutors plan to appeal the ruling to the 3rd District Court of Appeal.

A jury in October convicted Link of second-degree murder for killing her husband, Pedro Jimenez, 33, outside her Homestead residence in June 2022. Link shot Jimenez once in the leg.

Link’s defense attorney claimed she acted in self-defense when she shot Jimenez, who was her husband of nine years and had allegedly brutally beat her days before the killing. Prosecutors, however, painted a drastically different picture of the murder, alleging that Link killed her husband because she wanted to end their relationship.

Link was captured on Ring camera footage mocking and belittling Jimenez after shooting him, prosecutors say. The footage was played during the trial. At one point, Link told Jimenez: “It’s not like I hit a major artery. You’ll be fine.”

During her trial, Link took the stand in her own defense, testifying about the moments leading up to the shooting. Jimenez, she said, grabbed her by the hair and threw her to the ground in a drug-fueled rage over infidelity.

The couple’s almost decade-long relationship, Link said, was marred by domestic violence. However, she said she didn’t call police on Jimenez because she feared he would be deported.

“I took a shot. I initially aimed towards the floor as I lifted the gun,” Link said on the stand. “I didn’t expect it to hit him. I just thought the sound would scare him off.”

Link was at the center of a media storm after she became pregnant while at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in 2023. In June 2024, she gave birth to a daughter, conceived by Link and inmate Joan DePaz after Link inseminated herself with DePaz’s sperm, which was passed through an air vent. DePaz is now in prison serving a 25-year sentence for murder.