The finding comes as #ICE is eliminating its requirement to report deaths that occur within 30 days of people being released from its custody, & as the #Trump administration continues to detain large numbers of immigrants. Michel entered the country through the southern border in 2022 & was granted #humanitarian parole, said her family’s attorney, Joseph Patrick Murphy. She died before the first hearing in her #immigration case.
“The opinion of the forensic pathologist in this case is that Ms. Michel was a vulnerable adult, suffering from untreated severe #MentalHealth issues & a significant #LanguageBarrier when she was released from federal custody on February 27,” Jim Madalinsky, the county’s public information officer, said in a statement. “Based on all available information during the investigation, the pathologist ruled Ms. Michel’s death a #homicide.”
The finding comes as #ICE is eliminating its requirement to report deaths that occur within 30 days of people being released from its custody, & as the #Trump administration continues to detain large numbers of immigrants. Michel entered the country through the southern border in 2022 & was granted #humanitarian parole, said her family’s attorney, Joseph Patrick Murphy. She died before the first hearing in her #immigration case.