Newly released video, jail phone calls detail Miami-Dade inmates’ plan to get pregnant without physically meeting

Investigates has obtained newly issued videos and jail phone calls in the occurrence of a Miami-Dade inmate who got pregnant behind bars For the first time we are seeing video of a pregnant Daisy Link and her baby s father Joan Depaz behind bars Miami-Dade Corrections officer What happened tell me exactly what happened Joan Depaz Well It was Christmas Eve Police were called to Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center to find out how Link became pregnant while she was an inmate Body camera video shows an officer was able to rule out rape after she demanded Link if the pregnancy was planned Miami-Dade Police officer You wished it to happen what you did If it s OK with you that s fine I just came here to make sure that you re OK Daisy Link Yeah I m fine In a separate interview Depaz was required to explain how he got Link pregnant even though they were never physically together Joan Depaz We was talking you know back and forth and Officer How were you talking to her Joan Depaz No through the vent Officer Through the vent Joan Depaz Yeah Officer OK Joan Depaz Through the vents Anybody would say I m crazy Oh you re talking to the vent Yeah Then about a minute into the video the audio on the bodycam is muted and a black box is put over Depaz s face Based on his hand movements Depaz appears to be showing the officer the strange way they conceived this baby girl Daisy Link She s a miracle baby She s a blessing In addition to new videos Investigates also obtained jail phone calls including one where Link and Depaz discuss their plan to get pregnant Joan Depaz in jail phone call You gonna have my baby Daisy Link in phone call Yeah Joan Depaz in phone call You wanna do it for real Daisy Link in phone call Yeah send it to me Depaz says he sent his semen through an A C vent connecting their cells using a makeshift line made out of mattress string Their conversation backs up what the pair described News in jailhouse interviews last year Joan Depaz I put the semen in saran wrap every day like five times a day for like a month straight Daisy Link I had placed it inside of the yeast infection applicators From there yeah I administered it More than a month after that first call Link and Depaz spoke again Joan Depaz in phone call You think that expletive worked Daisy Link in phone call I don t know It possibly could I m telling you I would have I m supposed to have my period Then by December Link called her mom to break the unbelievable news Daisy Link in phone call I m under -hour lockdown because I m pregnant Link s mother in phone call You re full of expletive Daisy Link in phone call I swear to God Link s mother in phone call You re full of expletive This is shocking Shocking because Link has been locked up with no bond since awaiting trial for murder On the call Link reported her mom she got pregnant to get out of jail Link s mother in phone call Daisy how could you Daisy Link in phone call What do you mean I m gonna sue them and get out Do you know how much I can sue them for This was all planned I can get out now That never happened Link is still at TGK Depaz was transferred to another jail and is now in state prison In July Link notified us she was punished for talking to Investigates Daisy Link Well right now I m in unit - it s a psychiatric unit I m basically just sitting in a room with a mattress and a blanket hours a day with the lights that don t shut off Link believes it was retaliation for saying this Daisy Link They should genuinely thank me I determined a huge breach in their measure I haven t gotten a thank you yet Daisy Link They re telling me that I basically made a mockery of corrections And because of that they re mad That this was inevitable to come Heather Like a mockery in what way Daisy Link That they didn t know what they were doing That they basically allowed all of this to happen The director of Miami-Dade Corrections Sherea Green has refused several interview requests Her department s research into Link s pregnancy exposed insufficient evidence to substantiate staff misconduct But it left multiple questions including about the flow of contraband in the eighth largest jail system in the country Heather Walker News Last week a judge denied Daisy Link s motion to have her second-degree murder incident dismissed based on a self-defense claim Her trial could begin at the end of the month CONTACT INVESTIGATES - -CLUE - -CLUE Investigates wsvn com