Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old Haitian asylum seeker living and working legally in Pennsylvania, was found unresponsive at a Pittsburgh bus shelter days after being processed and released alone by immigration authorities, miles from where she lived.
Her brother Carlo, a Washington County resident holding Temporary Protected Status (TPS), learned of her death through a phone call and has since been seeking answers. Pittsburgh's Action News 4 (WTAE) confirmed Daphy's death through multiple sources in a report published March 13, 2026, identifying her as an asylum seeker who had been in custody before being released at a Pittsburgh bus stop without family notification.
