A woman who has been in a Florida county jail since June 2022 is now pregnant, according to her sister and attorney, who are seeking answers from corrections officials. Daisy Link, 28, informed her family on Christmas Day that she was nearly four months pregnant, as shared by her sister, Crystal Barreto. “I was speechless. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing,” said Barreto, who resides in Homestead, Florida, during a phone interview. “Immediately, I was worried about Daisy and her safety.”

Link is currently held at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County on charges of second-degree murder and battery by a detainee on a visitor or another detainee, according to jail records.

Her case has not yet gone to trial. In her first interview about Link’s pregnancy, Link’s criminal defense attorney, Marlene Montaner, told NBC News that the second-degree murder charge stems from a domestic violence incident in which Link fired a single gunshot while attempting to protect herself from an abusive partner.

Montaner shared photos with NBC News showing Link with blood on her shoulders and head, which she said resulted from abuse Link had endured days before she fired the weapon in June 2022. Both Montaner and Barreto have been trying to get Link released on house arrest, especially now that she is pregnant. Neither knows how she got pregnant.

The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department did not comment on who may have impregnated Link, and Barreto said her sister has not disclosed what happened.