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Miami Police Probe Death of Nicaraguan Doctor Found in Dollar Tree Freezer

Police list the death as undetermined pending forensic results.

Overview

  • An employee opening the Little Havana store at 968 SW 8th St. around 8 a.m. Sunday reported finding the woman dead inside a freezer.
  • Security video shows she entered the store Saturday night and walked into a back-area freezer where she remained after closing.
  • Authorities identified the victim as Helen Massiell Garay Sánchez, 32, an anesthesiologist from Nicaragua who was visiting family in Miami and has two children.
  • Detectives say they have found no evidence of a criminal act and are not treating the case as a homicide at this stage.
  • Relatives launched a GoFundMe to repatriate her body to Nicaragua and fund funeral costs, with donations reaching thousands of dollars toward a $20,000 goal.