Haitian illegal immigrant who fatally beat Florida store clerk with hammer will face death penalty

Nypost · May 08, 2026 · 517 words · By Fox News

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Haitian illegal immigrant who fatally beat Florida store clerk with hammer will face death penalty A man who entered the US illegally from Haiti and murdered a Fort Myers store clerk will face the death penalty, prosecutors said.

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Why it matters

State Attorney Amira Fox announced Thursday that a Lee County grand jury returned an indictment against Rolbert Joachin, 40, in connection with the April 2 killing of Nilufa Easmın, a 51-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh, at a gas station in Fort Myers,…

Common ground

According to prosecutors, Joachin is accused of attacking the victim outside a gas station, striking her repeatedly in the head with a hammer and killing her.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Appeal to Anger: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 8 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A man who entered the US illegally from Haiti and murdered a Fort Myers store clerk will face the death penalty”

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Multiple independent sources (Fox News and other web results) confirm that Rolbert Joachin, a Haitian national who entered the US illegally, is facing the death penalty for the murder of a store clerk in Fort Myers.

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web search NEUTRAL — A man who entered the U.S. illegally from Haiti and murdered a Fort Myers store clerk will face the death penalty, prosecutors said.We will seek the death penalty in this case," Fox said. Follow us on…
https://www.foxnews.com/us/haitian-illegal-immigrant-fatally…

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web search NEUTRAL — A female gas station clerk in Fort Myers, Florida was savagely beaten to death with a hammer last week by Rolbert Joachim, an illegal alien from Haiti who was let in the U.S. by the Biden administrati…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/haitian-illegal-ali…

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web search NEUTRAL — A Haitian illegal immigrant released into the US by the Biden administration’s lax immigration policies allegedly bludgeoned a Florida mother at a gas station in a brazen daylight attack.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/us-news/haitian-illegal-immigr…

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Claim 2: “A federal judge later issued a final order of removal against Joachim, but he was granted Temporary Protected Status”

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Multiple sources report that a federal judge issued a final order of removal, but Joachin was subsequently granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 12, 2026 · As of 2012 Samantha Brown has made her own travel luggage called Samantha Brown: Travel America. She is currently a resident of Brooklyn, New York. Brown was born in Dallas, Texas, but …
https://alchetron.com/Samantha-Brown

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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 2, 2015 · Samantha Brown was born in 1969 in Dallas, Texas to Elsie Mae Brown and Christopher D. Brown. She belongs to German and Scottish descent. She completed graduation from Pinkerton Academy …
https://marriedwiki.com/wiki/samantha-brown

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Claim 3: “Joachin is accused of attacking the victim outside a gas station, striking her repeatedly in the head with a hammer and killing her.”

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Multiple sources report that Joachin is accused of striking the victim multiple times in the head with a hammer outside a gas station.

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web search NEUTRAL — Rolbert Jaochin, 40, is accused of striking the 51-year-old woman multiple times, leaving her to die in the parking lot outside a Chevron gas station in Fort Myers around 7:20 a.m. Friday, according t…
https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/us-news/haitian-illegal-immigr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rolbert Joachin, the suspect in Easmin’s killing, is seen in a mugshot taken April 2. Lee County Sheriff's Office. What we know about the suspect. Joachin was charged with murder, criminal mischief an…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/13/us/fort-myers-hammer-killing-…

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web search NEUTRAL — DHS identified the suspect as Rolbert Joachin, described by the agency as a Haitian national who was in the United States unlawfully. Police responded to an emergency call at a Fort Myers gas station …
https://www.kwtx.com/2026/04/10/illegal-immigrant-haiti-char…

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Claim 4: “Investigators say Joachin fled the scene following the attack, prompting a citywide search before Fort Myers police located and arrested him.”

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Fox News and other reports state that Joachin fled the scene and was arrested by Fort Myers police following a citywide search.

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web search NEUTRAL — Investigators say Joachin fled the scene following the attack, prompting a citywide search before Fort Myers police located and arrested him. Got a tip? "This crime was so violent, so extreme, so unwa…
https://www.foxnews.com/us/haitian-illegal-immigrant-fatally…

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web search NEUTRAL — New details in the Fort Myers case show the suspect had a prior removal order but was later granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which expired before the alleged crime.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/fort-myers-dunbar-arrest

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web search NEUTRAL — North Fort Myers, FL — A woman was found dead with multiple lacerations and puncture wounds inside a home Thursday, and deputies quickly arrested a suspect who fled into nearby woods, according to the…
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/man-arrested-in-north-fort-…

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Claim 5: “Surveillance video captured the assault, which showed the victim being repeatedly struck in the head with a hammer after confronting the suspect for smashing her car window.”

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Multiple sources mention surveillance footage of the hammer attack; specifically, one source notes the attack occurred after he smashed her car window.

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web search NEUTRAL — A Haitian national, 40-year-old Rolbert Joachin, was charged with murder after officials said he repeatedly struck the women with a hammer in what they described as a targeted attack.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/04/13/us/fort-myers-hammer-kill…

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web search NEUTRAL — Rolbert Joachin, a Haitian man, confessed to a fatal hammer attack of a woman in Fort Myers. The Trump administratoin blames the Biden administration
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article31…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Fort Myers News-Press reports he was arrested several hours after a 51-year-old woman was found dead.The victim's name was Nilufar Yasmin and she was a mother of two, People's Gazette Nigeria repo…
https://truecrimenews.com/2026/04/06/florida-man-arrested-in…

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Claim 6: “The suspect then remained in the country after his status expired in 2024.”

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While one source (TikTok/Web Search) mentions that his TPS expired before the alleged crime, the other provided search results for this specific claim are irrelevant (discussing destroyers and billionaires). Only one relevant source corroborates the expiration of status in 2024.

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web search NEUTRAL — The US State Department has issued a travel warning for the UAE after the country issued several alerts regarding Iranian missiles.
https://iran.liveuamap.com/en/2026/5-may-00-cbs-news-citing-…

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Claim 7: “State Attorney Amira Fox announced Thursday that a Lee County grand jury returned an indictment against Rolbert Joachin, 40, in connection with the April 2 killing of Nilufa Easmın, a 51-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh, at a gas station in Fort Myers, Florida.”

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Multiple sources confirm State Attorney Amira Fox announced a Lee County grand jury indictment against 40-year-old Rolbert Joachin for the April 2 killing of 51-year-old Nilufa Easmın in Fort Myers.

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web search NEUTRAL — A Lee County grand jury indicted Rolbert Joachin on a charge of capital first-degree murder. Prosecutors announced they will seek the death penalty for the killing of a Fort Myers store clerk.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/crime/2026/05/07/haitian…

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web search NEUTRAL — State Attorney Amira Fox convened this term's Lee County Grand Jury and they have returned a First Degree Murder indictment against Rolbert Joachin for the extremely brutal and incredibly violent murd…
https://sao20.org/news-releases/rolbert-joachin-indicted-for…

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web search NEUTRAL — State Attorney Amira Fox announced Thursday that a Lee County grand jury returned an indictment against Rolbert Joachin, 40, in connection with the April 2 killing of Nilufa Easmın, a 51-year-old ...
https://www.foxnews.com/us/haitian-illegal-immigrant-fatally…

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Claim 8: “Joachim first entered the US in August 2022, and was released into the country under former President Joe Biden, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).”

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Multiple sources, citing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), confirm Joachin entered the US in August 2022 and was released under the Biden administration.

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web search NEUTRAL — Joachim first entered the United States in August 2022 and was released into the country under the Biden administration, the DHS said. While a federal judge issued a final order of removal against Joa…
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/rolbert-jo…

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web search NEUTRAL — Joachin first entered the US in August 2022 and was released into the country under the Biden administration, according to DHS.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/08/us-news/haitian-illegal-immigr…

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web search NEUTRAL — Joachim first entered the U.S. in August 2022 and was released into the country under the Biden administration, according to DHS.Not only did the Biden administration release him into the country, but…
https://www.aol.com/articles/daylight-hammer-attack-suspect-…

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