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State Seeks Death Against Haitian Man Charged in Clerk's Brutal Murder

Prosecutors say the attack was captured on CCTV, and a Lee County grand jury indicted Rolbert Joachin after reviewing the evidence.

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A man who authorities said entered the U.S. illegally from Haiti and murdered a Fort Myers store clerk will face the death penalty.

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An undocumented Haitian immigrant accused of brutally murdering a gas station attendant in Fort Myers will face the death penalty, prosecutors announced Thursday. State Attorney Amira Fox announced that a grand jury in Lee County, Florida, returned an indictment against 40-year-old Rolbert Joachin for the April 2 murder of Nilufa Easmin, a 51-year-old immigrant originally from Bangladesh. According to authorities, Joachin attacked the victim out…

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The News-Press broke the news on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
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