A woman who gained national attention after becoming pregnant behind bars took the stand Wednesday in her second-degree murder trial.

Daisy Link, 30, is accused of shooting and killing her longtime partner, Pedro Jimenez Sr., in Homestead in 2022.

Defendant recounts confrontation

Link told jurors that several days before the shooting, Jimenez showed up to her home while she was there with her children, her cousin David and his kids.

She testified that Jimenez, who she said was on drugs, became enraged when he saw another man inside the home.

“There was just a glare, from me, to David, back to me, and from there, he pulled out a gun,” said Link.

Link testified that Jimenez charged at her with the gun, a tussle followed, and she ran out the front door.

“And I heard a bullet — well I heard it dislodge…he fired it at me,” said Link.

11-year-old son testifies

The couple’s 11-year-old son, who shares both parents, testified through Zoom.

“He pointed the gun at my mom and he fired a shot but he missed,” said the boy.

He also told the court he witnessed his father pistol-whipping his mother.

“At some point, you said that your dad was hitting on your mom, was he hitting her with something?” asked the attorney.

“Yea, he was hitting her with the bottom of the gun?” said the son.

“With what?” asked the attorney.

“With the bottom of the gun,” the boy replied.

Relationship turmoil described in court

Link testified that days after the beating, she and Jimenez made up but argued again after he accused her of cheating. She said she eventually admitted to the affair, and Jimenez became enraged and aggressive.

She said she repeatedly told him to leave, but he kept coming back — “hysterical.” That’s when, she testified, she grabbed the gun and fired.

“I initially aimed towards the floor as I lifted up the gun I didn’t expect for it to hit him, I just thought the sound would scare him off this time for good,” said Link.

The bullet struck Jimenez in the leg, killing him.

“That’s the father of my kids. It’s not like I didn’t love him, I did,” said Link.

Prosecutors push back

Prosecutors argue that Link shot Jimenez in a fit of rage.

Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday morning.

A Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

The move by Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz came after a Miami activist alleged that officials at a local college violated Florida’s open government law when they gifted the sizable plot of real estate to the state, which then voted to transfer it to the foundation for the planned library.

“This is not an easy decision,” Mavel said Tuesday when explaining her ruling from the bench, finding that the college didn’t give the public reasonable notice ahead of the vote last month.

“This is not a case, at least for this court, rooted in politics,” she added.

The nearly 3-acre (1.2-hectare) property is a developer’s dream and is valued at more than $67 million, according to a 2025 assessment by the Miami-Dade County property appraiser. One real estate expert wagered that the parcel — one of the last undeveloped lots on an iconic stretch of palm tree-lined Biscayne Boulevard — could sell for hundreds of millions of dollars more.

Marvin Dunn, an activist and chronicler of local Black history, filed a lawsuit this month in a Miami-Dade County court against the Board of Trustees for Miami Dade College, a state-run school that owned the property. He alleged that the board violated Florida’s Government in the Sunshine law by not providing sufficient notice for its special meeting on Sept. 23, when it voted to give up the land.

An agenda released ahead of the meeting simply stated the board would consider conveying property to a state fund overseen by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet, but provided no details on which piece of property was being considered or why. Unlike every other meeting the board has held this year, the 8 a.m. meeting on Sept. 23 was not livestreamed.

A week later, DeSantis and other top GOP officials voted to transfer the land again, effectively putting the property under the control of the Trump family when they deeded it to the foundation for Trump’s library. That foundation is led by three trustees: Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump’s husband, Michael Boulos, and the president’s attorney James Kiley.

Jesus Suarez, an attorney for the college, argued that MDC did what was required under the law and questioned Dunn’s political motivations for filing the case.

“There is no requirement under Florida law that there be specificity on notice, because those trustees can come into that room and talk to each other about whatever they wish,” Suarez said.

Attorneys for Dunn maintain that no one who wasn’t already in on the deal could have known what the board would do.

“The people have a right to know what they’re going to decide to do when the transaction is so significant, so unusual and deprives the students and the college of this land,” said plaintiff’s attorney Richard Brodsky, speaking with The Associated Press prior to the judge’s decision.

Javier Ley-Soto, general counsel for Miami Dade College, testified that it is still in the process of finalizing the land transfer. Delays caused by an injunction could cost the college up to $300,000, he estimated.

“There is no requirement under Florida law that there be specificity on notice, because those trustees can come into that room and talk to each other about whatever they wish,” Suarez said.

Attorneys for Dunn maintain that no one who wasn’t already in on the deal could have known what the board would do.

“The people have a right to know what they’re going to decide to do when the transaction is so significant, so unusual and deprives the students and the college of this land,” said plaintiff’s attorney Richard Brodsky, speaking with The Associated Press prior to the judge’s decision.

Javier Ley-Soto, general counsel for Miami Dade College, testified that it is still in the process of finalizing the land transfer. Delays caused by an injunction could cost the college up to $300,000, he estimated.

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