CNN Covers Video of Illegal Alien Murdering Woman in Florida

On Friday afternoon, CNN covered the case of an illegal alien who was caught on video murdering a woman at gas station in Florida.

CNN News Central

April 10, 2026

2:57 p.m. Eastern

OMAR JIMENEZ: A Haitian man is facing a murder charge in Florida after he allegedly bludgeoned a woman to death with a hammer outside a gas station. President Trump is posting really shocking surveillance video of the killing on social media, calling it a result of former President Biden's immigration policies. I want to bring in CNN's Isabel Rosales, who joins me now. So, Isabel, immigration officials just held a news conference on this case. What is the latest here?

ISABEL ROSALES: Omar, that news conference just wrapped up about 45 minutes ago. Last night, President Trump shared that extremely graphic surveillance footage of this attack, something that we're not going to show in full just because of how sensitive it is. But I can describe to you what happens in the video. We see 40 year-old Rolbert Joachin hitting a car with a hammer. Here's his mug shot right here. And we see the victim right there in the pink exiting the store -- the gas station. She is a store clerk, and we can see, where we're freezing right here, the suspect hitting her over the head. She falls to the ground, and he continues to hit her repeatedly, walking away and leaving her there on the ground. We know from arrest reports that police found her there on the ground, unresponsive and not breathing.

Now, in an email back and forth between me and the fort Myers Police Department, they told me that the attack was targeted, that while the victim and the suspect did not know each other, the two had had a previous encounter of some sort, something that they didn't go into detail about. Now, President Trump posted on Truth Social saying that the video was, quote, "the most vicious thing that you will ever see," referring to this suspect as, quote, "an animal." He accused the Biden administration of allowing the suspect to stay in the U.S. after Haitians were granted Temporary Protected Status, which we know the Trump administration has been trying to terminate. Now, here's what we do know about the suspect's legal status. In August of 2022, he entered into the U.S. via a boat. That same year, a federal judge issued a final order of removal. But the government granted him TPS, which expired in 2024, and then he later reapplied for. So the question, "Was he legally allowed to be in this country?" Here's how ICE described it.

KELEI WALKER, ICE ERO MIAMI: When TPS expires, although expired, they still have protection until there's a decision on their renewal application, which he filed timely. So he had protection up until the moment that the administration revoked his protection, which happened just this week. So he no longer has that available to him. Country conditions have improved to the point where Haitians can be returned safely. TPS, Temporary Protected Status, was never designed to be a permanent stay in the United States.

ROSALES: Now, the victim has not been publicly named by the Fort Myers Police Department

we know from our CNN affiliate, WBBH -- who spoke to community members and friends and family -- that she's a member of the Bangladeshi community in Fort Myers. She's described as a loving mother -- someone who as very devoted to her faith. Omar?

JIMENEZ: Awful, awful attack, and awful video as well. Isabel Rosales, appreciate you taking us through that.