Nicaraguan Doctor Found Dead in Miami Dollar Tree Freezer as Police Report No Signs of Force

Overview

• Store employees discovered the body of 32-year-old anesthesiologist Helen Massiell Garay Sánchez in a staff-area freezer at a Little Havana Dollar Tree on Sunday morning.
• Miami-Dade Police say she entered the store the previous night, made no purchases, went into an employees-only area where the freezer is located, and did not return to the sales floor.
• Investigators reported no signs of violence or forced entry and initially discounted a criminal cause, while the investigation remains open.
• Media reports citing CBS say the body was found without clothing, a detail not publicly confirmed by police.
• Friends and relatives launched a GoFundMe to repatriate her remains to Nicaragua, where her two children live, and local reports say she had been visiting her father in Miami with a planned return home.