3 February 5-11, 2026 miaminewtimes.com | browardpalmbeach.com NEW TIMES | CONTENTS | LETTERS | NEWS | NIGHT+DAY | CULTURE | CAFE | MUSIC | MONTH XX–MONTH XX, 2008 miaminewtimes.com MIAMI NEW TIMES | CONTENTS | LETTERS | RIPTIDE | METRO | NIGHT+DAY | STAGE | ART | FILM | CAFE | MUSIC | ▼ DOWNTOWN MIAMI TOO SOON A 33-YEAR-OLD SOUTH FLORIDA MAN DIES WHILE RUNNING THE MIAMI MARATHON. BY ALEX DELUCA I n early January, Julien Autissier spent days hiking volcanoes in Guatemala with his wife, pushing through high al- titude and difficult terrain. The couple completed an overnight climb of Acat- enango, a 13,041-foot stratovolcano, before tackling nearby Volcán de Fuego — a steep, physically demanding trek that brings hikers onto an active volcano. “When we went hiking, I was the under- dog,” his wife, 41-year-old Nathaly Macomber, tells New Times. “He was so strong and fast.” Just weeks later, on January 25, Autissier collapsed around the 19-mile mark of the Life Time Miami Marathon in downtown Miami and was rushed to Mercy Hospital, where he later died. He was 33 and lived in Boca Raton. Macomber says police officers told her that her husband vomited, collapsed on the course, and was transported to the hospital by paramedics. While doctors have so far described his death as a suspected “sudden cardiac arrest,” pending further examination, Macomber says she’s still searching for answers and has been unable to obtain hospital records or a police report detailing what happened. She emphasized that her husband had no known heart or health problems. He was reg- ularly active, trained consistently, and took care of himself. He did not take any prescrip- tion medications and rarely used even over- the-counter drugs like Tylenol. “I never in my life would have thought this could happen to him,” she says. Lt. Pete Sanchez, a spokesperson for City of Miami Fire Rescue, tells New Times that fire rescue officials “transported a male to Mercy Hospital from the race who suffered a medical emergency and was treated and transported en route in critical condition.” “Due to HIPAA privacy law regulations, we cannot provide any more details,” San- chez wrote via email. Autissier appears to be the first runner to die in the event’s 24-year history. Life Time, the company that organizes the marathon, wrote in an emailed state- ment to New Times, “The death of Mr. Autissier in our Mi- ami Marathon is deeply felt, and our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this in- credibly difficult time. “Life Time events operate under long-es- tablished medical, safety, and weather-re- lated protocols, which guide our team on how to monitor conditions and respond ap- propriately throughout an event. Those pro- cedures were in place during the Miami Marathon, as they are for all Life Time en- durance events. As with any serious incident, we will carefully review what occurred to ensure we are supporting the safety and well-being of our athletes. Our thoughts re- main with the runner’s family and all those impacted by this loss.” A spokesperson for the Miami Police De- partment didn’t respond to an email request for comment. The Miami-Dade medical examiner’s of- fice said an autopsy report is pending while the cause of death is determined. Born in France, Autissier met Macomber in Miami, and the couple married in Amster- dam in 2019. Macomber describes him as a devoted husband and life partner, as well as a caring stepfather to her two children from a previous marriage, whom he regularly helped with homework and drove to and from school. He was also close with his extended family, including his grandmother, who is 96 and lives in France. “Julien was such a caring human,” Ma- comber says. “He was always like, ‘Did you eat? Do you need anything?’ You know, going to the store, getting me things that I didn’t even ask him for.” Macomber says her husband was “always trying to better himself” and achieve his goals. A financial analyst with Saxena White, a local securities litigation firm, he was pre- paring to take his second Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) exam. “He was not gonna just sit there and just let life pass by,” she says. “You know we’ve re- ally grown a lot from the time we met and married: professionally, personally, you know, with my kids. And now I feel like he lived life fast, maybe because this was gonna happen.” [email protected] | RIPTIDE | GET MORE NEWS & COMMENTARY AT MIAMINEWTIMES.COM/NEWS Julien Autissier, 33, died while running the Life Time Miami Marathon. ▼ MIAMI-DADE COUNTY FAMILY FEUD KATIE MILLER AND A COFOUNDER OF LATINAS FOR TRUMP ARE EMBROILED IN A BITTER ONLINE SPAT. BY NAOMI FEINSTEIN A mid her criticism of the Trump adminis- tration’s ruthless immigration crack- down, Ileana Garcia, a Florida state senator and cofounder of Latinas for Trump, is fighting with Stephen Miller’s wife. In an interview with the New York Times, the Republican and Cuban American state senator said the Republican Party will lose in the upcoming midterm elections if the administration continues its harsh immigration enforcement, pointing the finger squarely at Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff and architect behind Trump’s draco- nian immigration policies that have resulted in fed- eral agents killing two U.S. citizens in Minnesota. “I do think that he will lose the midterms because of Stephen Miller,” Garcia told the publication. After the story hit X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, Miller’s wife, Katie, a native of Broward County, came to her man’s defense. “Ileana was fired from DHS in Trump’s first term because she failed to show up to work,” Katie, host of the Katie Miller Podcast, wrote on X. Garcia, who represents parts of Miami-Dade County, bit back, ac- cusing Miller of calling her husband (then-boyfriend) a racist and leak- ing information to the press while serving as a spokesperson for the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from 2017 to 2019 under then-U.S. Sec- retary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw the controversial family separation policy at the border. The cou- ple married in February 2020 at the Trump Inter- national Hotel in Washington, D.C. “@KatieMiller Invite me to your podcast so we can have a candid discussion about what truly transpired and how you labeled your then- boyfriend a racist when you were upset that he treated you poorly and me as a mere token His- panic for the administration,” Garcia replied on X. “Let’s discuss who was responsible for the leaks in the White House, and how you helped carve the floor out from under then-Secretary Kirsten [sic] Nielsen.” Prior to her election in 2020, Garcia worked in the first Trump administration as the first female Hispanic deputy press secretary at DHS. She said she didn’t like Miller back then, when he was serving as the president’s senior advisor and di- rector of speechwriting. Before the public feud between Katie and Garcia, the state senator criticized Miller for labeling Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse and U.S. citizen killed by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on January 24, a domestic terrorist and assassin. “Distorting, politicizing, slander- ing - justifying what happened to Alex Pretti contradicts the Ameri- can values the administration cam- paigned on,” she posted on X on Monday. “He was neither a domestic terrorist nor an assassin.” She followed up to say that she is not afraid of Miller. “Every time I criticize Stephen Miller, I get doxxed,” she wrote on Tuesday morning. “Why have we become everything we’ve criticized? I’m not afraid of you, Stephen Miller.” [email protected] SHE EMPHASIZED THAT HER HUSBAND HAD NO KNOWN HEART OR HEALTH PROBLEMS. Stephen Miller is causing a civil war among the MAGA girlies. Screenshots via Facebook/Senator Ileana Garcia and YouTube/The Katie Miller Podcast Photo by Nathaly Macomber
