A 13-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed his mom to dying in entrance of her new child child has been charged with homicide.
Derek Rosa is accused of attacking 39-year-old Irina Garcia whereas she slept of their house in Hialeah, Florida.
{The teenager} has been charged with first-degree homicide, which suggests his case will likely be heard within the grownup legal courtroom system, NBC Miami stated.
Hialeah police stated officers responded after getting a name from Rosa by which he allegedly stated he murdered his mom, at round 11.30pm native time on 12 October.
Officers discovered Ms Garcia {dead} in her bed room subsequent to a cot, the place a 14-day-old child was discovered unhurt.
In a closely redacted name to emergency providers, the boy is heard asking the 911 operator to ship police to his house however he didn’t know the tackle.
Requested if his mom is respiration, he replied: “Ma’am, she’s {dead},” earlier than including “there’s blood all around the flooring”.
He stated his new child sister was sleeping in her cot. Requested whether or not he had harmed her, he stated: “I didn’t contact her. I did not wish to contact my sister.”
Rosa stated he needed to kill himself and had loaded considered one of his father’s weapons however couldn’t do it, in line with the audio recording.
At one level, he’s heard saying: “Miss, I took photos, and I advised my pal about it. Is that dangerous?”
He stated he didn’t know this pal’s actual title nevertheless it was somebody he performed on-line video games with.
Within the audio recording, Rosa provides: “I did not delete the images off my cellphone, however I despatched them to him, and I advised him I used to be sorry and stated goodbye to him.”
The operator requested him why he killed his mom, however his response was redacted.
Requested the place else he had stabbed her in addition to her neck, his reply was additionally redacted.
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Officers stated the child is his half-sister and that the mom’s husband is the teenager’s stepfather, who was away on the time.
In letters to the courtroom, Rosa’s father described his son as a respectful pupil who was “a great child, nicely beloved by his associates”.
Rosa could possibly be jailed for all times if convicted. The US Supreme Court docket has dominated the dying penalty is unconstitutional for juveniles.
He was remanded in custody on the Miami Dade juvenile detention centre.