HIALEAH, Fla. – A 13-year-old boy is in custody after Hialeah police say he killed his mother overdue Thursday evening.
It took place on the Amelia Oaks rental advanced, situated at 211 W. 79th Place.
Lt. Eddie Rodriguez, a spokesperson for the Hialeah Police Department, mentioned the boy known as 911 simply after 11:30 p.m. to record that he had “just murdered his mother.”
Officers arrived to seek out the lady, later known as 39-year-old Irina Garcia, useless “in her bedroom next to a crib” containing a 14-day-old child, who used to be unhurt, Rodriguez mentioned.
Police imagine the boy, later known through government as Derek Rosa, waited till Garcia fell asleep after which stabbed his mother more than one instances.
Authorities mentioned the boy is an honor pupil at iMater Charter Middle/High School and mentioned he used to be calm and apologetic after officials arrived on the scene.
It used to be “not what you’d think or expect walking into that home or seeing that crime scene,” Rodriguez mentioned.
Local 10 News received mobile phone video that confirmed the boy strolling out of the rental as officials took him into custody.
“I was shocked, just shocked by the news,” neighbor Lazaro Rodriguez mentioned in Spanish. “He was always with his mom, calm, he would help her carry packages or shopping bags. I never saw anything abnormal with him. I don’t know what could’ve happened.”
The boy had no earlier historical past of psychological well being problems and police haven’t spoke back to the circle of relatives’s rental sooner than, Rodriguez informed Local 10 News Friday.
“Neighbors don’t know of any problems inside the home,” Rodriguez mentioned. “So this has detectives and us dumbfounded.”
A Local 10 News staff used to be outdoor of the house when members of the family, together with the boy’s stepfather had been noticed overdue Friday afternoon arriving on the house and coming into the rental.
Officials mentioned the newborn is now along with her grandmother and Garcia’s husband, the boy’s stepfather, a truck driving force, is returning to Hialeah from out-of-state.
They mentioned police took {the teenager} to the juvenile detention middle, and later Jackson Memorial Hospital, after he threatened to hurt himself. He gave the impression in court docket Friday.
Authorities have now not but known a suspected cause for the killing. Rodriguez mentioned the teenager “did not provide any information as to why he did what he did.”
“It’s something we’re all asking ourselves now,” Rodriguez mentioned.
Officials mentioned the state is hoping to take the case to a grand jury.
Editor’s observe: The authentic model of this newsletter misstated the newborn’s age as 7 months outdated. A next model said the newborn used to be 7 days outdated, mentioning a police press free up. Police later corrected their preliminary free up and mentioned the newborn used to be 14 days outdated. The article has since been corrected.
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