MIAMI – Derek Rosa, the 13-year-old Hialeah boy accused of murdering his mom by way of stabbing her a couple of instances as she slept subsequent to his new child half-sister, is now being charged as an adult.
Rosa wasn’t provide in court docket Friday to stand a pass judgement on on a first-degree homicide price in reference to the Oct. 12 killing of Irina Garcia, his 39-year-old mom; his father and paternal grandmother seemed on his behalf along his lawyer. A grand jury indicted the teenager, officers with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office stated.
The high-profile case has made nationwide, or even world, headlines.
The stabbing took place simply after 11:30 p.m. and Rosa referred to as 911 to file that he had simply murdered his mom, Hialeah police stated.
Authorities stated arriving officials discovered Garcia mendacity useless subsequent to a crib containing her drowsing 14-day-old daughter on the circle of relatives’s rental at 211 W. 79th Place, in the Amelia Oaks complicated, police stated.
An arrest file states that officials discovered Garcia mendacity at the flooring with a couple of stab wounds to her neck.
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Authorities stated Rosa was once an honor scholar at iMater Charter Middle/High School, had no earlier historical past of psychological well being problems, and stated he was once calm and apologetic after officials arrived on the scene.
Following the killing, government stated they had been “dumbfounded” by way of what took place and stated they hadn’t known a reason. Police had been reportedly probing Rosa’s social media in an effort to seek out clues.
In 911 audio launched previous this week, Rosa informed a dispatcher that he took footage after the killing and despatched them to a chum.
“I took pictures and I told my friend about it,” he’s heard pronouncing. “Was that bad?”
He later stated, “I don’t know his real name because he’s an online friend who I play with a lot. I didn’t delete the pictures off my phone, but I sent them to him, and I told him that I was sorry and goodbye. Goodbye to him.”
Following Friday’s court docket listening to, a pass judgement on ordered he be held with out bond and transferred to the Metro West Detention Center, the place he’ll be held in the meanwhile whilst the pass judgement on evaluations the protection’s request to have him returned to juvenile custody.
He’s set to stand a pass judgement on in an arraignment listening to on Tuesday.
Rosa may face lifestyles in jail if convicted. While first-degree homicide is a capital crime in Florida, the U.S. Supreme Court has dominated that the death penalty is unconstitutional for juveniles.
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