MIAMI – Newly-obtained police interrogation video shows the instant 13-year-old Derek Rosa confessed to fatally stabbing his mother at their Hialeah condominium in October.
Rosa is accused of fatally stabbing 39-year-old Irina Garcia as she slept subsequent to his 14-day-old half-sister on Oct. 12 on the Amelia Oaks condominium complicated, positioned at 211 W. 79th Place.
Police mentioned Rosa stabbed his mother 46 occasions. He’s since been charged as an grownup with first-degree homicide.
In the video, a relaxed Rosa is noticed nodding after a Hialeah Police Department detective asks him, “You killed her?”
He then asks the teenager what form of knife he used.
“It was a big-sized kitchen knife,” Rosa mentioned, describing the take care of as “purple.”
“Your mom was sleeping?” the detective asks.
“Yeah, she was sleeping,” Rosa replies.
The video additionally shows {the teenager} appearing detectives his bloody palms and pointing to his neck when requested the place he stabbed his mother.
“And then she woke up?” the detective asks.
“Yes,” Rosa replies.
“Did you say anything else?” police ask.
“No, she just screamed,” Rosa mentioned.
What Rosa by no means tells detectives in the video is why he killed Garcia. When requested that query by means of police, he requested to move to the toilet and, upon coming again, requested for an lawyer.
A tentative trial date in the case is about for February.
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