A 13-year-old Florida boy who allegedly stabbed and killed his mother while his 14-day-old baby sister lay in a crib next to her, has been charged with a first-degree murder charge as an adult.
Derek Rosa, from Hialeah, Florida, is accused of murdering his mother, Irena Garcia, 39, in her bedroom last Thursday, October 12.
When responding officers arrived on the scene Garcia was lying dead with multiple stab wounds to the neck as her newborn daughter lay unharmed nearby her.
The young teen will be tried as an adult. He’s being held at the Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation facility.
Rosa’s father and grandmother appeared on behalf of the juvenile in court on Friday with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office officials confirming a grand jury has formally charged him.
Emotional pleas for the young boy were heard in court with his father making the case that the incident was out of character.
‘It’s very unfortunate that this tragedy occurred,’ said his…
Source: Linda Ikeji
