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Timid Honor Student Son, 13, Stabs Mom Dead Sleeping With Infant

Timid Honor Student Son, 13, Stabs Mom Dead Sleeping With Infant

FromCrime Stories with Nancy Grace


Timid Honor Student Son, 13, Stabs Mom Dead Sleeping With Infant

FromCrime Stories with Nancy Grace

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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Nov 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Derek Rosa is not your typical 13-year-old boy. He is on the honor roll with neighbors saying  he is exceedingly nice and the model son. Irena Garcia, 39, just gave birth to a baby girl.  So it was shocking when the teen calls 911, telling the dispatcher that he snuck in the room where his mom and the baby are sleeping, and stabbed his mother dead. 
As the operator  talks to Rosa, he tells her he took pictures of the murder and sent them to a "friend." He also  says he then deleted the photos. When pressed for the friend's name, Rosa says it is just somebody he knows online. During his call with 911, Rosa said he had a gun he planned to use to kill himself but decided not to.  
Derek Rosa was taken into custody and  taken to a juvenile detention center. He was and then moved to Jackson Memorial Hospital after he threatened to harm himself. initially charged with second-degree murder, but Miami-Dade grand jury found enough probable cause to indict the teen as an adult and up the charge to first-degree murder.
Joining Nancy Grace today:

Jason Oshins - Criminal & Civil Attorney 
Dr. James Garbarino - Specialized in studying what causes violence in children, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Cornell University and Loyola University Chicago, Author: “Listening to Killers: Lessons Learned from My 20 Years as a Psychological Expert Witness in Murder Cases” 
Master Sergeant Ron Livingston  - Florida Highway Patrol, 30+ years law enforcement   
Dr. Tim Gallagher -  Medical Examiner State of Florida www.pathcaremed.com, Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine. Founder: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference  
Caitlyn Becker  - Senior Reporter for Dailymail.com, @caitlynbecker 

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Released:
Nov 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Nancy Grace dives deep into the day’s most shocking crimes and asks the tough questions in her new daily podcast – Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor and used her TV show to find missing people, fugitives on the run and unseen clues. Now, she will use the power of her huge social media following and the immediacy of the internet to deliver daily bombshells!