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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
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Nov 6, 2023
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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
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Nov 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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