The Most Cruel Murder Committed By Children In Florida _ The New Detectives

A thirteen-year-old honor roll student stands over his sleeping mother's bed. The baby cam captures him in eerie black-and-white frames. He holds a kitchen knife. He stabs her forty-six times. Then he takes a smiling selfie with bloody hands and texts it to a friend.The case of Derek Rosa shocked Florida. In October 2023, the Hialeah teen called 911 to report he had killed his mother, Irina García, who was sleeping next to her fourteen-day-old newborn [citation:3]. Interrogation footage shows him describing the size and color of the knife. He confirmed to detectives that his mother was sleeping when he attacked. He showed them his bloody hands. He asked if killing her was "bad" [citation:3].Rosa researched how to kill someone online, asking whether a small knife could cut through bone [citation:3]. His attorneys now explore an insanity defense and have pointed to the victim's husband as an alternate suspect, citing his detailed Facebook messages about the killing [citation:3]. The case remains one of the most disturbing committed by a child in Florida history. Rosa will stand trial as an adult. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the baby cam was rolling while the honor student became a killer.