Timid Honor Student Son Stabs Mom Dead, Dad Blows Kisses in Court

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 9 December 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The 13-year-old Derek Rosa is caught on the family's nanny cam, standing over his sleeping mother moments before the honor student stabs her to death. His newborn sister is sleeping in a crib steps away.

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 called 911, telling the dispatcher that he snuck into the room where his mom and the baby were 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 transported to a juvenile detention center. He was then moved to Jackson Memorial Hospital after he threatened to harm himself.

Rosa was initially charged with second-degree murder, but a Miami-Dade grand jury found enough probable cause to indict the teen as an adult and up the charge to first-degree murder.

Rosa's defense attorney has put motions in front of the judge to move this case back to juvenile court.

Joining Nancy Grace today:

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

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0:00.0	Crime stories with Nancy Grace.
0:07.0	A gorgeous young mom who has just given birth to a baby girl stabbed dead.
0:22.0	In the bed with the baby girl sleeping nearby and then the shock her honor student 13 year old son Derek Rosa charged with murdering mom.
0:39.2	In the last hours, Rosa in court, sitting emotionless as his father blows him a kiss.
0:50.0	I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thanks for being with us here at Crime Stories and on
0:56.0	Series XM 111. Derek Rosa sitting in court emotionless as his dad blows him a kiss, a 13 year old boy accused of
1:06.5	stabbing his mother dead in her Florida home, sits there showing no emotion
1:12.2	during his first in-person court appearance?
1:16.3	Dad, sitting in the gallery, reportedly blows a kiss to the accused killer.
1:24.4	The honor roll student, Derek Rosa, was wearing a brown prison outfit.
1:30.0	He appeared to occasionally nod his head while speaking to his lawyers.
1:36.7	This is just weeks after he allegedly knived his mother Irene just 39 dead as she slept next to her newborn baby daughter.
1:49.2	During the court hearing, footage captures him, his eyes darting around the courtroom during the
1:56.6	proceedings.
1:58.9	As you will recall, he's the one that called 911 immediately after the stabbing, even stating he had taken photos of his dead mom and sending them to friends.
2:15.0	What exactly happened?
2:17.7	Let's take a listen to the 911 call.
2:19.5	Do you call her neck?
2:21.7	Okay. Where else did you stop there or other than that you're cutting her neck?
2:25.8	The why is your sister? She's in her crib sleeping. I do not. How old is your sister?
2:32.3	She's only like a week old.
2:35.0	Okay, and you did not touch her correct?
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