A 13-year-old boy’s crime left an entire courtroom in shock. Prosecutors said he stabbed his own mother dozens of times, then took a selfie covered in blood—a detail that still haunts everyone who heard it. Years later, as he stood before the judge for sentencing, the room fell silent as he spoke. What he said wasn’t angry or loud. It was chilling in a different way—calm, emotional, and impossible to forget. His words forced the court, and the public, to face a painful question: how does something this unthinkable happen inside a family, and what justice really looks like when the killer is still a child.
Derek Rosa was 13 when he stabbed his 39-year-old mother, Elina Garcia, as she slept in her bed in their Florida apartment on Oct. 12, 2023 A Florida teen accused of stabbing his mother 46 times pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on Friday, Jan. 16. Derek Rosa, 15, was sentenced to 25 years in prison. … Read more