This Monday A court hearing scheduled for July 15 was cancelled for the case of Derek Rosa, the 13-year-old teenager accused of stabbing his mother to death in Hialeah, according to what was announced Telemundo 51.
The reason for the suspension of the hearing scheduled for today has not yet been revealed.
During a previous hearing in April, Rosa was not present, but her family did attend court along with about 50 people who are in favor of the minor and who maintain that he is innocent.
Following the April hearing, Dayliset Rielo, one of the lawyers representing Rosa, expressed concern about the teenager’s prison conditions.
Last year the judge in charge of the case, Richard Hersch, denied a defense motion to transfer Derek Rosa from Metrowest, an adult prison to a juvenile detention center.
On the night of October 12, 2023 Rosa allegedly stabbed her mother to death while the woman was sleeping.
She did it in front of her little sister, who was barely 14 days old, and then called 911, where she gave details of what happened inside the apartment, located at 211 West and 79 Place in Hialeah.
At various points during the call, the operator was heard asking the minor why he killed his mother. He did not respond.
After the crime, Derek Rosa took photos of his mother’s body and sent them to a friend, police said. He then told the same friend that he had killed her.
When authorities arrived, the boy came out with his hands up. The body of his mother, Irina Garcia, 39, lay stabbed next to the baby’s crib.
At the beginning of February this year, it was announced New images -from the doorbell security camera- showing the 13-year-old talking to his mother inside their apartment hours before calling police to report he had killed her.
The case has sparked great interest in the United States and abroad, where there is a movement of mothers who are calling for investigations into other suspects in the case, and who believe the teenager is innocent.
Derek Rose will be tried as an adult for first-degree murder.
