Transfer to an exclusive center for minors until the trial begins Derek Rosepointed out murder his mother in front of his newborn sister in a Hialeah apartmentwas denied this Friday by a Miami-Dade County judge.
In court, the judge said “that corrections is complying with the mental control of her health and that there were no clear violations of Rosa’s constitutional rights,” indicates a report from Local 10.
Los Rosa’s lawyers filed an appeal in which they alleged possible violations of their rights by being in the Metro West Adult Detention Center.
Several instructors of the minor, who has been detained since the night of October 12 for the murder of his mother, Irina García, to whom he stabbed 46 times in the body with a kitchen knifethey passed by the stand, reports Local 10.
The first was Therein odesa math instructor who teaches Rosa and other minors at the facility, and who told the defense attorney Armando Luisthat his responses are like those of a normal child.
Also the language teacher, Kimberly Charlestestified this Friday and expressed his suspicions about Rosa’s learning difficulties.
“He always tells me that he doesn’t understand,” the teacher said, although she noted that “he is a good and polite student.”
The court also heard from the forensic psychologist Dr. Terry Cooperwho guaranteed that Rosa seemed to have a suicidal crisis.
“This young man is going through a serious crisis, but he doesn’t show it on his face,” said Kupers while adding an element about the young man’s personality and it is that related to autism.
“His autism spectrum disorder is another risk factor for suicide,” he said. Meanwhile, he suggested that it should be treated as such until it is proven not to be true.
Before murdering her mother, Rosa did six searches on Google which included: Image diagram of the carotid artery, What is the best place to stab someone?, Is a small knife good for killing?, Is it easier to kill someone with a small knife?, Can a knife cut bone?
Detectives also said Rosa told police in a confession that she called her mother a “fag” just before stabbing her.
The teenager is alone in a cell with a frosted window, without a direct view of the outside. When he leaves the cell he interacts with the staff, who play and watch television with him.
He has no contact with other prisoners. The teenager is the youngest of 34 minors detained in the new Metro West juvenile section. The rest are between 16 and 17 years old.
He wears a brown juvenile uniform, receives a limited amount of academic instruction and spends up to 20 hours alone in his cell.
A beginning of december The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office released chilling images of the crime scene committed by Derek Rosa.
