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Was Derek Rosa’s Motive The New Baby?
Derek Rosa was 13 years old and living in the Miami-Dade area in October when he apparently went into his mother’s room with a kitchen knife and killed her, as seen on a baby-cam frame above. His case has not gone to trial yet, but there’s also now video of him admitting it to cops — and being rather calm in the process.
We don’t know a ton about this case in all honesty, but what we seem to know is:
- This was his biological mother, but he lived with her and his stepfather.
- The stepfather was out of town when this happened.
- The baby in the crib was 14 days old, I.e. very newly- born.
- After he killed his mom, he texted his gamer friend “Sweden” two pictures of his deceased mom and then another picture of him giving the “hang loose” or “Aloha” / “surf’s up” sign with blood on his hands.
- He was apparently going to commit suicide with one of his stepfather’s guns, but didn’t.
- He’s in custody and…