True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Video Captures Teen BRUTALLY Murdering his OWN Mother as she Sleeps: Irina Garcia and Derek Rosa
Wed, 23 Apr 2025
On October 12, 2023, 911 received a call from 13 year old Derek Rosa, who admitted to the dispatcher that he had just stabbed his own mother, Irina Garcia. He was immediately arrested and questioned, but the answers Derek gave just grew more and more bizarre. What could cause a child to lash out and savagely murder his own mother?! UPDATE :In 2024, Derek Rosa’s trial was postponed as he faces first-degree murder charges in the death of his mother, Irina Garcia. Despite being 13 at the time, he’s being tried as an adult. The case continues to spark debate, with supporters raising over $140K for his defense and urging for a fair trial.Go watch my other episodes on Spotify: The Disturbing Case of Stephanie ParzeShe Tried to Warn Them About her Son, Then he was MURDERED. THE CASE OF GUNNAR SCHUMACHER7 Year old’s Strange Death Reveals Mom’s DISGUSTING Secret: Did She Starve her for Attention?!
Chapter 1: What drove a teenager to commit such a brutal act?
It's always so horrifying when a child murders, especially when they take the lives of family members who loved them. Sometimes it can be for mental health reasons that the parents either didn't know about or didn't realize were as serious as they were.
Sometimes they lash out at abusers or again, family members who didn't take them seriously when they found out that they were being abused, possibly by a family member. Sometimes there doesn't seem to be a reason at all. Either way, it's always just so unfathomable and so jarring when any child commits a crime as brutal as murder.
And in this case, we genuinely do not have the answers for why this happened. Everyone who knew the family are just shocked and devastated at what happened here. I will warn you that this case is very difficult to listen to. They have released certain images of the crime scene as well as images of the attack actually taking place.
I'm not going to show you any images that I think are extremely graphic, unnecessarily graphic, but even the images I do show, just knowing what occurred before, during, and after these images are taken, just makes them so much more disturbing to look at. So that is what I will say about that. Without any further delay, let's get into today's case.
This is the story of Irina Garcia and her son, Derek Rosa. As of right now, there's not a lot known about 38-year-old Irina Garcia or her 13-year-old son, Derek Rosa. What we do know is that Derek was born to Irina and his father, Jose Rosa.
However, just two weeks before her death, Irena gave birth to a baby girl who is fathered by Derek's stepfather and the family lived together in an apartment in Hialeah, Florida. As far as I have been able to find, we don't know the name of the baby girl. I also haven't seen the stepfather's name listed anywhere.
We do hear it in the 911 call, but I can't really make the name out, and I do want to respect his privacy anyways, given the awful, immeasurable tragedy that he's just gone through. By all accounts, it appeared that Irena, her husband, and Derek were all excited for the arrival of their newest addition into the family.
Irina and the family can be seen smiling in her maternity photos, cradling her stomach, excited for the baby's arrival. According to one friend, Irina could be described as a beautiful person on the inside and out. She was so warm and kind, and by all accounts, she was a good mother.
13-year-old Derek was in the eighth grade at the iMatter Academy, which is a tuition-free charter school, and there he was known as an honor student. Meanwhile, Derek's stepfather worked as a truck driver, so it appears that he had a schedule that kept him away from the home for extended periods of time.
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Chapter 2: What events led to the tragic incident?
OK, Miss. Miss?
Yes?
I have more family members. They can take care of my sister.
I understand. I understand. Your sister will be in good hands, OK? Let's just worry about you now, OK?
OK. Yes. I took pictures and I told my friends about it was that bad.
You talk about it. My friends, your friends and you send pictures to your friends. So what you did?
Yeah.
OK, do you see the officers?
We need to raise you.
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Chapter 3: What details emerged from the 911 call?
But police described Rosa as the teen who stabbed his mom next to his newborn baby sister's crib. The baby not hurt, but mom found unresponsive. In court, Rosa's dad in disbelief. He also mentioned how his ex-wife was feeling before her death.
Derek's mother recently had a child and she was overwhelmed with a lot of the work. It's not taking away anything from what occurred. And I wish if he could bring, you know, the incident back to yesterday or the day before that occurred. The claim not guilty will be entered in demand for discovery.
This coming days after his case was transferred out of the juvenile court system.
The grand jury brought back an indictment for Derek Rosa charging him with first degree premeditated murder.
A decision family members vehemently disagree with. At his bond hearing, loved ones including his father and maternal grandmother came to advocate for him. They came prepared today to do the same as his attorney filed a motion to keep him housed at a juvenile facility.
Derek is a good, loving, loving boy. This is not like Derek. No one knows Derek like we know him. And this is not Derek.
However, ultimately, he was denied bail. They also asked that Derek be transferred to a juvenile facility, saying that the juvenile wing in the adult facility is not equipped to handle children. They said that he's not given meals until 1 or 2 in the morning.
They said that he can't even wear his glasses unless he directly requests them and that he's not on any specific educational class schedule. A family member told the courts that it is very important that he goes to class. He's a 13-year-old boy. He needs to be getting some sort of education and he needs to be treated like a child, not an adult.
He is also the youngest of all the 34 juveniles being held in the juvenile wing in the adult prison. So beyond him not being treated properly in the adult jail, they argued that because he's just a 13-year-old boy, that he shouldn't even be considered an adult in the justice system. Derek's attorneys agree and are also fighting for him to be transferred to a juvenile facility.
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Chapter 5: What were the circumstances surrounding the murder?
My stepdad, he has two guns. He has a Clock 19 and he also has a bread or something. Is your stepdad with him?
Does your stepdad live there with you?
The bread I have the gun with me. I was going to shoot myself, but I didn't want to. I didn't want to.
OK, just step that there with you.
My wife, your stepfather. No, he is. He's a truck driver and he's driving trucks far away.
And do you have guns in the house?
Only one, but he has another one with him.
Okay, so you have a, where is the gun right now?
It's in the living room. I loaded it. I pulled back the slide, but I did not shoot.
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Chapter 6: What is known about Irina Garcia and her family?
Chapter 7: What are the legal implications for Derek Rosa?
It's always so horrifying when a child murders, especially when they take the lives of family members who loved them. Sometimes it can be for mental health reasons that the parents either didn't know about or didn't realize were as serious as they were.
Sometimes they lash out at abusers or again, family members who didn't take them seriously when they found out that they were being abused, possibly by a family member. Sometimes there doesn't seem to be a reason at all. Either way, it's always just so unfathomable and so jarring when any child commits a crime as brutal as murder.
And in this case, we genuinely do not have the answers for why this happened. Everyone who knew the family are just shocked and devastated at what happened here. I will warn you that this case is very difficult to listen to. They have released certain images of the crime scene as well as images of the attack actually taking place.
I'm not going to show you any images that I think are extremely graphic, unnecessarily graphic, but even the images I do show, just knowing what occurred before, during, and after these images are taken, just makes them so much more disturbing to look at. So that is what I will say about that. Without any further delay, let's get into today's case.
This is the story of Irina Garcia and her son, Derek Rosa. As of right now, there's not a lot known about 38-year-old Irina Garcia or her 13-year-old son, Derek Rosa. What we do know is that Derek was born to Irina and his father, Jose Rosa.
However, just two weeks before her death, Irena gave birth to a baby girl who is fathered by Derek's stepfather and the family lived together in an apartment in Hialeah, Florida. As far as I have been able to find, we don't know the name of the baby girl. I also haven't seen the stepfather's name listed anywhere.
We do hear it in the 911 call, but I can't really make the name out, and I do want to respect his privacy anyways, given the awful, immeasurable tragedy that he's just gone through. By all accounts, it appeared that Irena, her husband, and Derek were all excited for the arrival of their newest addition into the family.
Irina and the family can be seen smiling in her maternity photos, cradling her stomach, excited for the baby's arrival. According to one friend, Irina could be described as a beautiful person on the inside and out. She was so warm and kind, and by all accounts, she was a good mother.
13-year-old Derek was in the eighth grade at the iMatter Academy, which is a tuition-free charter school, and there he was known as an honor student. Meanwhile, Derek's stepfather worked as a truck driver, so it appears that he had a schedule that kept him away from the home for extended periods of time.
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