True Crime with Rachel Shannon
Video Captures Teen BRUTALLY Murdering his OWN Mother as she Sleeps: Irina Garcia and Derek Rosa
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?!
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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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