A Miami-Dade courtroom fell silent Friday as 15-year-old Derek Rosa learned he will spend most of his adult life behind bars for killing his mother in their Hialeah apartment. Rosa was sentenced to 25 years in state prison and 20 years of probation after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his mother, Irina Garcia. Prosecutors said Rosa, who was 13 at the time of the October 2023 attack, stabbed Garcia 46 times as she slept. Her newborn daughter, lying in a nearby crib, was not harmed. Rosa spoke only two words to the court, saying, “I’m sorry,” before Judge Richard Hersch accepted the plea.
Plea deal and sentence
Rosa changed his plea on Jan. 16, accepting a deal that took a first-degree murder trial and a possible life…..