MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Emmanuel Morales has been stuck in a nightmarish limbo for years in Miami-Dade County.
As a teen growing up in Miami’s Liberty City, records show arrests for a school bus stop shooting, stolen guns, a restaurant burglary, and a park robbery.
“The court system has failed my son. I begged for help, that my son is incompetent,” Crystal Morales said during a court hearing in 2022 after the school bus stop shooting. “He is unstable, and I begged for help, and nobody has offered me any help.”…