MIAMI — Attorneys for Derek Rosa are asking a judge to exclude certain autopsy photos of the Hialeah teen’s mother, Irina Garcia, as he awaits trial on accusations that he brutally stabbed her to death in 2023.
Rosa, 15, is charged as an adult with first-degree murder and could potentially head to trial in January. He appeared in Miami-Dade court on Tuesday for a hearing.
Hialeah police said he was just 13 years old when he stabbed Garcia, 39, nearly four dozen times as she slept next to his newborn half-sister on Oct. 12, 2023 at their apartment at 211 W. 79th Place…