Suspect violated orders of protection before attack that wounded woman, killed boy
The family of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and his mother physically went after suspect Crosetti Brand in court Friday. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
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The family of 11-year-old Jayden Perkins and his mother physically went after suspect Crosetti Brand in court Friday. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Crosetti Brand is charged with stabbing and critically wounding a woman he once dated, and stabbing her 11-year-old son to death. The CBS 2 Investigators obtained documents showing the victim was in court just three weeks ago, asking for an emergency order of protection -- but that order was denied. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Crosetti Brand had been released from custody the day before police say he stabbed a woman he had once dated to the point where she was in critical condition, and stabbed and killed the woman's 11-year-old son. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Crosetti Brand, 37, is charged with stabbing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins to death and stabbing and critically injuring Jayden's mother. Brand was out free despite a lengthy history of violence. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
Crosetti Brand is charged with stabbing an 11-year-old boy to death and stabbing the boy’s pregnant mother to the point where she was in critical condition. On Friday, police Supt. Larry Snelling himself questioned how Brand was set free on Tuesday, despite the victim pleading for an emergency order of protection just three weeks ago. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
Police said the pregnant woman had an order of protection against suspect Crosetti Brand, and he was not only known to police - he has a long history of domestic battery. CBS 2's Tara Molina reports.
A pregnant mother had sought an order of protection before she and her 11-year-old son were attacked in their Edgewater neighborhood home on Wednesday. The stabbing attack resulted in the boy's death.
Jaydone Perkins, 11, was stabbed to death in the attack in Edgewater, and his pregnant mother was fighting for her life late Thursday. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports on an emergency order of protection against the suspect that was denied.
A suspect was in custody Wednesday night after police said a man stabbed an 11-year-old boy to death, and critically injured the boy's pregnant mother, in an Edgewater neighborhood apartment. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
An 11-year-old boy was killed and his pregnant mother was critically stabbed Wednesday morning in what police said was a domestic incident in the Edgewater neighborhood. One person was in custody Wednesday afternoon.
An 11-year-old boy was killed and his pregnant mother was critically stabbed Wednesday morning in what police said was a domestic incident in the Edgewater neighborhood. One person was in custody Wednesday afternoon.
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