Watch CBS News

Laterria Smith speaks out about court system failures that led to her son's murder

A Cook County jury convicted the man charged with stabbing and killing an 11-year-old boy and seriously hurting his pregnant mother. A jury found Crosetti Brand guilty of all counts in the attack after breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home. Laterria Smith spoke exclusively to Marissa Perlman about the attack that killed her son, Jayden Perkins, who was trying to protect her.
View CBS News In
CBS News App Open
Chrome Safari Continue