Hialeah teen accused in fatal stabbing of mom to stay in adult jail
MIAMI - A motion to transfer a 13-year-old boy to a juvenile detention center while he awaits trial in the murder of his mom was denied Friday afternoon.
Testimony resumed Friday in a hearing to determine where the Hialeah teen would be held.
A Miami-Dade Grand Jury indicted the 13-year-old for first-degree murder which places his case into adult felony court system.
Attorneys for the boy wanted him transferred from an adult jail to the juvenile detention center.
On Thursday, the teen sat stoic when his recorded confession was played in court.
CBS News Miami is not identifying the teen due to his age.
The murder happened the night of October 12th. The boy confessed to stabbing his mom more than 40 times, according to police.
Police say officers were sent to an apartment in the 200 block of West 79th Place after 911 received a call from the teen who said he had just killed his mother.
When officers arrived, they found the body of 39-year-old Irina Garcia in her bedroom, it was lying next to a crib with a 14-day-old baby inside. The infant was not harmed. Police said Garcia had been stabbed multiple times.
Investigators have released pictures from inside the apartment where the murder happened including a picture of a long knife with blood on it.
Police said they had no history with this family.
