Disturbing headline right? "Florida Teen Stabbed his mother to death in front of a newborn baby." This tragic event happened in Hialeah. Hialeah is about 4 hours from where I live in St. Petersburg. Reports tell us a 13-year-old stabbed his mother to death in their apartment on Thursday.
What Happened?
(Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)According to the Hialeah police department the teenage boy called the police saying that he just killed his mom. When police arrived to the house, they found the mom dead in her bedroom. Next to her bed was a newborn sleeping in a crib. Thankfully the newborn was unharmed.
Hialeah police spokesman Eddie Rodriguez released a statement saying, “This is heartbreaking, I never would have imagined something like this, a 13-year-old child taking his mother’s life, It’s a very sad story. He did not say why he did this, all he did was call 911 and advised what he did."
The boy's step-dad was out of town when the killing happened. The stepfather who is a truck driver was on his way home when the killing happened. Police arrested the teen and he is expected to face a second-degree murder charge.
Assumptions of motive?
As of now we have no idea why he did it. As the police spokesperson said, he only told them that he committed the act. The boy also sent pictures of his mothers dead body to a friend over social media and told the friend he killed her. Many people on social media are speculating that he was being abused.
That could be the case, but you never know. There have been cases like this where the parents were being abusive. On the other hand, some teens have done this for absolutely no reason. I will keep you updated as the investigation continues. Stay safe.
Which Florida City Made The List With Highest Murder Rates In U.S.
There's lots to love about the Sunshine State, but we're also notorious for the craziest crimes. One Florida city even ranked in the top 15 for highest murder rates in America. It's not really a list we love to see Florida on, but we can't say we're not surprised with all the insane stuff that happens here.
Our friends at neighboorhoodscout.com ranked the top 30 cities in the country with the highest murder rates per 1,000 residents. They condensed their research by including cities with 25,000 or more people. They collected their data by the number of murders reported to the FBI to have occurred in each city, and the population of each city. The city population data comes straight from the US Bureau of the Census at the time of each analysis. For instance, the 2022 list population uses 2020 population figures. The 2021 list uses 2019 figures, and so forth.
There were 14 new cities making the list this year. "The newcomer on this list with the highest murder rate is Saginaw, MI. The number of murders in Saginaw more than doubled from the previous year." Thankfully (and surprisingly) only one Florida city was ranked in the research.
Here's the top 15 cities with the highest murder rate. Click here to see the full list.
