Audio has been released from the 911 call made by a 13-year-old Florida boy confessing to killing his own mother.
The boy called 911 shortly after allegedly stabbing his mother to death while she slept beside the crib containing her newborn daughter, Inside Edition reported. The baby was unharmed. Irina Garcia, the boy’s 39-year-old mother, was found dead at the scene.
The audio was released on Tuesday but was heavily redacted, including much of the boy’s confession. What was released, however, has been called “chilling,” as he remains mostly calm while describing what he had done.
Dispatcher: “I need to know if your mom is breathing.”
13-year-old boy: “She’s dead, Miss.”
Dispatcher: “OK, and why did you do that?”
13-year-old boy: “There’s blood all over the floor.”
Garcia was killed on October 12, and police told local reporters that they were “dumbfounded” by the violence allegedly committed by the boy. He was an honor student and known around the neighborhood as a “good kid.”
Hialeah Police Department spokesman Eddie Rodriguez told local reporters that police did not know why the boy killed his mother.
“We don’t know, that’s something that we’re still trying to figure out,” Rodriguez said, according to Inside Edition. “He did not say why he did this, all he did was call 911 and advise what he did.”
After telling the dispatcher that his mother was dead, the boy said he considered shooting himself with his stepfather’s gun.
“The Beretta, I have the gun with me,” he said in the 911 call, according to snippets from WPLG. I was gonna shoot myself, but I didn’t want to. I didn’t want to.”
As the dispatcher remains on the line, the boy tells her he took photos of his mother’s body and sent them to an online friend.
13-year-old boy: “Miss?”
Dispatcher: “Yes.”
13-year-old boy: “I took pictures and I told my friends about it. Was that bad?”
Dispatcher: “You told who about it?”
13-year-old boy: “My friend.”
Dispatcher: “Who did you send those pictures to?”
13-year-old boy: “My friend. I don’t know his real name because he’s an online friend who I play with a lot.”
When police began knocking on the door, the boy became concerned that they would kill him.
13-year-old boy: “Ahh! They’re knocking! Do I open?”
Dispatcher: “They’re knocking on the door?”
13-year-old boy: “Miss, are they gonna kill me?”
Dispatcher: “No, they’re not gonna kill you.”
Only a small portion of the 17-minute 911 call has been released. The boy surrendered to police and is now in juvenile custody.