Posted on 03/16/2024 3:13:52 AM PDT by lowbridge
An 11-year-old boy was stabbed to death in Chicago while trying to protect his 33-weeks pregnant mother from her 'abusive ex-boyfriend'.
Suspect Crosetti Brand, 37, was charged with first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder in connection with the fatal stabbing on Wednesday that took the life of Jayden Perkins and left his mother, Laterria Smith, in critical condition.
Brand was Smith's ex-boyfriend and on parole after being sentenced to 16 years in prison for a home invasion.
Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said that Brand had been released on parole just one day before the attack.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said the boy died from a stab wound to the chest while trying to protect his mother on Wednesday morning.
Chief of Detectives Antoinette Ursitti said in a press conference that Brand was 'paroled and placed on electronic monitoring last October'.
'While he was on parole, he threatened the female victim via text and also showed up at her home.
'He was sent back to prison in February for this parole violation.'
Smith had an order of protection against the suspect 20 years prior to Wednesday's attack for repeatedly threatening and attacking her and her mother, per a motion filed by prosecutors in an unrelated case.
His abuse allegedly began in September 2006 after Smith broke up with the suspect. Brand came to her house and threatened her with a gun, firing it in the hallway before leaving.
Brand continued to harass the family, throwing rocks at their window and calling them obsessively. Two years after the breakup, he reportedly punched the mother at a bus stop for dating someone else.
A neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous, said Smith also had a five-year-old son, Perkins' brother, and lived in the complex with her fiancé.
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stop victim bashing....the animal killed this young boy, a man, not the pregnant woman....
Kid was more of a man at 11 than many men...
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