Miami-Dade Police deemed a latest filicide case “unimaginable” when a mom, Shaneka Ann McKinzie, reportedly confessed to fatally strangling her 8-year-old son, Jaisyn Burgos. Police say she advised them that after the strangulation she rode round along with his lifeless physique in her automotive and proceeded to run errands round city.
After she was accomplished along with her runs, the mom introduced her son to Hialeah Hospital on Tuesday, Nov. 14, the place he was declared useless.
Shaneka Ann McKinzie was later arrested by the MDPD after hospital personnel reported the boy’s demise. A medical expert’s post-mortem confirmed that asphyxiation was the reason for the kid’s demise. The 36-year-old has been charged with first-degree homicide.
“The mom confessed to investigators that for the previous two days she plotted to kill her little one,” police stated.
Including, “She additional described that whereas the kid was asleep within the rear passenger seat of her automobile, she used a tablecloth to suffocate and strangle him till he turned unresponsive. She then proceeded to drive round numerous elements of the county conducting errands along with her unconscious little one’s physique within the automobile.”
McKinzie was booked into an area jail. Following her court docket look on Thursday, Nov. 16, a public defender was assigned to characterize her through the trial. Moreover, the decide determined to detain her with out the choice for bond.
“I imagine within the arrest affidavit there’s possible trigger for the cost of first-degree homicide,” stated Miami-Dade Circuit Choose Mindy S. Glazer.
Miami-Dade Police Det. Andre Martin talked about how difficult the case is to work.
“It’s very tough to wrap your head round how a dad or mum couldn’t solely plan to homicide their little one however then after finishing up this homicide go on about their day as if nothing occurred. To drive round with their little one’s lifeless physique and full numerous errands as if nothing ever occurred. It’s unimaginable,” Martin stated to NBC Miami.com.
In response to police, McKinzie had undergone substantial trauma in recent times, together with the lack of the kid’s father a couple of years in the past. Subsequently, she confronted homelessness in Missouri. In 2022, as a result of their precarious residing scenario, she and the boy relocated to South Florida and resided in numerous inns. Throughout this time, the kid had not been enrolled at school.
