14-Year-Old Girl Killed Trying to Protect Mom from Brutal Stabbing Attack

we have. a dead 14-year-old girl that didn't. deserve to be. dead just trying to protect her mother. authorities in Tampa Florida say a. 25-year-old man who's now in their. custody is responsible for the deaths of. a mother and teenage daughter we speak. with retired FBI agent and attorney. Bobby Chone about the hunt for this. alleged killer and what will happen next. in the case welcome to sidebar presented. by law and crime I'm Jesse. Weber first responders came across this.

horrific scene at a Tampa Florida. Apartment Complex last month where. 35-year-old Alejandra Cabo and her. 14-year-old daughter Mariana were. brutally stabbed and according to. detectives 25-year-old Jean Pierre oeda. Salazar got into an argument with. Alejandra who he had dated previously. witness says that he grabbed a knife. started stabbing her when Mariana her. daughter rushed in to try to save her. own mother he stabbed her too that's the. allegation Alejandra died at the scene.

Mariana was rushed to a hospital but she. died from her injuries really really sad. case and this family friend who's this. witness that saw what happened says that. Salazar chased her out of the apartment. but she managed to get away police say. Salazar then took off going all the way. to Maryland but US Marshals tracked him. down the very next day and extradited. him back to Florida Salazar appeared in. a Tampa courtroom this week where a. written statement from that witness was. introduced.

anybody who's willing to kill a. 14-year-old to save their own skin. should not be free in our society now. Salazar's public defender argued to the. court that we don't have all the answers. yet we don't know who introduced The. Knife into it there is I think I think. it's very important here and very. telling that there is no History of. Violence there that there's no History. of Violence by Mr. Salazar and in the end the judge Den. denied him bail he's going to be locked.

up a waiting trial and it's our. understanding that he has been charged. with one count of first degree murder. and one count of second degree murder I. want to bring in right now retired FBI. agent and attorney Bobby jaone to talk a. little bit more about this Bobby good to. see you thanks for coming here on. sidebar um I first want to talk about. how they apprehended him and so quickly. right so he goes from Florida to. Maryland they apprehend him the day. after he's taken to custody to be more. accurate by the US Marshalls Capitol. area Fugitive task force um walk us.

through uh your thoughts on how they. were able to get him so quickly well the. marshals first of all the Marshals are. probably the best in the world at. tracking people down in in this fugitive. hunting role that is that kind of their. major role their main role in in law. enforcement and and and so um you know. the first thing you look at is the first. thing they probably looked at is his. prior addresses and where his family. lives so that's or where significant. others live in his life that would. provide him support when people do.

something like this and they go on the. Run quickly like he did usually they go. somewhere they're familiar with. somewhere they've been before or. somewhere there where there's somebody. significant in their life that's going. to provide them safe haven and so those. are the first things that they look at. where has they live before where are. their relatives or or support network um. because that's where they're going to go. to right away they may go if they have. time from there somewhere else um to get. away from those areas but but an. immediate like this usually goes to.

somewhere where they have someone that's. going to provide them with support and. Safe Haven while or do you think that. again it's speculative but like do you. think they were tracking him for a while. or do you think they wanted to wait till. they got into a position where they. could safely apprehend him and not risk. the lives of anybody else who was around. him well when you have a fugitive like. this that's that's basically accused of. of a a really violent murder um you have. to kind of make have a sense of urgency. so you do um find out where they are and.

and soon as you see them if you see them. say coming or going from a house you you. take them or if you know they're in a. place you usually have to get a warrant. because it's not that person's place so. if you unless you see them enter that. premises if you just have somebody say. you saw them you know they saw them go. in there and you probably have to get a. search warrant for that unless you've. seen them go in there uh directly or. unless that's their place of residence. which in this case it wasn't so um it's. likely that they were on his tail they. were they were already set up on a place.

and saw him either go in there or saw. him coming and going for the place you. know Bobby I mentioned that you have. this family friend seemingly an. eyewitness to the attack I mean what. stronger evidence can you get or is it I. mean this could have been a very. tumultuous situation but you have this. witness who says they saw the attack. happened provided a written testimony. for this hearing um that feels like a. pretty much of a slam dunk do you. anticipate any ways a defense attorney. could you know try to counteract that. testimony.

well you know giving the defense. attorney a bit of a break because they. just came on the case the public. defender that he had in court for the. the purposes of this hearing um you know. he reached out and he said well we don't. know who introduced The Knife into the. situation that's a very odd way of. saying it but it's a very defense. attorney way of saying it um it really. doesn't matter who introduced The Knife. even if she picked up the knife as a. self-defense thing if he took it away. from her there's no um there's no. dispute that he stabbed her to death and. then he stabbed the child to death. basically and with the eyewitness um you.

know the thing is people have to. remember in in in a bond hearing the two. issues are risk of flight or danger to. the community well he the judge. basically said he he provides both I. mean she said the judge said he. represents both a risk of flight because. obviously he fled to Maryland and a. danger to the community because of this. very wanting and violent act that simply. sprang out of a relationship so um but. unlike you know we have a presumption of. innocence in a lot of s but in this kind. kind of hearing for the purposes of bail.

a judge can consider the evidence and. the weight of the case the the strength. of this of the prosecution's case for. the purposes of bail and so um in this. case uh you know the judge found that. there is enough evidence there's there's. a there's a certain strength to the. prosecution's case to keeping him. detained um so that's kind of a common. on the judge by the judge um as to the. strength of the prosecution's case and I. think that you know with an eyewitness.

boy this is going to be a very rough. road for the defense to to say anything. but you know you know when you have even. if if he he tries to say you know he. took the knife away and the struggle. over the knife he stabbed the. ex-girlfriend then you have the child. then you have a 14-year-old child who. was brutally stamped to death also how. does that result from. self-defense well he could try to say. you know I thought my life was on the. line I have somebody else attacking me. maybe I didn't realize what wasen. happening it was a Heat of the Moment um.

you know I was defending myself against. Alejandra then Mariana comes and I was. defending myself again I I I based on. the facts of what we see seems highly. unlikely that a self-defense argument. would would work particularly since you. talk about this eyewitness he allegedly. chased her out of the house so even if. you're an innocent party chasing someone. else out of the house and thankfully. this person is alive but um also running. you know escaping to Maryland instead of. staying there and explaining what. happened I think those two factors are.

pretty bad for him as. well yeah absolutely I think you're. exactly right I think that that the. self-defense argument while it might be. made um is not going to Prevail and I. think I'm surprised he wasn't charged. with attempted murder of the witness. because I I think had the witness not. escaped that house uh you know we only. we we can't even imagine what would have. happened to the witness and then what we. would have we would have three deceased. people in that apartment with no witness. and then his case gets very much. stronger um because then anything he.

alleges doesn't get rebutted and so you. know it's it's a nightmare to think you. know what would have happened had he. been able to catch that witness but. thankfully that witness escaped and you. know obviously they don't have seemingly. they don't have any reason to implicate. him you know falsely so um yeah yeah. this is gonna be a tough one and the. idea the defense attorney saying you. know he has no History of Violence I'll. just say to that how many times do we. cover Killers who've never killed before. or never committed a crime before but.

they then decide to commit one of the. worst atrocities that you can against. another human being um talking about. the sorry Jesse when I hear a defensive. attorney say like that I always think. that he has no History of Violence. having been caught for violence that's. that's fair that's fair um but even the. times when they've never committed a. crime I mean everybody starts somewhere. and you know the situations happen um. talking about the charges so long crime. reporting that he's been charged with uh. one count uh uh one count a first-degree.

murder with a weapon second degree. murder with a weapon and aggravated. assault with a deadly weapon why do you. think the two different murder charges. here you know I think it's probably you. know the the um the witnesses statement. read in court May might not be the. entire statement from the witness I. think they use in these kind of hearings. they use just enough to to to give the. judge reason to hold them over for trial. but I think that the the first degree. murder is probably against the. ex-girlfriend because he intentionally. was trying to kill her and then in the.

spur of the moment like you all to he. might let's be clear it you you have to. have intent to kill for both but it's if. it's premeditated or not right that's. what makes first degree versus second. right and I think that the the the. premeditation is probably towards the. ex-girlfriend he had the actual dispute. with and then the second degree murder. probably is the intentional killing of. her but not in a premeditated murder. like he didn't go there or he didn't. have have the the right requisite uh.

intent he had some intent to kill her um. but he didn't have the premeditation. where he might have had it towards the. girlfriend I don't know yeah. that second deegree murder if I'm. reading this correctly I like to think. that I am in Florida the unlawful. killing of a human being when. perpetrated by an act imminently. dangerous to another and evincing a. depraved mind regardless of human life. although without any premeditated design. uh is murder in the second.

degree right which means he probably was. there to kill the girlfriend the. ex-girlfriend right he didn't he didn't. go over there to kill the 14-year-old. daughter um and he didn't start out. wanting or Desiring to kill the. 14-year-old daughter but when she. interceded and either was a witness and. a defender of her mom um then he turned. to killing her as well so that's where. the lack of premeditation may come in. and just to be clear even if he didn't. go over there with the the plan to kill. her if they got into a disagreement and. he takes the knife and then kills her.

that can still be first-degree. murder that's right and and you know the. the old phrase is um intent can be. formed in a moment you know. premeditation doesn't have to be days. and days of planning premeditation can. actually can actually happen in a moment. um because you take the knife and then. in that moment you're you've already you. have the premeditation of stabbing or so. yeah I think that that's where it comes. in remember all these these these um. charges can be upgraded um if they if. they dealt deeper into that witness.

statement but I think you know this all. happened fairly quickly um and based on. the witness statement they knew what. they had and and and so um you know. that's what they went with you know the. intent the intentional premeditation of. killing the ex-girlfriend and then her. daughter who comes in at the last moment. to try to defend her mom and then he. turns and he kills her as a reaction to. her action of defending the Mom C can we. just talk a little bit more about what. the judge said so judge Caitlyn said uh. again very powerful statement it wasn't. a sentencing hearing it was at a bond.

hearing where she ultimately denied and. bond we have a dead 14-year-old girl who. doesn't deserve to be dead just trying. to protect her mother anybody who's. willing to kill a 14-year-old to save. their own skin should not be free in our. society those are strong words for a. bond hearing. right very strong I mean there were. there was a couple of unusual things at. a bond hearing you don't usually have a. witness and and and this time you had a. witness in the form of a written. statement read by a detective in court. on the record um but yeah this was a a.

case where they wanted to make sure that. this guy did not get out and so they. presented the witness statement through. a detective reading it into the record. and then the judge clearly making that. remember he's going to get a trial where. the presumption of innocence will. prevail on the jury the judge doesn't. have that same restriction and the judge. is allowed to make those coms is allowed. to comment on the strength of the. prosecution's case in in the criminal. procedure we call the criminal procedure. uh uh rules for a bond hearing and.

that's the judge's role the judge has to. consider all of those things on the. protection of the public um and and so. the presumption of in innocence doesn't. Prevail on the judge in in these types. of cases they they have to um take into. consideration the heinousness of the. crime uh the violence the potential. violence to the community um which. obviously exists in someone that could. do something like this and you you. almost have to presume they did do it um. but based on the of the of the. prosecution's case and then protect the.

public the the judge's role is to. protect the public in this kind of. situation as well as ensure that this. defendant is there for trial so it. doesn't flee so that's the judge's. responsibility just a really really sad. case about this beautiful mother and. daughter taken so so senselessly um and. you know family friends told local media. that um Alandra and her daughter they. moved to the United States from Columbia. a couple years ago they were looking for. a better life um not just for Mariana.

but unfortunately Alejandra leaves. behind another young daughter um and a. young sister to uh Mariana she was. unharmed during the course of this thank. goodness but really sad case and now. that he's been caught this will move. forward through the legal process Bobby. Chone thank you so much sir good to see. you great good to see you Jesse. thanks and that is all we have for you. right now here on sidebar everybody. thank you so much for joining us please. subscribe on podcast Spotify YouTube.

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