Jasmin Kennedy, St Cloud, Florida woman admits strangling 13 year old son to death. Victim found dead on his bed after family member calls Oseola County deputies. Told investigators she wanted to spare son ‘from the devil.’
She wanted to ‘spare him from the devil’. A Florida mother has admitted to strangling her 13 year old son to death upon Osceola County deputies arriving at the woman’s St Cloud residence and coming across the macabre scene.
Deputies responded to the home around 7:30 a.m, following an unknown family member reaching out to local police. Responding officers found the boy dead on a bed inside the home, Sheriff Lopez said Monday afternoon during a press conference.
The boy’s mom – identified as Jasmin Kennedy – admitted to first responders and deputies on scene that she had choked her son and killed him, he said. An arrest affidavit cited the mother saying she wanted to ‘spare her son’ from the devil.
She wanted to spare teen son from the devil
Upon her arrest, the parent was charged with premeditated first-degree murder, domestic battery by strangulation, child neglect, and aggravated child abuse. Additional charges were pending, WFTV reported.
Deputies said Kennedy killed her teenage son with her 5-year-old son in the same room on Monday. He was in the top bunk.
‘According to our deputies, she had been choking him on the bed,’ Sheriff Marcos Lopez said.
When deputies arrived around 7:30 a.m. Monday, the boy was already dead.
OCSO said the woman lived with her mom and her mom’s boyfriend inside the home, as well as her 5-year-old son. Sheriff Lopez said a family member called 911 Monday morning, but he did not elaborate on which family member made the call.
According to court documents, Kennedy said her name was “Yahweh,” which translates to god in Hebrew.
Prior abuse at the family home?
When detectives asked her if she knew why she was being interviewed, she said: ‘she was being questioned due to her sending her son home.’
Kennedy was asked to clarify what she meant by that and deputies said Kennedy said she “spared him from the devil.”
On Tuesday, school officials confirmed the teen attended Canoe Creek K-8 School. An Osceola County School District official said they have grief counselors at the school to help students who may need support.
‘Our hearts and thoughts go out to the children and family members involved in this tragedy,’ the district said.
Channel 9 reached out to the Department of Children and Families to see if there was any history involving the family. The Department had yet to respond.
During a Tuesday appearance in court, the mother was denied bail as she is scheduled to re appear in court at a future date.
