Inset: Wilma Jamitza Medina (Bexar County Sheriff’s Office). Background: The block in Texas where Medina allegedly killed her 9-year-old son (Google Maps).
A 50-year-old mother in Texas is accused of repeatedly stabbing her 9-year-old son to death in the neck and chest while he was lying in his bed. Wilma Jamitza Medina was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with one count of capital murder of a person under 10 years old in the slaying of David Ogbevbon Ehanire-Medina, authorities announced.
According to a preliminary news release from the Universal City Police Department, officers responded at about 5 a.m. on Sept. 3 to a home in the 8200 block of Zodiac Drive, which is near San Antonio.
Upon arriving at the residence, officers met the caller, who led them to the young boy who appeared to be suffering from multiple stab wounds. Police and emergency medical personnel began providing life-saving treatment to the victim and rushed him to a hospital. The boy died from his injuries shortly after he arrived at the facility.
Aside from stating that the attack was “an isolated incident” and a 50-year-old woman had been arrested, authorities released few details about details until police held a Thursday afternoon news conference and the release of court documents.
“I don’t think that anything could have prepared our first responders of the city for what they saw. It was devastating, and it was very, very, very rough on them,” Detective Sergeant David Faust told reporters gathered for the briefing. “What they found when they arrived is that a father was trying to prevent the mother of the child from getting back to him after she had potentially stabbed him multiple times.”
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Police Chief Johnny Siemens also spoke to the heinous nature of the crime.
“Crimes like this shock your conscience, rock you to your core,” he said. “You can’t unsee some of the stuff that you see, and you can’t understand why it would happen.”
Police said they found the father holding onto the legs of his wife, whose shirt was covered in blood, San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT reported, citing the arrest warrant. The boy was unresponsive in his bed with visible stab wounds on both sides of his neck, police said.
As authorities were attempting to secure the scene, Medina was reportedly somehow able to get hold of a knife and stab herself in the leg. Officers converged on Medina, who allegedly kept yelling, “I cannot live without him” and “let me die” during the struggle for the weapon.
The father, who was identified as an officer with the China Grove, Texas, Police Department, allegedly told investigators that shortly after arriving home from working the night shift, he heard a scream coming from his son’s room. The door was locked, so he forced it open and found his son’s bloody, lifeless body being held by Medina with one arm, police said. In her other hand, Medina had a knife, which she reportedly used to stab herself in the chest.
As the father struggled with Medina for the knife, she allegedly told him, “This is what you want.”
After authorities transported her to the hospital, Medina spoke to investigators, saying she believed she was being “followed” and claiming there were people on her roof attempting to get in the house, San Antonio Express-News reported, also citing the arrest warrant. She also reportedly stated that she believed her son was being hurt when he went to school, saying, “There’s no going back.”
Authorities allege that in a subsequent call with family members, Medina referred to herself as “trash” in Spanish and said she was ashamed of what she had done.
Medina has been booked into the Bexar County Jail, where she is being held on $600,000 bond, records show. It was not immediately clear when she would appear in court again.
