A Florida teenager accused of taking part in the brutal machete murder of a schoolmate is seen crying and screaming at police in an interrogation video released by the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office and obtained by the Miami Herald.
Desiray Strickland, 19, has been indicted for first degree murder in the 2015 death of 17-year-old Jose Guardado, along with 23-year old Joseph Cabrera, 20-year-old Kaheem Arbelo, 18-year-old Jonathan Lucas and 19-year-old Christian Colon. Prosecutors say the group spent two weeks planning Guardado’s death, including digging a shallow grave in the woods near their school days before he was killed. In June 2015, the group allegedly lured Guardado into the woods, where police say Arbelo ambushed him with a machete as the others watched. The suspects and victim were students at Homestead Job Corps in Miami, a live-in school and vocational training program for at-risk students run by the U.S. Department of Labor. Posted By PSmooth