Man pleads not guilty stabbing ex-girlfriend, killing her son in Chicago
CHICAGO -- The man charged with stabbing and killing an 11-year-old boy who was protecting his own pregnant mother pleaded not guilty Monday.Crosetti Brand, 37, said he intends to fight the 17 counts he faces, including first-degree murder.
Her son died.Smith sought an order of protection against Brand in February, despite him going back to prison for violating his parole, including by trying to break into her home weeks before. The request for the order of protection was denied.Meanwhile, Brand was granted parole on Tuesday, March 12. It was the very next day when he allegedly went to Smith's apartment and stabbed her and her son – just hours before a scheduled court hearing on her case.
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