Police and prosecutors say Deandre Charles is a cold-blooded killer who shot Rabbi Joseph Raksin after trying to rob him and getting away with nothing. But during two interrogations with police that were released through court discovery, Charles is heard maintaining his innocence in multiple interviews with detectives.

In late May of 2015, Miami-Dade Detectives sat down with Charles. They suspected him of murdering Raksin during a botched robbery in Northeast Miami nearly a year before. Charles was only 14 at the time. Investigators confronted the teen with testimony from an eyewitness.

“How would you explain that?” a detective asks him.

“I don’t know. I was not there. I would explain it like – I was not there. I don’t know what the hell he’s talking about. I don’t have no clue what he’s talking about,” Charles responds.

Detectives also told Charles that they have physical evidence linking him to the crime.

“There’s something on that scene that we recovered with your partial DNA on it.”

“Lies,” Charles snapped back.

“I’m not lying to you,” the detective followed up.

“I want to see that DNA right now. I didn’t have no DNA because I was not there,” Charles responds. “That’s just a false, plain false right there.”

Crime scene reports released earlier this week show that Charles’ DNA could not be excluded from a DNA sample taken from the right sleeve of the rabbi’s clothing.

Reports also show that Charles’ DNA might have been found on the gun.

But at the time of the questioning, Charles remained adamant about his innocence and swore that he was at home when the Rabbi was murdered.

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