Suspect accused of stabbing 11-year-old boy to death in Edgewater pleads not guilty

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man accused of killing a boy in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood pleaded not guilty on Monday.

Crosetti Brand faces multiple charges, including first-degree murder.

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He is accused of fatally stabbing 11-year-old Jayden Perkins, who died while trying to protect his pregnant mother. She was stabbed several times, but survived.

Brand was released on parole the day before the deadly attack.

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