Jayden Perkins A Chicago area man, Crosetti Brand, attacked his ex-girlfriend, Laterria Smith, with a knife, which ended in him stabbing her 11-year-old son, Jayden Perkins, to death after he came to his mother's aid. Laterria is pregnant and is reportedly in critical condition from the attack. According to the Chicago Sun-Times , Crosetti Brand, 37, was released from the Stateville Correctional Center on Tuesday after having been sent back to prison earlier this year for me