Mom of Teen Who Was Beaten to Death Speaks Out

Chicago - Anjanette Albert still remembers the day her son Derrion was born. It was Super Bowl Sunday.

Albert will still celebrate her son's birthday. But from now on it will be with a heavy heart. His life ended at the age of 16.

Albert just identified her son's body.

“It's bad,” she said.

Shortly after a fight near Fenger High School, Albert said her son's principal called her at her home in Mount Vernon and told her to come immediately.

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Complete Derrion Albert Coverage:

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• Video: Tensions High After Student Beaten to Death
• Four Teens Charged in Fenger Beating Death
• CPS, Cops Plan More Security for Fenger
• Tension, Police Arrive in Force at Fenger
• Derrion Albert's Mom Speaks Out
• Teen Beaten to Death in South Side Melee

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“They said he was trying to help another student and kind of got mixed in with the crowd of the fight and he was hit,” Albert said.

Albert said she moved here briefly last year to take care of her mother. She brought along Derrion and her 11-year-old daughter.

Derrion liked it here so much, he decided to stay and live with his God mother.

She said he loved going to school at Fenger.

Described as a Grandmomma's boy, Derrion loved wrestling, basketball and shopping. And as a high school junior he was becoming excited about the future.

“He was a great kid, a good student,” Albert said. “We were getting ready to start a plan for college. That's all we would stay focused on… (We were) moving to the next stage.”

That next stage is now planning a funeral for Derrion. His mother wants to know why this happened. And had this to say to the person or people who killed her son, “... they couldn't imagine what they just did.”

Complete Coverage:

• Witness Describes Teen's Beating Death
• Teen Beaten to Death on South Side