Janepsy Carballo, Orlando Mesa: Dateline NBC’s ‘Miami Heat’ Episode Examines Florida Fatal Shooting Of Father, 1-Year Old Son
Janepsy Carballo and the Miami, Florida, shootings of her husband and 1-year old son will be profiled on the next Dateline NBC. Tonight’s Dateline episode entitled Miami Heat will focus on the tragic events that led up to the fatal shooting of Orlando Mesa and 18-month old Noah ‘Noa’ Mesa, who survived the brutal attack. The crime episode will also show how the murder of another man named Ilan Nissim is connected to this case.
Backing up a bit, the case of Janepsy Mesa Carballo was in the news in 2008. That’s when police say Orlando Mesa and his son, Noah, took a Sunday stroll just outside their home but were later gunned down by an unknown killer. A surveillance video captures the final moments of Orlando Mesa’s life. Mesa was an entrepreneur who worked as a mechanic and drug dealer, according to court records. It is believed that the drug connection is what led to the death of Mesa. The killer was never captured.
After Orlando Mesa’s murder, Janepsy Carballo had a hard time adjusting to life. She was completely devastated that the love of her life was dead, and her baby boy had been seriously injured. Before Orlando Mesa’s death, the police had seized some big bags of marijuana in his car. It seemed that in the last few weeks leading up to the murder, their lives had started on a downward spiral. But Janepsy never could have imagined the shocking turn that her own life would take.
Prosecutors say that just a month after her husband was murdered, and her baby boy was shot in the arm and leg, Janepsy Carballo decided to get revenge by killing the man she believed shot them. That man was Ilan Nissim, Orlando Mesa’s former business partner and a known drug dealer in the area. According to court records, Janepsy Mesa Carballo lured Nissim to her house and shot him in the back 6 times.
The defense said that it wasn’t a case of cold blooded murder but an act of self-defense, stating that Ilan Nissim arrived at Janepsy Mesa’s home unexpectedly and then tore open her blouse. Janepsy shot Nissim to death because she was afraid. She describes the killing in her own words, according to the Daily Mail.
“He turns with his left hand towards his right, and at that moment, I just started shooting, and shooting.(0 I just started shooting like there was no tomorrow… In my mind, he was reaching for a gun that I had seen with him. The shots were so loud, it freaked me out. In my head I was already feeling him shooting at me.”
Ballistics experts were able to convince the jury that the killing was not an act of self-defense, and it appeared that Ilam Nissim had begged for his life. Janepsy Carballo was found guilty in 2014.
Members of the public believe that Janepsy Carballo should not have been convicted of murder. And that as the only surviving parent, she should have been allowed to raise her child. While some realize that taking another human’s life is wrong, some feel that Carballo shot a known drug dealer and view his death as cleaning up the streets. Many also believe that losing a husband and almost losing her baby was enough reason to kill Nissim for showing up at her home.
Others are adamant that revenge by killing is never the answer. Plus, prosecutors say that Janepsy shot and killed the wrong man, stating that Ilan Nissim was not the killer and looked nothing like the people in the surveillance video. Dateline NBC followed the case from beginning to end. Tune in tonight to see how they connect the dots in this tragic case.
Dateline NBC episode: Miami Heat.
“A Miami woman finds her husband shot dead and her 18-month-old son badly wounded. One month later, she kills the man she suspects is involved in the crime. She claims it was self-defense, but evidence surfaces years later that causes investigators to take a second look.”
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