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A forgiveness video is not intent. Harrington is charged.
Harrington is charged with first-degree murder in Delray Beach and is held with no bond. He is not convicted, and the Facebook tape is a statement the jury may or may not hear.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
Digital talk before a killing is evidence the State may try to use. It is not a verdict. Alexander Harrington, 50, a self-described intuitive healer and life coach, is charged with first-degree murder in the Sept. 11 stabbing death of his mother, Susan Baratto, 77, in west Delray Beach. An arrest affidavit says he called police, said he had killed her, and repeated that to medics and detectives. Reporting also describes a video he posted about forgiveness shortly before the death. A posted sermon can be offered as state of mind, as contradiction, or as noise. A judge still has to decide what a jury hears. None of that is a finding of premeditation.
As of mid-September 2026 he was held without bond. No-bond is a custody decision. It is not a conviction. The affidavit’s alleged confession, if it comes in, is still tested for voluntariness, completeness, and mental-state context. Local reporting has also mentioned a long psychiatric history. History is not a defense until it is pled and proved, and it is not a conviction either.
People post empty language online every day. The legal questions are the charge, the statements to police, and whether first-degree premeditation can be proved. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Reporting noted by Chicago Police Department, ABC7 Chicago, and CBS Chicago.