Chilling note left by Florida mom who ‘shot dead five-month-old baby where husband proposed after he asked for divorce’ – before surviving suicide attempt

A woman who planned to kill her five-month-old son left a chilling note in her truck moments before taking the child’s life.

“I’m sorry for what I’m about to do,” Maria Rodriguez-Barnes wrote in a message left on the truck’s console, while also calling her husband and saying something similar.

The 30-year-old then proceeded to kill her son Jaxxon by shooting him once in the chest, before also shooting herself.

The March 2020 killing occurred after he filed for a divorce and shot himself in an attempt to commit suicide, Florida prosecutors said.

Earlier this week, Rodriguez-Barnes was found guilty of first-degree murder and will spend the rest of her life in prison for the murder.

“I’m sorry for what I’m about to do,” Maria Rodriguez-Barnes wrote in a message left on the console of her truck, while also calling her husband and saying something similar

Rodriguez-Barnes had killed the youngster at the same spot where her husband, Richard Barnes, had proposed to her years earlier.

The court heard how Rodriguez-Barnes placed her son in her Nissan truck and drove to The Boardwalk, a beach area with restaurants and shops in Fort Walton Beach on the Florida Panhandle.

While in the parking lot, she shot Jaxxon before turning the 9mm handgun on herself. Police later found bullet casings in the car.

Witnesses in the area recalled seeing Barnes rolling on the ground in her own blood before 911 was called.

When a deputy asked her what happened, she only said she was having trouble breathing and didn’t say anything about her son.

It wasn’t until a deputy searched for the gun that she found her son’s body on the floor of the truck, slumped on a pillow.

It was also later revealed that she had sent her plans to family members via text and email.

A jury convicted Rodriguez-Barnes, now 35, of murder earlier this week. She was sentenced to life in prison and will spend the rest of her life behind bars

Assistant State’s Attorney Michelle Sandler said in court, “She took the only valuable thing from their relationship, which was the physical representation of their relationship.”

“And because it was basically over – he said, ‘I’m done’ – she decided to kill her son.”

“There is no explanation that the show is more premeditated and shows more planning than that,” prosecutor Sandler said.

All twelve jurors unanimously agreed to the guilty verdict, with Judge John T. Brown jailing her for life.