Aiden Fucci

Aiden Fucci, now 16, apologized to the family of the 13-year-old girl he admitted to killing. He faces a possible life sentence in prison with a minimum of ...

23 for a hearing to discuss sentencing. Fucci then asked, "What's going on?" After his arrest, Fucci posted to social media a selfie of himself in the back of a patrol car referencing Tristyn. The demons are going to take my soul away." What's going on?" Tristyn had been stabbed 114 times, with at least 49 stab wounds to her hands, arms, and head that were "defensive in nature," 7th Judicial Circuit State Attorney R.J.

Aiden Fucci, the Florida teen accused of killing classmate Tristyn Bailey in 2021, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder at the start of jury selection ...

[Fucci told police](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement) he shoved her to the ground and left. The members of our community have been simply exceptional in the support they have given us." "Since this nightmare began, we have had the love and support of so many. She has since posted bond and is due back in court on April 4. At a prior hearing, Fucci could be heard mumbling, "Please don’t let the demons take my soul. [Fucci, who was 14 at the time](https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-teen-stabbed-tristyn-bailey-charged-adult-first-degree-premeditated-murder) and charged as an adult, changed his plea on the same day jury selection was scheduled to begin in his murder trial. What’s going on?" Her body was about .3 miles from Fucci's house, according to the police report. What’s going on? [piece of the murder weapon](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/homicide) broken off in her skull, according to authorities. [attended the school.](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/education) [Florida teen](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/southeast/florida) charged in the grisly murder of a 13-year-old classmate, found dead near a pond with dozens of stab wounds, pleaded guilty to murder Monday.

Florida teen Aiden Fucci pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the stabbing of his 13-year-old classmate, Tristyn Bailey Monday morning, St. Johns County ...

He said at least 49 of the wounds were to the hands, arms and the head, and were defensive in nature. "This was an all out agency effort," the sheriff said in a statement. The detectives have not stopped working this case since the initial call we received." He was originally charged with second-degree murder, but the charge was upgraded because of the severity of the crime. The girl’s family reported her missing on Mother’s Day 2021, and her body was found in the woods following a daylong search. Larizza, the state attorney for Florida’s 7th Judicial Circuit, said during a news conference after Fucci’s arrest that Bailey was stabbed 114 times.

Aiden Fucci, 16, was accused of stabbing Bailey over 100 times before dumping her body in a wooded area.

His mother, [Crystal Lane Smith](https://www.thedailybeast.com/aiden-fuccis-mom-allegedly-tampered-with-evidence-in-tristyn-baileys-murder), was also arrested and charged with evidence tampering after being accused of trying to wash blood off her son’s jeans. [Aiden Fucci](https://www.thedailybeast.com/teen-who-stabbed-cheerleader-tristyn-bailey-to-death-charged-with-first-degree-murder), 16, entered the plea ahead of jury selection for his first-degree murder trial in St. While the desperate search for Bailey was underway, Fucci was brought in for questioning. “Hey guys has anybody seen Tristyn lately?” he captioned the post. A knife found in a pond was identified by witnesses as having belonged to Fucci, with the blade’s missing tip later discovered in Bailey’s skull. Bailey’s murder shocked the quiet St.

Shocking details about the events and young lives leading up to the Mother's Day weekend 2021 when Tristyn Bailey died fighting for her life.

Caleb explained after Aiden and Zofie “do it”, Zofie goes into the closet to change, therefore, Aiden thought Doffis “Tre” and Zofie had sex. “Shyla stated Tre had video of him and Tristyn having sex and he had facetimed Aiden while doing it,” the report reads. Zofie advised Aiden would then run away, make people believe he was dead, and continue killing people.” “The textbook definition of what you would call a numb kid,” Bailey’s best friend said of the “bad kid” who is now an admitted murderer. [accused of evidence tampering](https://lawandcrime.com/crime/teen-killer-aiden-fuccis-mother-washed-her-sons-blood-stained-jeans-after-tristyn-bailey-murder-police/) by washing her son’s bloody jeans after the murder. I showed Ryan a picture of the knife recovered from Zofie’s residence and he identified this knife as one in the same. One of which his step-dad gave him, she described as grey and black with a skull on it and he called it “picker” because it had a serrated blade. Shyla stated Tristyn tried to cover up what was written and scribbled it out. Meanwhile, “picker” was recovered from Bauman’s residence by law enforcement in the days after the murder. she said it had involved some people she didn’t like and wouldn’t tell us who. The other knife she described as yellow, made out of wood, and he called it “Poker”. Monday’s eleventh-hour confession and plea leaves, at least for now, just the prior investigative record – shining a dull light on the yawning abyss; 114 stab wounds that took a beloved cheerleader from her family and friends nearly two years ago.

After Aiden Fucci's surprise guilty plea, here's what Tristyn Bailey's family, Sheriff Rob Hardwick and State Attorney R.J. Larizza had to say.

We still have work to do and we will be diligently preparing for the sentencing hearing to hold the defendant accountable for his actions. However, we must respect the judicial process so we ask that the media and the community continue to respect that process and our family’s privacy. This agency will forever be connected to the Bailey familyand this community will forever be #BaileyStrong.” The SJSO has worked hand-in-hand with the State Attorney’s Office and we couldn’t be more appreciative of the partnership. With the backing of our community, neighborhood, counselors, friends, and family, we have been able to endure the nearly two years since Tristyn was taken from us while managing toshare her cheer: “We got this!” Again, we are thankful for everyone that has contributed in the journey of getting Justice for Tristyn. We know his updates were representative of the entire SJSO: Our sincere thanks to them all. We have faith in their abilities in the upcoming sentencing phase. The members of our community have been simply exceptional in the support they have given us. To begin, we are blessed to have Jennifer Dunton as our lead prosecutor. As mentioned, we would not be at this point without the dedicated efforts of so many. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, along with the trial preparation by the 7th Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office, we are confident that the jury would have returned a guilty verdict.