The teenager initially charged with second-degree murder in the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, is now being tried as an adult for first-degree murder.
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State attorney: Tristyn Bailey stabbed 114 times
The teenager initially charged with second-degree murder in the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey,
is now being tried as an adult for first-degree murder.
R.J. Larizza, state attorney for Florida’s Seventh Judicial Circuit, said during a Tuesday afternoon news conference in St. Johns County that the decision to upgrade the charges against Aiden Fucci, 14, was appropriate based on the circumstances surrounding Bailey’s death.
Bailey, the state attorney said, was stabbed 114 times.
“To say that it was horrific could arguably be made as an understatement,” Larizza said.
He said at least 49 wounds were to Bailey’s hands, arms and head and were “defensive in nature.”
“The bottom line is that premeditation, could be inferred, certainly from just the sheer number of stab wounds that Tristyn Bailey had to suffer,” Larizza said.
The state attorney said there was more that led them to the decision to charge Fucci as an adult. He said the decision came after information investigators gathered from witnesses and that Fucci made statements to several people “that he intended to kill someone.” Larizza said it was never specified who.
“He indicated to several witnesses that he was going to kill someone by taking them in the woods and stabbing them, which are certainly the facts of this case,” Larizza said.
Prosecutors said they have charged 14-year-old Aiden Fucci as an adult on first-degree murder charges in the homicide of his 13-year-old schoolmate, Tristyn Bailey.
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‘Horrific would be an understatement:’ Tristyn Bailey stabbed 114 times while fighting killer, prosecutors say
State Attorney R.J. Larizza officially announced Thursday a grand jury in St. Johns County had indicted Fucci on first-degree murder charges. The state attorney’s office also filed a transfer order to move him to the adult court system. He will be moved out of a juvenile facility to one outside of Volusia County where he is currently.
Larizza laid out the evidence against Fucci Thursday revealing the 13-year-old girl was stabbed a total of 114 times with at least 49 to her hands, arms and head that were defensive in nature.
“We can’t see what happened at this pond but we know there was a struggle,” Larizza said, also saying “To say that it was horrific would be an understatement.”
The murder weapon was found in a nearby pond not far from where the fatal attack took place, Larizza said. The hunting knife recovered was missing a tip and that piece was found on Bailey’s body, according to the state attorney’s office.
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