Officials: Slain 13-year-old cheerleader in Florida was stabbed 114 times by teen suspect

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A slain 13-year-old woman was stabbed 114 instances earlier this month, officers stated.Tristyn Bailey’s physique was present in a wooded space in St. Johns County, Florida, on Could 9.Bailey’s neighbor, 14-year-old Aiden Fucci, has been charged as an grownup with first-degree homicide in her dying.The 2 attended the identical faculty and lived in the identical Durbin Crossing group.The state lawyer’s workplace in St. Johns County filed a discover Thursday to switch Fucci’s case from juvenile to grownup court docket after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree homicide cost, in keeping with court docket information. He faces a potential life sentence.State Lawyer R.J. Larizza stated throughout a information convention that charging Fucci as an grownup wasn’t solely acceptable however the one alternative his workplace might make. An post-mortem found no less than 114 stab wounds on Bailey.”Each time that arm went again and each time that arm went down, that was premeditation,” Larizza stated.Investigators stated that Fucci had additionally instructed a number of buddies that he deliberate to kill somebody, although it wasn’t clear whether or not Bailey was his meant goal from the start, Larizza stated.Bailey was final seen early Could 9 on the group heart within the Durbin Crossing group south of Jacksonville. Bailey and Fucci attended close by Patriot Oaks Academy, the place Bailey was a cheerleader.Bailey’s dad and mom reported her lacking later that morning, and a neighbor discovered her physique in a closely wooded space that night, the St. Johns County Sheriff Workplace stated. Fucci was arrested the following day on a second-degree homicide cost.In accordance with an arrest report, video surveillance from the group heart confirmed the woman strolling with Fucci shortly after 1 a.m. on Could 9. One other video from a close-by dwelling confirmed the pair strolling alongside a highway about 1:45 a.m. The identical video confirmed solely Fucci strolling within the areas at 3:27 a.m., the report stated.The movies led the detectives to speak to Fucci. The woman’s physique was discovered near the boy’s dwelling, the report stated. Detectives reported discovering proof associated to the clothes seen within the surveillance movies within the boy’s bed room. And a number of the objects had a presumptive constructive end result for the presence of blood, the report stated. A dive staff discovered a knife in a close-by pond that investigators consider was the homicide weapon. Lots of of individuals earlier this month attended a vigil in Bailey’s reminiscence.

A slain 13-year-old woman was stabbed 114 instances earlier this month, officers stated.

Tristyn Bailey’s physique was present in a wooded space in St. Johns County, Florida, on Could 9.

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Bailey’s neighbor, 14-year-old Aiden Fucci, has been charged as an grownup with first-degree homicide in her dying.

The 2 attended the identical faculty and lived in the identical Durbin Crossing group.

The state lawyer’s workplace in St. Johns County filed a discover Thursday to switch Fucci’s case from juvenile to grownup court docket after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree homicide cost, in keeping with court docket information. He faces a potential life sentence.

State Lawyer R.J. Larizza stated throughout a information convention that charging Fucci as an grownup wasn’t solely acceptable however the one alternative his workplace might make. An post-mortem found no less than 114 stab wounds on Bailey.

“Each time that arm went again and each time that arm went down, that was premeditation,” Larizza stated.

Investigators stated that Fucci had additionally instructed a number of buddies that he deliberate to kill somebody, although it wasn’t clear whether or not Bailey was his meant goal from the start, Larizza stated.

Bailey was final seen early Could 9 on the group heart within the Durbin Crossing group south of Jacksonville. Bailey and Fucci attended close by Patriot Oaks Academy, the place Bailey was a cheerleader.

Tristyn Bailey

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Tristyn Bailey

Bailey’s dad and mom reported her lacking later that morning, and a neighbor discovered her physique in a closely wooded space that night, the St. Johns County Sheriff Workplace stated. Fucci was arrested the following day on a second-degree homicide cost.

In accordance with an arrest report, video surveillance from the group heart confirmed the woman strolling with Fucci shortly after 1 a.m. on Could 9. One other video from a close-by dwelling confirmed the pair strolling alongside a highway about 1:45 a.m. The identical video confirmed solely Fucci strolling within the areas at 3:27 a.m., the report stated.

The movies led the detectives to speak to Fucci. The woman’s physique was discovered near the boy’s dwelling, the report stated. Detectives reported discovering proof associated to the clothes seen within the surveillance movies within the boy’s bed room. And a number of the objects had a presumptive constructive end result for the presence of blood, the report stated. A dive staff discovered a knife in a close-by pond that investigators consider was the homicide weapon.

Lots of of individuals earlier this month attended a vigil in Bailey’s reminiscence.

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