'No respect for life': Aiden Fucci gets only appropriate sentence for Tristyn Bailey slaying
'No respect for life': Aiden Fucci gets only appropriate sentence for Tristyn Bailey slaying
“Heinous, atrocious and cruel,”
“Heinous, atrocious and cruel,”
a crime orchestrated for no other reason than to feel what it’s like to kill someone.
a crime orchestrated for no other reason than to feel what it’s like to kill someone.
This factor alone is why Judge. R. Lee Smith said there could be only
This factor alone is why Judge. R. Lee Smith said there could be only
one appropriate sentence for 16-year-old Aiden Fucci: life in prison.
one appropriate sentence for 16-year-old Aiden Fucci: life in prison.
Fucci faced a minimum 40 years after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in February
Fucci faced a minimum 40 years after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in February
in the 2021 stabbing death of his friend and classmate Tristyn Bailey
in the 2021 stabbing death of his friend and classmate Tristyn Bailey
after hanging out in their Durbin Crossing neighborhood in St. Johns County.
after hanging out in their Durbin Crossing neighborhood in St. Johns County.
She was 13 and Fucci 14 at the time.
She was 13 and Fucci 14 at the time.
It wasn’t about greed, retaliation, revenge, rejection or some fit of uncontrollable anger, Smith said in court Friday.
It wasn’t about greed, retaliation, revenge, rejection or some fit of uncontrollable anger, Smith said in court Friday.
This crime had no motive.”
This crime had no motive.”