14-year-old boy to be tried as an adult for stabbing teen girl 114 times

A 14-year-old boy will doubtless be tried as an grownup for stabbing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey114 situations earlier this month in Florida, officers launched.

Aiden Fucci was initially charged with second-degree murder nonetheless did not have time to enter a plea sooner than his costs have been upgraded to first-degree, premeditated murder.

{The teenager}’s case was moved from juvenile to grownup courtroom, State Authorized skilled R. J. Larizza talked about all through a press conference Thursday, Might 27.

Larizza outlined the selection was made to value him as an grownup given the brutality of the case.

Bailey was reported missing to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office on Might 9. Her family talked about she was remaining seen spherical midnight. A search was launched and at 6 p.m. her physique was discovered inside the immediate area near a retention pond, in accordance with the arrest report.

Fucci was acknowledged as a suspect inside the case and was arrested, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office talked about in a Might 11 data launch.

“It brings me no pleasure to be charging a 14-year-old as an grownup with first diploma murder. It was clear to us after we take a look at what occurred that it was not solely acceptable to value the defendant as an grownup, however it was really the one value we could make,” Larizza talked about Thursday, Might 27.

Larizza provided new grisly particulars about Bailey’s murder, noting there have been 114 stab wounds found on her, citing the well being employee report, and a minimal of 49 of those wounds have been to the arms, arms and head which have been defensive in nature.

“She was stopping for all occasions,” Larizza talked about. “To say it was horrific could arguably be made as an understatement.”

Larizza talked about Fucci has initially knowledgeable people of his plans to kill someone.

Larizza talked about: “[Fucci] indicated to witnesses that he was going to kill someone by taking them into the woods and stabbing them. The assertion that the defendant made to his mates made it clear he was considering a homicide.”

Fucci’s alleged statements have been in no way reported to police, Larizza well-known.

Larizza talked about the knife Fucci used inside the brutal assault was current in a close-by pond. Its broken tip was discovered inside the girl’s skull by the well being employee.

He talked about investigators found Fucci’s DNA on Tristyn Bailey’s physique and her DNA was found on the knife, on Fucci’s footwear and on a T-shirt in his mattress room.

“I merely want to say that I hope dad and mother will likely be taught one factor from this vicious, and brutal, murder. And that is it is worthwhile to know what your kids are doing and what they’re saying. Whereas we might not have the choice stop these vicious and brutal murders from going down, we should a minimal of try,” Larizza talked about.

Fucci made his first courtroom look on the model new costs on Friday, exhibiting practically by way of Zoom.