AIDEN FUCCI

While the Bailey family addressed the court in person and on the stand, Fucci made his plea on paper.

After two days, and hours of heartbreaking testimony and analysis--attorneys for both sides held closing statements in the Aiden Fucci sentencing hearing.

The second day of the Aiden Fucci's sentencing hearing Wednesday began with victim impact statements, including from Tristyn Bailey’s best friend and six members of her family: three of her four siblings, her parents and one of her grandmothers.

More than 22 months after 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey was found stabbed to death on May 9, 2021, in Durbin Crossing, her killer’s sentencing hearing begins Tuesday.

Hundreds of pages of victim impact statements have been sent to Judge Lee Smith on behalf of the family of Tristyn Bailey.

Ahead of Aiden Fucci’s sentencing, the defense filed several late motions Friday on his behalf, and there was a hearing Monday afternoon on those motions.

Defense for Aiden Fucci has filed multiple motions ahead of his sentencing trial next week.

The Seventh District State Attorney’s Office has released more evidence in the case regarding Aiden Fucci, the teenager charged with murder in the death of his schoolmate, Tristyn Bailey.

The State Attorney's Office released several audio recordings of interviews, including one with Aiden Fucci just hours after he'd fatally stabbed his 13-year-old schoolmate Tristyn Bailey.

A St. Johns County judge said Wednesday that the sentencing hearing for Aiden Fucci will begin in two weeks.

Aiden Fucci was back in a St. Johns County courtroom Thursday morning to begin the next phase in his murder case. The 16-year-old will be formally sentenced next month and could face a possible life sentence.

Having pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his 13-year-old St. Johns County schoolmate, Tristyn Bailey, Aiden Fucci is awaiting a sentencing hearing.

In a St. Johns County courtroom on Monday, when Aiden Fucci pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his 13-year-old schoolmate Tristyn Bailey, the 16-year-old disclosed the medications he is currently taking.

Attorneys are preparing for the sentencing phase now that Aiden Fucci has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his 13-year-old St. Johns County schoolmate Tristyn Bailey.

Aiden Fucci’s penalty phase is next after the teenager pleaded guilty Monday morning to first-degree murder in the death of his 13-year-old St. Johns County schoolmate Tristyn Bailey.

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 Monday.

A Florida teenager pleaded guilty Monday to the fatal stabbing of his 13-year-old classmate 114 times. Nearly 49 of those wounds were on her hands, arms, and head.

Community members shared their reactions Monday to Aiden Fucci pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his 13-year-old St. Johns County schoolmate Tristyn Bailey.

Aiden Fucci pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Monday morning in the death of St. Johns County classmate Tristyn Bailey.

When the body of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey was found in the evening on Mother's Day in 2021, a worrisome search for a missing teen became a shocking murder case that rocked a family and a community.

On Monday, jury selection is set to begin in the murder trial against Aiden Fucci.

News4JAX on Friday obtained photos from the Seventh District State Attorney’s Office that were taken by investigators when Aiden Fucci, who’s charged with murder in the death of Tristyn Bailey, was taken in for questioning by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office.

The murder trial of Aiden Fucci, the teen accused of killing his 13-year-old St. Johns County schoolmate Tristyn Bailey, is set to start next week.

For now, jury selection is still scheduled to begin Monday in the murder trial of Aiden Fucci, the teen accused of killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey.

The lawyer representing Aiden Fucci, the teen accused of killing Tristyn Bailey, filed a motion Wednesday morning asking for a continuance of his murder trial and saying she is appealing the judge’s order for a six-member jury to the Fifth District Court of Appeal.

Aiden Fucci, the teenager charged with murder in the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, his schoolmate, is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday before his case goes to trial in less than a week.

Jail reports obtained Thursday by News4JAX from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office show Aiden Fucci, the teenager charged in the murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, has been involved in multiple disturbances while incarcerated at the Duval County jail.

A motion hearing is being held Friday afternoon in the case of Aiden Fucci, the teenager accused of killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey in 2021.

The attorney representing Aiden Fucci, the teenager charged with murder in the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, has filed new motions ahead of Friday’s scheduled motion hearing.

The State Attorney’s Office for the Seventh Judicial Circuit has filed a motion to impanel a six-member jury for the trial of Aiden Fucci, the teen accused of killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, according to St. Johns County court records.

The attorney representing Aiden Fucci, the teenager charged with murder in the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, has filed another motion in his pending case, and is asking that the aim of the motion remain confidential.

News4JAX is taking a look back at some of the most unforgettable stories of 2022.

Recently filed legal documents are giving the News4JAX I-TEAM new insight into the arguments lawyers for Aiden Fucci may make in his upcoming trial. The now 16-year-old is charged in the fatal stabbing of his schoolmate 13-year-old Trystan Bailey on Mothers’ Day 2021.

As Aiden Fucci’s attorneys prepare for trial, the News4JAX I-TEAM is looking at similar cases of children charged with murder… and how they were treated before trial.

Aiden Fucci’s defense team suffered two blows Tuesday when a St. Johns County judge denied a motion to move the teen out of the Duval County jail and also opted not to change the venue for the murder trial -- at least not yet.

The lawyer for Aiden Fucci, the teen accused of killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, on Wednesday filed exhibits in support of a motion seeking a change of venue, as well as a new motion.

Attorneys filed a motion for a change of venue, saying their client cannot get a fair trial in the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which encompasses St. Johns, Flagler, Putnam and Volusia counties.

Attorneys are sharing their thoughts on a recent filing in the murder case against Aiden Fucci.

The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is responding to Aiden Fucci’s request to be removed from the Duval County jail.

Defense attorneys for Aiden Fucci, the teenager charged in the murder of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, have filed a motion, requesting the court transfer pre-trial custody of their client.

Aiden Fucci, the teen accused of killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, was back in court Tuesday morning for a pretrial hearing.

A judge announced Friday that he is giving Aiden Fucci’s defense team more time to prepare for trial in a case that is sure to garner daily attention when it finally hits a courtroom.

A blade tip found in 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey’s body originated from a knife that was discovered in a St. Johns County retention pond, according to a Florida Department of Law Enforcement report released Tuesday.

A judge expects to make a ruling at a future court hearing on a request to delay the trial of Aiden Fucci, the St. Johns County teenager accused of killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey.

The attorney representing Aiden Fucci, who’s accused of killing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, is asking for a delay in the November trial, according to St. Johns County court records.

The St. Johns County teenager accused of killing his 13-year-old schoolmate, Tristyn Bailey, has opted to flex his constitutional rights and refuse to say or do several things without his attorney present.

New defense motions filed by attorneys for Aiden Fucci include a request for a gag order on witnesses, which seeks to prevent them to speaking to anyone but lawyers in the case.

The defense lawyer for Aiden Fucci, the now-15-year-old charged with first-degree murder in the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, is asking the judge to bar the media and the public from all future pretrial proceedings, saying the teen’s right to a fair trial is at stake.

News4JAX on Thursday obtained discovery material, including emails and social media posts, in the case against Aiden Fucci, the now-15-year-old charged with first-degree murder in the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey.

Defense attorneys for Aiden Fucci, the teenager charged with first-degree murder in the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, have filed four pretrial motions they say will ensure their client receives a fair trial.

More than a year after 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey was found brutally murdered in St. Johns County, the teen accused in the stabbing death of his schoolmate appeared in court Tuesday for a pretrial hearing in the case.

The body of Tristyn Bailey, 13, a seventh-grader at Patriot Oaks Academy in Saint Johns, was discovered Sunday, May 9, 2021.

It’s been nearly a year since 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey was killed.

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‘Tampering with evidence is tampering with justice,‘ says state attorney

The mother of a Florida teen accused of killing Tristyn Bailey was charged with tampering with evidence, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

She was charged with tampering with evidence in the case of her 14-year-old son, who is accused of stabbing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey 114 times.

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Chilling new details have emerged about the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old cheerleader who was found dead in a wooded area in Northeast Florida on Mother’s Day.

Aiden Fucci will be tried in adult court and faces a possible life sentence in the stabbing death of Tristyn Bailey earlier this month. Bailey was last seen at a community center in her neighborhood on May 9. During a news conference announcing the charge on Thursday, State Attorney R.J. Larizza said that charging Fucci as an adult was the only choice his office could make.

Aiden Fucci, 14, will face a first-degree murder charge as an adult in the killing of Tristyn Bailey, a 13-year-old Florida girl.

A 14-year-old boy is being charged as an adult in the fatal stabbing of a 13-year-old cheerleader whose body was found in the northeast Florida woods earlier this month. The State Attorney's Office in St. Johns County filed a notice Thursday to transfer Aiden Fucci's case from juvenile to adult court after a grand jury indicted him on a first-degree murder charge, according to court records. Investigators said that Fucci had also told several friends that he planned to kill someone, though it wasn't clear whether Bailey was his intended target from the beginning, Larizza said.