Tap on any of the buttons below to download our app. The state has a psychologist on its witness list for the sentencing hearing. Tristyn was last seen early Sunday morning in Durbin Crossing neighborhood. The St. Johns County Sheriffs Office is searching for a 13-year-old girl who was last seen around 1:15 a.m. at the Durbin Amenity Center in St. Johns County. Restaurants making donations to Bailey family. RELATED: 1 year later: Tristyn Baileys family reflects on her memory, impact. At first, unsubstantiated social media posts led neighbors to believe that multiple teens had been involved. The News4JAX Morning Show team brings you breaking news from overnight -- local, national and international stories, as well as weather and traffic to start your day. Learn about careers at Cox Media Group. Make sure that you let her know that before the sentencing hearing, would you do that. Her family noticed she was missing when her siblings came to wake her up for Mother's Day breakfast and His next court date to schedule his sentencing hearing is Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. Nearly two years after investigators say he fatally stabbed 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey more than 100 times, now-16-year-old Aiden Fucci has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in Tristyns death. Aiden will be charged as an adult, according to motions filed in court. The State Attorneys Office releases a list of witnesses and evidence collected in the investigation into 14-year-old Aiden Fucci, who is accused of killing St. Johns County 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey in May. Fuccis DNA was found on Tristyns body. A sentencing date is now set for the teenager who pleaded guilty to murdering his classmate, 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey in St. Johns County in 2021. Fucci was wearing a light-colored hooded sweatshirt with the hood over his head, white Nike sneakers and jeans. Deputies have collected possible evidence at several crime scenes, including retention ponds. SJSO expected to hold a briefing in the next hour @ActionNewsJax. Tristyns family told investigators that she was last seen at home around midnight. Photo taken in Durbin Crossing community on Jan. 18, 2022. recalled last year during a public memorial, found Tristyns body by a retention pond, showed Fucci heading back in the other direction. This could include evidence of Fucci's disciplinary history at school, grades, health history, family history, home life and any family criminal history. Tristyn Bailey (13) lived in St Johns County with her parents Stacey and Forrest, and her 4 siblings Brittney Bailey Russell, Alexis Bailey and Sophia Bailey along with brother Teegan Bailey. They also went house to house asking anyone with video surveillance if they had spotted anything. Editors note: This article contains details that some might find graphic in nature. Copyright 2023 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved. Copyright 2023 by WJXT News4JAX - All rights reserved. The St. Johns County Sheriffs Office is expected to provide an update this afternoon. The prosecutions list of witnesses for sentencing confirms that Baileys loved ones will be called to make victim impact statements. In this case, Aiden Fucci is facing a second-degree murder charge, which is a felony, so that is why we have decided to show his photo. They said that during the afternoon Sunday while Tristyns distraught family and neighbors were helping search for the missing teen Smith was washing blood out of her sons jeans in the bathroom sink. While he knows there is anger in the community, he urged people not to believe everything they see or hear until investigators review it. 2023 www.jacksonville.com. The trial could also include character statements from Fucci's family members, teachers or anyone who knew him before the crime. Subscribe to 104.5 WOKV newsletter(Opens a new window), 104.5 WOKV facebook feed(Opens a new window), 104.5 WOKV twitter feed(Opens a new window), 104.5 WOKV instagram feed(Opens a new window), MISSING PERSON: 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey. He was set to be tried as an adult with jury selection slated to begin Monday morning. The list of 22 includes eight minors, four employees of the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office and employees of both Fruit Cove Middle School and Patriot Oaks Academy. 1:30 P.M. UPDATE: The arrest report for 14-year-old Aiden Fucci has been released by the St. Johns County Sheriffs Office. The deadline to submit any additional discovery was Feb. 16. On Friday night, there will be a vigil at 7 p.m. at the amenities center for Trailmark Living, a neighborhood in St. Augustine not far from World Golf Village. She is just the most cheerful, most spirited, friendliest person, is down to basically do whatever really to like help unite the team. As students return to school this morning, grief counselors are being made available to her classmates at Patriot Oaks Academy. Aidens mother Crystal Smith turned herself in following a warrant for her arrest for evidence tampering charges. He would not discuss the cause of death but did say Tristyns body was fully clothed when she was found. My daughter told me to do it, So, I do it from my heart, neighbor Endrna Rodriguez said. Aiden appeared to fight back tears as the judge formally charged him with second-degree murder. Premeditation was also indicated by statements Fucci reportedly made to witnesses in the weeks leading up to the murderthat he "intended to kill someone by taking them in the woods and stabbing them," Larizza said. BREAKING: A source close to the investigation tells me 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, the St. Johns County girl who was found dead on Sunday, suffered multiple stab wounds. Web3 solved murders featuring Crystal Turner and Kylen Schulte, and Tristyn Bailey. 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Less than an hour later, the Sheriffs Office posted a message on social media asking for information about her whereabouts. This means he faces a maximum of life in prison and a minimum of 40 years. Deputies said the investigation is still ongoing. According to investigative reports, when his parents told him that Tristyn was dead and he was the last person seen with her, he replied, How is that my problem?. She was reported missing that morning by her family. 12:30 P.M. UPDATE: An arrest has been made in connection to the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, Sheriff Robert Hardwick of the St. Johns County Sheriffs Office announced Monday. If you need help with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. At this time, here's what we know about the timeline of 14-year-old Aiden Fucci's arrest in relation to Tristyn Bailey's death. HOME. 8 p.m.:Sheriff's office announcesbody found and preliminarily identified as Tristyn Bailey. By 10 a.m. that day May 9, 2021 they called the St. Johns County Sheriffs Office to report her missing. MAIL. At 6:06 p.m., a resident walking in the neighborhood found Tristyns body by a retention pond east of the Saddlestone Drive cul-de-sac. Clothing with traces of blood was foundin Fucci's home. 6 P.M. UPDATE: Action News Jaxs Dani Bozzini got to speak one-on-one to St. Johns County Sheriff Robert Hardwick about the latest in the investigation into Tristyn Baileys murder. The date for Fucci's sentencing has not been set at this time. First Coast Newsobtained a copy of the witness list submitted by Fucci's defense team. Friends of Tristyn Bailey soak in the past 24 hours, Tristyn Bailey case: 14-year-old boy facing murder charge after St. Johns County girl found dead. He will be housed in the state of Florida. ST. JOHNS, Fla. Action News Jax will continue to follow the latest updates in the Tristyn Bailey case on air and online. Make Yahoo Your Homepage. The body of Tristyn Bailey, 13, a seventh-grader at Patriot Oaks Academy in Saint Johns, was discovered Sunday, May 9, 2021, hours after the teenager was reported missing by her family. (Fucci said at his Feb. 6 plea that he is on several medications but has not been diagnosed with a mental disorder.). SJSO said Aiden attended Patriot Oaks Academy, a K-8 school on Longleaf Pine Parkway, with Tristyn and both grew up in the same neighborhood. Bailey was reported missing to the St. Johns County Sheriffs Office on May 9. SJSO said it continues to investigate the case fully and will begin transitioning the case to the State Attorneys Office. The family last saw Tristyn around midnight, deputies said. He soon learned the answer to that question when deputies charged him with Tristyns murder after a search of his home uncovered the white Nike sneakers he was seen carrying in the video, along with a gray hooded sweatshirt, a T-shirt and a pair of wet jeans. A Jacksonville native and proud University of North Florida alum, Francine Frazier has been with News4Jax since 2014 after spending nine years at The Florida Times-Union. He said the juvenile justice system isn't equipped to handle cases like this. According to prosecutors, in the less than two hours between when Tristyn was last seen alive at 1:45 a.m. and when Fucci was spotted going into his home at 3:30 a.m., Fucci viciously attacked Tristyn with a knife and then tossed the weapon into the retention pond near her body. Judgeapprovesindigency motionsfiled on behalf of the parents of the 14-year-old suspect and announces the suspect will be represented by the public defender's office, led by St. Augustine-based attorney Joshua Mosley. And just like that, a worrisome search for a missing teen became a shocking murder case that rocked a family and a community. If you need help with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. Fucci told police he took his shoes off because his feet hurt. While a motive for killing the 13-year-old cheerleader has never been made clear, friends of Fucci told detectives he owned several knives, and that hed thought about killing someone. Ashley Harding joined the Channel 4 news team in March 2013 and reports every weekday for The Morning Show. Many in the area have put aqua ribbons on their mailboxes after hearing that was Tristyns favorite color. If you have any information on the whereabouts of Afteridentifying the body as Tristyn's, St. Johns County Sheriff's Office calls off the search. Nearly one year ago, the body of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey was discovered in a wooded area in Durbin Crossing, hours after her family reported her missing. Baileys family attended Thursdays hearing, as they have all of Fuccis court appearances. Aiden appeared before a judge for a first appearance following the announcement that he would be charged as an adult. "It is one of those cases that will never go away," Hardwick said. The agency has 21 days from Fuccis arrest, which was on May 10, to make a decision, but said a decision should be made before then. Tristyn Bailey's body was found next to this retention pond east of Saddlestone Drive. Specializes in Clay County issues, general assignment reporting and stories off the beaten path and anchors weekend evening newscasts. This is a grieving community and were going to respect that grieving community. This story was first published on First Coast News. While the records of minors under the age of 18 are sealed, Larizza said Fucci did not have a prior criminal record leading up to his arrest. Tips can also be emailed to crimetips@sjso.org. A cause of death has not been released at this time. In this case, Aiden Fucci is facing a second-degree murder charge, which is a felony, so that is why we have decided to show his photo. 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