After two days, and hours of heartbreaking testimony and analysis--attorneys for both sides held closing statements in the Aiden Fucci sentencing hearing.
“We heard that he was neglected emotionally, that his father was physically abusive, and there is the constant movement. Fucci’s family history with mental illness was also included in the closing argument. And he will be entitled to a 25-year review,” Dunton said. Peoples reminded the judge that her client is a child, and not mature. Both the jeans and the drain in the sink where Smith was seen washing the jeans later tested positive for blood, according to her arrest warrant. Dunton explained that the images Smith viewed of Bailey’s body would be a visual he wouldn’t soon forget. It’s just whether he wanted to or not,” she said. He said he would act innocent, keep killing and run away,” Dunton said. Later in the conversation, his mom says “We’re going to go home and get your clothes ... [‘I’m sorry for all the pain I caused’: Aiden Fucci, relatives write letters to judge, Tristyn Bailey’s family](https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2023/03/23/im-sorry-for-all-the-pain-i-caused-aiden-fucci-his-family-members-write-letters-to-judge-tristyn-baileys-family/) the clothes you were wearing.” Fucci tells his dad there shouldn’t be anything on his clothes. The investigator testifying said yes.
Tristyn Bailey's family and St. Johns County community have likely wanted to know how the 13-year-old's killer and his parents felt. Now they do.
I know my words cannot undo anything and I know you will experience the grief you are suffering for the rest of your lives. This is the boy we remember. This is the Aiden we know. Aiden truly is a kind and caring boy who has the love and support of an entire community of family — his parents, grandparents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, cousins, teachers, coaches, and even his Boy Scout troop. After school and doctors' appointments, we would stop by Sweet Frog or Jeremiah's Italian Ice and if you rode "shotgun," you got to pick the playlist on the drive home. Pieces of ourselves remain broken as we struggle to move forward, trying to understand the circumstances of what happened. My prayers go out to you and your family. Your Honor, nothing can measure the depth of despair caused by Aiden's crime and the inability to help your child when they need you most. Dad your made things fun like the tarp to the fourwheeler so we could slide on the tarp behind. I'm sorry for all the pain I caused to the Baily family. From a mother pleading on behalf of the life of her adolescent son, please show my Aiden mercy, he is not beyond saving. The only member of Fucci's family to testify in the two days of sentencing hearings was his grandmother, Deborah Spiwak.
Aiden Fucci wrote a letter addressing the judge, Tristyn Bailey's family, the community and his parents prior to being sentenced in teen's stabbing death.
Killer, 16, could be jailed for life for fatally stabbing teenager 114 times when he is sentenced in Florida.
I’m sorry for all the pain I caused to the Bailey family. I’m sorry that you didn’t get to know her that long. Fucci was a juvenile when the killing occurred and is not eligible for the death penalty. I(’m) sorry to the friends, brothers, sisters, mom, dad and any other family relatives. “First off I want to say that I’m sorry. [Tristyn Bailey](/topic/tristyn-bailey)’s classmate killer wrote a letter expressing remorse to the family for fatally stabbing her 114 times but in it never apologised directly to the teenager he brutally murdered.
Aiden Fucci, 16 — who stabbed Tristyn Bailey 114 times then dumped her body in a wooded area near Jacksonville in 2021— is too disturbed to be rehabilitated ...
“Did you watch the life leave her eyes?” A ruling could come as early as Friday and he faces 40 years to life in prison. Did you stay to watch her die?” Tristyn’s sister, Alexis, demanded to know. Aiden Fucci made a heinous decision on May 9, 2021, and took the very life that I brought into this world,” she said in tears, according to “Did she know it was coming? Augustine, after the teen pleaded guilty to one count of first degree murder in February.
Alexis Bailey calculatedly dropped 114 aqua stone hearts into a glass jar one by one to represent the stab wounds her sister Tristyn endured.