Tristyn Bailey, a 13-year-old St. Johns County girl killed earlier this month, was stabbed 114 times, according to 7th Judicial Circuit State Attorney R.J. Larizza.
Murder charges against the 14-year-old, who is accused of fatally stabbing a 14-year-old in St. John s County, Florida have been upgraded from second-degree to first-degree and prosecutors will try
The Record asked a panel of experts to weigh in on a number of legal issues surrounding the case, as well as the role social media has played in the investigation.
Chief in that discussion is whether prosecutors will find enough reason to warrant charging the suspect as an adult, which would mean instead of an adjudicatory hearing presided over by a judge in juvenile court there would be a full jury trial.
Suspect charged with second-degree murder
Originally reported missing, the body of Bailey, a popular cheerleader, was found May 9 near her home in a quiet subdivision in northwest St. Johns County. A male classmate of Bailey s at Patriot Oaks Academy was arrested in connection with her killing the following day.
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Wearing aqua and white, family and friends celebrate the life of Tristyn Bailey
Loved ones share precious memories of the 13-year-old St. Johns County girl during the service at Celebration Church
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Family, friends and countless others around the world celebrated the life of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people wearing aqua and white, Bailey’s favorite colors, attended the service at Celebration Church on Jacksonville’s Southside, and thousands watched the two-hour tribute online.
There were tears, but the memorial was overwhelmingly cheerful and loud. It’s how Bailey’s loved ones said she’d want it to be.