The 14-year-old boy, who is accused of fatally stabbing 13-year-old cheerleader Tristyn Bailey and then dumping her body in the woods, has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree murder.
Tristyn, 13, was stabbed 114 times and had 49 defensive wounds on her hands and arms
The medical examiner found the tip of Aiden s knife in her scalp - the rest of the knife was found in a pond
Fucci was taken into custody on second degree juvenile charges on May 10
He is accused of stabbing Tristyn a horrific number of times then leaving her body in the woods on May 9
Prosecutors have spent the last few weeks mulling over whether to upgrade those charges
They decided to on Thursday - now he s charged with first degree murder as an adult and faces life without parole
Aiden Fucci, 14, and Tristyn Bailey, 13, were filmed walking last Sunday at 1.45am
Bailey s body was discovered by a pond less than half a mile from her house
Police are also investigating social media accounts which are seeking to gain notoriety from the case but have nothing to do with it
One appears to belong to a teenage boy who posts the hashtag #freeaiden
Another has accused Levi Whitehouse, 15, from Nashville of being responsible, even though Fucci has been charged with Tristyn s murder
Cops later found Aiden s bloodied clothes in his bedroom
Search For Missing Florida Teen Tristyn Bailey Ends After Body Found, Teen Charged With Murder
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JACKSONVILLE (CBSMiami/CNN) – The search for a missing north Florida teen was called off late Sunday afternoon after a body believed to be her was found.
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with second-degree murder in her death.
The St. Johns Co. Sheriff’s Department said Sunday morning, around 10 a.m., the family of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey reported her missing. They said she has last seen around 1:15 a.m. at the Durbin Amenity Center.
A missing child alert was issued and at dawn, sheriff’s deputies, friends, and neighbors began to search the area around the recreation center and a nearby veterans park.
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on a second-degree murder charge in the death of Tristyn.
How did Tristyn Bailey die?
According to Chief Medical Examiner Predrag Bulic, the cause of Tristyn s death is sharp force trauma by stabbing. She also suffered head trauma. The manner of death is homicide.
Where was the victim found?
Tristyn s body was found Sunday evening, May 9, near a retention pond at the end of the cul-de-sac on Saddlestone Drive in the neighborhood in which she lived.
Who is the suspect charged in her death?
He is an eighth-grader at Patriot Oaks Academy, the same school where Tristyn attended seventh grade. Sheriff Rob Hardwick named the suspect, but The Times-Union does not routinely name juvenile suspects.