The state attorney said it “would be an understatement to describe Tristyn’s murder as horrific.”
He said Tristyn was stabbed a staggering 114 times, with 49 of those wounds sustained to her hands and arms. Larizza described those wounds as “defensive”, and said that Tristyn suffered them as she “fought for her life.”
Larizza also confirmed that investigators recovered what they believe to be the murder weapon: a folding buck knife, which was recovered in a pond near to Tristyn’s body.
Fucci could appear in court again as early as Friday.
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Boy, 14, charged with murder after 13-year-old girl stabbed horrific number of times
St Johns County Sheriff Robert Hardwick confirmed that the body of school cheerleader Tristyn Bailey was found fully clothed and that the cause of death was sharp force trauma by stabbing
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Aiden Fucci, 14, is accused of murdering the 13-year-old Trystn Bailey (Image: St. Johns County Sherriff s Office)
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St. Johns County Sheriff Robert Hardwick told WOKV on Tuesday that the Snapchat image shows Fucci is “proud of what he (allegedly) did.”
“I know it looks egregious with him making those statements in that car, but that is now evidence that we gather and use against him,” he said.
“So that just makes our case a better case to present to the state attorney’s office and to present to a jury down the road saying this was his mindset.