Aiden Fucci pleads guilty to murdering cheerleader classmate, 13, by stabbing ... trends now
A twisted Florida teenager pleaded guilty to murdering his cheerleader classmate by stabbing her 114 times as new photos reveal scratches on his body after his arrest.
Aiden Fucci, now 16, confessed on Monday to first-degree murder of then 14-year-old Tristyn Bailey on Mother’s Day 2021.
Surveillance footage previously showed Fucci and Bailey walking together down a dim residential street moments before her death as they headed to the woods. Fucci was then seen running alone barefoot at around 2am.
'I just want to say I plead guilty and I’m sorry for the Bailey family and my family,' Fucci, 16, told prosecutors in St. Augustine.
Released photos showed the day of Fucci's arrest on May 10, 2021, a day after Tristyn's body was found covered with knife wounds, showed his chest covered with scratches.
Aiden Fucci, 16, pleaded guilty to the murder of cheerleader Tristyn Bailey, 14, on Monday
Fucci took Bailey (above) to the woods and stabbed her 114 times on Mother's Day 2021
Florida state attorney R.J. Larizza revealed about 49 of Bailey's wounds were defensive in nature with several to the arms, hands and head.
At the time of Fucci's arrest, prosecutors released the camera footage of him walking with the suspect late at night.
Prosecutors also made public video which was captured from inside Fucci's home after the murder.
It showed Fucci's mom, Crystal Smith, going upstairs and picking up her son's blue jeans, before allegedly scrubbing blood off of them.
When police searched Fucci's home, they found a Buck knife sheath in his room, as well as shoes and a shirt with blood on them.
Those jeans - as well as the drain in Smith's home, later tested
