Published on February 6, 2023 at 10:34 am
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Saying he is “sorry to the Bailey family and to my family,” Aiden Fucci changed his plea Monday to guilty in the first-degree murder of 13-year-old classmate Tristyn Bailey in 2021.
He faces a 40-year minimum sentence and up to life. No agreement on the terms has been made, and he will be back in court later this month for a status hearing.
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The case received national attention after evidence showed Bailey suffered 114 stab wounds on May 9, 2021. Fucci was 14 at the time and charged as an adult.
Read the rest of this story at the Florida Times Union, a Jacksonville Today news partner.