Aiden Fucci officially booked into Florida state prison to serve life sentence [View all]
Aiden Fucci officially booked into Florida state prison to serve life sentence
by WEAR staff Sat, March 25th 2023, 2:58 PM EDT
Florida Department of Corrections
Aiden Fucci, 16, is now in Florida Department of Corrections after being sentenced to life in prison on Friday.
Fucci was sentenced after pleading guilty to stabbing and killing his 13-year-old female classmate Tristyn Bailey in 2021.
Fucci -- who was 14 at the time -- admitted to brutally stabbing Bailey more than 100 times in the woods at the end of a cul-de-sac in the quiet Durbin Crossing neighborhood.
Tristyn Bailey, 13, and Aiden Fucci, 14. Aiden is accused of stabbing Tristyn to death on Sunday, May 9, 2021. (St. Johns County Sheriff's Office | FDLE)
He has been booked in the Suwannee Correctional Institution for males.
Because of Fuccis status as a juvenile, he was not eligible for the death penalty. He will be eligible for a review in 25 years.