>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. >> CRYSTAL SMITH, THE MOTHER
OF CONVICTED KILLER AIDAN
FUCCI IS NOW INMATE NUMBER 2,
4, 1, 6, FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
SHE IS PREPARING TO SPEND HER
FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL FOR
TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE IN THE
MURDER OF 13 YEAR-OLD TRISTYN
BAILEY. INVESTIGATORS SAY THIS
HOME SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWED
HER WATCHING HER SON’S BLOOD.
THE GENES HOURS AFTER HE
STABBED HIS SCHOOLMATE TO
DEATH. TODAY, CHRISTIANS
MOTHER HAD A MESSAGE FOR
>> SMITH WENT TO STACY BAILEY,
SPOKE. SHE DID NOT ADDRESS THE
BAILEY FAMILY DIRECTLY.
INSTEAD, HER ATTORNEYS SPOKE
ON HER BEHALF.
>> SHE APOLOGIZES FOR ANY
ADDITIONAL SUFFERING. HER
CONDUCT CALLS THE BAILEY
FAMILY MOMENTS LATER, SMITH
WAS HANDCUFFED, THEN
FINGERPRINT ID THEN TAKEN TO
THE SAINT JOHNS COUNTY JAIL.
STACY BAILEY TOLD CRYSTAL
SMITH, SHE HOPE SHE REFLECTS
THIS WEEKEND ON WHAT SHE DID.
>> AS SHE SPENDS MOTHER’S DAY
IN JAIL AWAY FROM HER OTHER
CHILDREN. OUR COVERAGE AT 6
BEGINS WITH NEWS. 4 JAX
REPORTER MARILYN PARKER
JOINING US LIVE OUTSIDE THE
SAINT JOHNS COUNTY JAIL,
MARYLAND. THE DEFENSE ALLUDED
TO WHAT MOTIVATED CRYSTAL
SMITH THAT MIGHT ALMOST 2
YEARS AGO.
>> YES, THEY SAID SHE WAS A
FRANTIC MOTHER TRYING TO OUT
GOING ON WITH FIRST TIME UP TO
5 YEARS ON.
>> 38 YEAR-OLD CRYSTAL SMITH
SIGNS HER PAPERWORK BEFORE
HEADING INTO THE SAINT JOHNS
COUNTY JAIL. IT WAS AFTER THE
VIDEO HERE. YOU KNOW, THEY
FOUND A IN FROM INSIDE HER
HOME WASHING HER SON’S BODY
JEANS STACY BAILEY SAYS SHE
HOPES SMITH CAN GET BACK ON
TRACK. CONCERNED ABOUT
>> AND IT IS FOR THE STATE
SAYS AIDEN FUCCI’S MOTHER
TAMPERED WITH EVIDENCE IN THE
CASE HOURS AFTER HER SON
MURDERED TRISTYN BAILEY.
>> THEY NEGOTIATED WITH THE
DEFENSE AND ULTIMATELY SMITH
WOULDN’T ADMIT TO THE
ACCUSATIONS AND PLEADED NO
CONTEST. EVIDENCE IN THE CASE
WAS MOSTLY AGAINST HER. WATCH
CLOSELY. HER CONVERSATION
INSIDE THE INTERROGATION ROOM
WITH DATING.
>> SURE. ME. WE LOOKED IN THE
CAMERA VIEW.
CAMERA VIEW. ENSURE ME. IN OUR BAILEY SAYS SHE WONDERED IF SMITH EVER CONSIDERED HER
DAUGHTERS WELL-BEING. SMITH
APOLOGIZED TO THE FAMILY IN A
LETTER DURING HER SON
SENTENCING AND THEN THROUGH
HER ATTORNEY FRIDAY.
>> SNIFFLING SMITH STOOD IN
COURT AS BAILEY GOT A CHANCE
TO ADDRESS THE WOMAN. SHE SAYS
DEEPLY HURT HER A AND NEVER
>> AND HERE’S A STATEMENT FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE. IT SAYS PARENTS SHOULD ALWAYS
STRIVE TO TEACH THEIR CHILDREN
INTEGRITY, HONESTY AND
RESPONSIBILITY. WHAT THE
DEFENDANT DID WAS NOT
PROTECTING HER CHILD. SHE WAS
ASSISTING HIM IN AVOIDING
RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN
EXTRAORDINARILY VICIOUS AND
MERCILESS CRIME. AND THAT IS A
CRIME IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE.
AFTER 30 DAYS IN JAIL, THE 5
YEAR PROBATION WILL BEGIN. SHE
CAN APPLY TO TERMINATE THAT
PROBATION AFTER SERVING 3
YEARS PROBATION. REPORTING