♪ >> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX.
♪
NEWSFOURJAX. ♪ >> WANT CLAIM THEIR PAIN AND
STRAIN TRISTYN. BAILEY’S
PARENTS ARE GETTING THEIR
FIRST INTERVIEW SITTING DOWN
WITH US TO TALK ABOUT LOSING
THEIR 13 YEAR-OLD AND PUSHING
FORWARD WITH HER LIFE SEA.
>> YOU JUST HAVE TO TRY TO
FIND THE FACE BECAUSE I HAVE
QUESTIONED EVERY SINGLE DAY.
DON’T UNDERSTAND. AND SO. THE
QUESTION GOT A LOT.
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>> THE BAILEY FAMILY PLANS TO
HONOR TRISTYN’S MEMORY AND
HELP OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
THROUGH A NEW FOUNDATION NEWS.
4 JAX REPORTER VIC MICOLUCCI
SAT DOWN WITH BAILEY’S MOTHER
AND FATHER THIS MORNING TO
TALK ABOUT THE CASE HOW THEIR
FAMILY IS DOING AND WHAT’S
NEXT AND REMEMBERING THEIR
BELOVED DAUGHTER.
>> SITTING FACE TO FACE WITH
THEM, STARING INTO THEIR EYES.
YOU CAN FEEL THE PAIN THE
BAILEYS HAVE BEEN THROUGH
UNIMAGINABLE ANGUISH OVER THE
PAST. 22 MONTHS, THEY SAY NO
ONE CAN IMAGINE HOW HORRIBLE
IT IS UNLESS THEY’VE WALKED IN
THEIR SHOES. DESPITE IT ALL,
THEY ARE DETERMINED TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE, FOCUSING ON THE
GOOD THEY CAN DO IN THE
COMMUNITY. ENERGETIC. READY TO
GO. THERE AREN’T ENOUGH WORDS
TO DESCRIBE HER WHO WAS
TRISTYN BAILEY. BEAUTIFUL.
>> ASKING US ALWAYS. WAS
THERE. IT WAS ALWAYS IN FUN
SPIRIT.
>> A VIBRANT TEEN WHO MEANT
EVERYTHING TO HER FAMILY. HER
MOTHER AND FATHER STACY IN
FOREST SAY THESE HAPPY
MEMORIES BRING LIGHT IN THE
DARKEST OF TIMES THE SMILE AND
THAT LAUGH. HER SMILE. HER
PLAYFULNESS NEARLY 2 YEARS
LATER. BAILEY’S PARENTS ARE
OPENING UP ABOUT EVERYTHING
THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH NOW THAT
HER KILLER HAS BEEN SENTENCED.
STRUGGLING TO BE HONEST. THE
PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY
CHALLENGING.
>> WHERE WOULD YOU BE, STACY,
WITHOUT ALL OF THE SUPPORT?
ALL RIGHT, SIR. WE’VE
STRUGGLED WITH THAT EVERY DAY.
LATE. TIED UP IN YOUR HOUSE.
IT HAD TO NO, SHE’S NOT.
THERE. TIME LEAVE. BUT IF WE
LAUGHED, WE WOULD HAVE SAFETY
OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CASE
AGAINST NOW 16 YEAR-OLD AIDEN
FUCCI HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO
WATCH.
>> AS HORRIFIC TESTIMONY AND
GRAPHIC EVIDENCE TOOK CENTER
STAGE. THE FAMILY WAS RELIEVED
TO THE TEEN PLEADED GUILTY,
AVOIDING TRIAL, BUT THEY STILL
HAD TO HEAR ABOUT TRISTYN’S
FINAL MOMENTS AT LAST WEEK’S
SENTENCING.
>> TRISTAN REALLY HAD VERY
LITTLE INTERACTION WITH AID
AND THEY HAD ONE CLASS
TOGETHER AND SCHOOL. BUT AND
THEN OR ACT A LOT IN THAT
CLASS BUT SHE DID KNOW TREY
AND AIDEN WAS TRYING TO FIND
SOMEBODY THAT NIGHT. AND WHAT
WE KNOW IS THAT THERE WERE
SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO
REACH OUT TO BEFORE. AND THEN
HE ULTIMATELY ASKED RAY FOR
HER CONTACT INFORMATION AND
THAT HOW HOW HE GOT A HOLD OF
TO BE CLEAR, NO OTHER TEENS
HAVE BEEN CHARGED EVEN THOUGH
INVESTIGATORS SAY 8 AND
OUTLINED DETAILED PLANS TO
KILL SOMEONE PLANS THAT CAME
TRUE WITH TRISTAN. HOW DO YOU
FEEL?
>> THAT OTHER JUVENILE? DUNN’S
GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME.
KNOWING THAT SOMETHING WAS
GOING TO HAPPEN AND ULTIMATELY
NOT COMING FORWARD TO
POTENTIALLY PREVENT THAT FROM
HAPPENING.
>> IT’S PRETTY BAD AND THEY
THINK THAT. ONE OF THE KIDS
SAY. AND THINK IT WAS REAL.
THOUGHT THEY WERE JOKING.
PRETTY SURE THAT’S NOT
SOMETHING THAT’S FUNNY. I
DON’T KNOW HOW HIS THOUGHT IT
WAS A JOKE WHEN HE WAS DOING
THOSE THINGS TO HER.
>> TRISTYN’S PARENTS BELIEVE
IF IT WASN’T THEIR DAUGHTER,
IT BE SOMEONE ELSE’S.
>> THERE WERE SO MANY WARNING
SIGNS THAT. WE’RE DEFINITELY
NORTON THE SITUATION. ADULTS
IGNORED THEM. CAN’T IGNORE
THEM. MY CHILD MIGHT BE HERE.
HAD THEY NOT.
>> DESPITE IT ALL, THEY
BELIEVE THERE IS MORE GOOD
THAN EVIL IN THE WORLD AND
THEY’RE DETERMINED TO MAKE A
DIFFERENCE IN TRISTYN’S HONOR.
IT’S WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE
WANTED. THE BAILEYS HAVE
LAUNCHED A FOUNDATION WITH
MANY GOALS, INCLUDING
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THOSE WHO
MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER.
SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES FOR TEENS
TO PROTECT THEMSELVES TO
HELPING FAMILIES BE AWARE OF
PRESENT DAY DANGERS AND
COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR LOVED
ONES OF CRIME VICTIMS. WE
HAVE. SO MUCH LOVE.
>> AND PRIDE. AND WHAT TRISTAN
DID WHILE SHE WAS HERE. AND WE
ARE VERY COMMITTED TO. TAKING
THAT FORWARD AND TRULY
HONORING HER SPIRIT.
>> WE SPOKE ABOUT SO MANY MORE
THINGS LIKE HOLDING THE FAMILY
TOGETHER, WHETHER THEY WILL
EVER FORGIVE THE KILLER AND
THE WARNINGS FOR FAMILIES. SO
THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN.
THERE’S ONLY ONE THING THAT
THEY WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT
TODAY. THAT’S THE CASE AGAINST
AIDEN FUCCI’S MOTHER. HE’S
ACCUSED OF WASHING THE BLOOD
OFF OF HIS CLOTHES AFTER THE
MURDER. THAT CASE IS STILL
OPEN AND THEY DON’T WANT TO