>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. ♪
NEWSFOURJAX. ♪ >> RIGHT NOW, 6 O’CLOCK IN THE
PAST HOUR. THE FIRST DAY OF
THE SENTENCING HEARING FOR AID
AND FOOD. YOU WRAPPED UP THE
COURT HEARD BOTH GRAPHIC
TESTIMONY AND EMOTIONAL VICTIM
IMPACT STATEMENTS. SOME OF THE
MOST DIFFICULT TESTIMONY THE
DAY CAME FOR THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER WHO DESCRIBED THE
STAB WOUNDS TO THE BODY OF THE
13 YEAR-OLD VICTIM.
>> AIDAN FUCCI WAS 14 AT THE
TIME. HE COULD NOW SPEND THE
REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON. HE
PLEADED GUILTY LAST MONTH TO
MURDERING TRISTYN BAILEY. HIS
SCHOOLMATE. SHE WAS FOUND DEAD
ON MOTHER’S DAY 2021. IN HER
SAINT JOHNS COUNTY
NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALSO HEARD
TODAY FROM ONE OF TRISTYN’S
CHEER COACHES AND A CLOSE
FAMILY FRIEND.
>> THE PAIN FROM TRISTAN SUCH
A VIOLENT WAY. IT’S NOT
SOMETHING YOU EVER GET OVER.
IT IS SOMETHING HEAVY THAT
WILL WEIGH ON MY HEART EVERY
DAY. AND I WILL CARRY THAT
PAIN WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES
ABOUT THE SHE MUST SUFFER.
NIGHT. AND I WISH SO VERY
MUCH. THAT I COULD TAKE THAT.
IT PRETTY TO MYSELF THAT. THE
IN THOSE FINAL MOMENTS. SHE
WAS ABLE TO CLOSE THEIR EYES.
CAN SEE THE FACES OF FAMILY
AND FRIENDS. WHO LOVED HER
DEARLY. RATHER THAN THE PERSON
CAPABLE OF SOMETHING SO
HORRIFIC.
>> NEWS 4 JAX REPORTER MARILYN
PARKER WAS INSIDE THE
COURTROOM FOR TODAY’S
TESTIMONY.
>> MARYLAND PROSECUTORS DID
NOT SHOW THE AUTOPSY PHOTOS TO
ANYONE OTHER THAN THE JUDGE
AND THE ATTORNEYS. BUT THE
MEDICAL EXAMINER DESCRIBED THE
SEVERITY OF THE INJURIES.
>> THAT’S RIGHT. WE ALREADY
KNEW HOW MANY TIMES TRISTYN
BAILEY HAD BEEN STABBED. YOU
CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LIKE
FOR THE FAMILY TO HEAR THE
GRAPHIC DETAILS OF HER WOUNDS.
THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAID
TRISHA BAILEY WAS FIGHTING FOR
HER LIFE. AFTER THAT, WE HEARD
FROM A PSYCHOLOGIST WHO SAID
FUCCI CRIME UNTIL NOW JUST
HASN’T DEMONSTRATED THAT HE
CAN BE REHABILITATED, CALLING
HIS BEHAVIOR CARIS.
>> THEY TURNED OFF THE
MONITORS IN THE COURTROOM.
ONLY THE ATTORNEYS JUDGE AND
PEOPLE ON THE WITNESS STAND
COULD SEE THEM. THE STATE
CALLED THE MEDICAL EXAMINER,
HIS DESCRIPTIONS OF TRISTYN
BAILEY STAB WOUNDS WEREN’T
EASY TO HEAR THEIR 14 ON THE
UPPER BACK AND SHOULDERS.
>> 12 ON IT BACK AND THEN 3 TO
THE RIGHT. LOWER BACK RIGHT
FLANK.
>> WERE THERE THE TRISTYN YES,
THERE IS. HE SAID THE STAB
WOUNDS. BAILEY WAS ALIVE FOR
WERE PAINFUL. THERE WAS ALSO
AN ABRASION FROM THE HANDLE OF
AIDEN FUCCI’S NIGHT.
>> YOU KNOW, INFLICTING 140
ROOMS. IT TAKES A LONG TIME
THAT DOESN’T SPEAK TO HIM
PITCH ON SUNDAY TO TAKE THAT
LITTLE. THERE’S GOING ON IN
HIS HEAD AS THIS IS PLAYING
HIM. PSYCHOLOGIST DOCTOR
GREGORY PRITCHARD REVIEWED
MULTIPLE FILINGS IN THIS CASE.
HE SAYS FOOD. SHE TOLD A
FRIEND.
>> TO EXPECT ME TO KILL
SOMEONE THIS MONTH. THAT WAS
SAID IN MAY 2021, HE TOLD THE
FRIEND HE WOULD WALK AROUND AT
NIGHT, DRAGGED THEM INTO THE
WOODS, STABBED THEM, THEN
PERTAIN. HE DIDN’T DO IT SO HE
COULD KEEP KILLING PEOPLE. HE
VERBALIZED.
>> TO PEERS. SO WE’RE VERY
DESCRIPTIVE THAT WERE VERY
SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED TO
TRISTYN BAILEY. I WOULD SAY
THAT SUGGESTS TO ME SUMMER,
HER SOUL. PERHAPS SOME
PREMEDITATION. CRIME ITSELF
SPEAKS TO THAT RIGHT? EXACTLY.
EVEN IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE THAT
PREMEDITATION, ALTHOUGH I
WOULD SAY CLEARLY DID. CLEARLY
IT’S THERE. IT’S IN HIS HEAD.
THE DEFENSE ARGUED THIS
PSYCHOLOGIST DIDN’T DO A FACE
TO FACE A VALUATION OF FOOD.
SHE.
>> AND THEN THE DOCUMENTS HE
REVIEWED, THERE WAS NO
PSYCHOLOGY TESTS DONE ON HIM.
>> THEY POINTED TO HOW MAYBE 8
IN FOOD SHE WAS DEPRESSED AND
HE AND HIS PEERS SHOWED RISKY
BEHAVIOR. BUT THE PSYCHOLOGY
STILL GAVE AN OPINION SAYING
FUCCI IS A UNIQUE PERSON IN A
BAD WAY. I DON’T SEE HIM AS A
GOOD CANDIDATE FOR PROGNOSIS.
HE’S NOT DEMONSTRATING WHAT I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE. CLINICALLY.
>> TO SAY, YEAH, WE HAVE SOME
HOPE FOR THIS GUY GETTING
BETTER.
>> IN CROSS EXAMINATION OF THE
PSYCHOLOGISTS, THE DEFENSE
POINTED OUT AGAIN, HE DID NOT
DO A FACE TO FACE A VALUATION
OF FOOD. SHE IN THAT HE DOES
NOT KNOW WHAT HIS IQ OR HIS
PERSONA IS LIKE ON TODAY IN
FOLLOWING UP AFTER THAT WITH
THOSE VICTIM IMPACT
STATEMENTS, THE MOTHER OF A
CLOSE FRIEND OF TRISTYN BAILEY
SAID THAT ANYTHING LESS THAN
LIFE IN PRISON WOULD BE AN
INSULT. BUT REMEMBER, THEY’RE
NOT CONVINCING A JURY HEAR IT
ALL GOES TO THE JUDGE. WE’RE
GOING TO HEAR MORE OF THOSE
VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENTS
TOMORROW MORNING STARTING AT 9
AND THEN THE DEFENSE WILL PICK
UP STARTING TO CALL THEIR
WITNESSES. WE’RE LIVE AT THE
SAINT JOHNS COUNTY COURTHOUSE
TONIGHT. MARILYN PARKER
CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
MARYLAND. THANK YOU.
>> THE BAILEY FAMILY WAS IN
COURT TODAY AS THEY HAVE BEEN
THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
THEY WERE WEARING TEAL
TRISTYN’S FAVORITE COLOR
TODAY. THEY ALSO POSTED THIS
STATEMENT ON THE TRISTYN
BAILEY STRONG FACEBOOK PAGE
THAT READS SENTENCING. THERE
ARE NO WORDS OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE FAMILY ALSO RELEASED A
STATEMENT ASKING EVERYONE NOT
TO FORGET TRISTAN AND THE
LEGACY THAT SHE LEFT BEHIND.
THE NEWS. 4 JAX DOT COM AND
NEWS 4 JAX. PLUS WE WILL
STREAM THE SENTENCING HEARING
AGAIN TOMORROW. YOU CAN EXPECT
TO HEAR EMOTIONAL VICTIM
IMPACT STATEMENTS FROM PEOPLE
WHO WERE DEEPLY AFFECTED BY
THIS MURDER. THE DEFENSE WILL
ALSO PRESENT ITS WITNESSES.