Tristan Tyne Bailey was born on January
18 2008 to parents forest and Stacy
Bailey and was the youngest of the
couple's five children
she had three older sisters Brittany
Alexis and Sophia and a brother named
Tegan
the family resided together in the town
of Saint John's Florida just south of
Jacksonville on the state's Eastern
Seaboard as the baby of the family she
was treasured in every way
according to her family Tristan was
absolutely adored by her grandparents
and spent a lot of time with them
getting the most attention as a baby
from her Grandad than any sibling before
her as a daughter Tristan always
exceeded the expectations that were put
in front of her she was described as
dedicated and thoughtful Brittany and
Tristan despite being 16 years apart
were Kindred Spirits the Lexus she
shared a deep love of animals
Tegan brought out Tristan's serious side
they would talk about goals and
aspirations and outline the work to
accomplish them
Sophia and Tristan were easily described
as having a yin-yang relationship from
the moment Tristan entered the world
they spent all their time together
Tristan and her mother Stacy enjoyed a
close Bond and formed many wonderful
memories during cheer weekends Tristan
loved to cheer and she did so
competitively she had won many awards
and was described by her coaches to have
a dedicated work ethic she was the
seventh grade team captain at her school
Patriot Oaks Academy and was a member of
infinity All-Stars cheerleading and Zone
cheer All-Stars she also enjoyed playing
lacrosse
on May 9 2021 Tristan and her sister had
been planning on making breakfast for
Stacy to celebrate Mother's Day Sophia
had already begun preparing the meal
before anybody noticed that something
was awry but when Tristan didn't come
downstairs her family soon realized that
she was gone at 10 that morning they
contacted the police and reported her
missing what was most worrisome is that
Tristan's cell phone was not in her
bedroom and when they called it it went
straight to voicemail her cell phone and
Snapchat locations were also turned off
according to Stacy a family friend had
Tristan added to the Life360 app but she
had stopped showing her location there
as well
the Bailey family resided in the Durbin
Crossing neighborhood of St John's
keep in mind this is an extremely safe
and modern neighborhood according to
their website quote Durbin Crossing is
encompassed by hundreds of Acres of
nature preserves lake views and
picturesque panoramas we offer community
activities events and social Gatherings
at our two amenity centers
our communities cherished close-knit
feel is further supported by the a-rated
schools of St John's County which are
the best in Florida end quote in fact St
John's as a whole is rated safer than 74
percent of U.S cities with a one in
1714 chance of becoming a victim of a
violent crime the neighborhood even held
weekly Food Truck Friday events and
Tristan had attended the most recent one
on May 7th
the Bailey family searched the house in
the immediate area for Tristan but could
not find her Forest Tristan's father
searched the area of the north amenity
Center but did not locate Tristan as
this community was so close-knit many
families abandoned their Mother's Day
plans to search for her soon the Florida
Department of Law Enforcement joined the
surge at 2 23 PM detective Kurt Hannon
requested a ping order for Tristan's
cell phone to attempt to locate the
device's geographical location believing
she would be found nearby
meanwhile Deputy Robert Maloney and
Deputy Liam stack interviewed people in
Durbin Crossing
one person in particular had seen
Tristan recently
according to Dolphus Abshire III who
goes by the name Trey Tristan arrived at
his house at 12 30 a.m on May 9th he
told the detective that Tristan snuck
around the north side of his house to
avoid the security cameras
she was wearing a black and gray T-shirt
with the word pink across the front and
black sweatpants
half an hour later she left his house
with Aiden Fuji a classmate at Patriot
Oaks Academy the night prior the Bailey
family had returned home at around 11 45
after attending a dinner
around midnight Tristan was last seen by
her sister Sophia speaking with an
unknown white male wearing a backward
white cap on a video chat in the garage
according to cell phone records obtained
from at T Tristan received an incoming
call from a phone number later
identified as belonging to Aiden fucci
she was supposed to be going to bed but
the 13 year old had other plans even
though this was completely out of
character for her Tristan snuck out of
her family's home shortly thereafter
according to her family Tristan was last
seen wearing what they believed to be a
white sheer shirt and dark shorts at 1
24 am surveillance video from the Durbin
Crossing North amenity Center shows two
subjects walking past the main entrance
along the sidewalk about 20 minutes
later surveillance video obtained by
detectives from a neighborhood resident
Dr Larry Schoenberg shows two subjects
walking East on the sidewalk of
saddlestone drive toward a pond
one of these subjects was later
identified as Aidan Fuji he appeared to
be wearing a light colored hooded
sweatshirt and a pair of white and black
Nike sneakers the second subject was
later identified as Tristan
she was significantly shorter than Aiden
and was wearing a light colored shirt
and black shoes at 3 27 am Aiden was
caught again on Dr schoenberg's camera
this time he was running west away from
the pond while carrying his sneakers he
was alone
detective Maloney then interviewed Aiden
fucci at his home on castledale court
with the consent of his mother Crystal
Smith Aiden showed detective Maloney
where he and Tristan went after leaving
Trey's house
Aiden said that after he and Tristan
left they walked to North Durbin Parkway
he said that Tristan then turned onto
cloisterbane drive to go home Aiden
claimed that he walked along North
Durbin Parkway and arrived home between
3 and 3 30 in the morning
detective Maloney thought that it seemed
odd it would take Aiden approximately
two hours to walk from Trey's house to
his house for reference from Google Maps
the walking distance would have been
approximately 1.4 miles or a 28 minute
walk because of this the detective asked
for further clarification
in response Aiden changed his story he
claimed that he and Tristan continued
walking along North Durbin Parkway and
got into an altercation after Tristan
allegedly grabbed his crotch Aiden went
on to state that he forcefully pushed
Tristan to the ground which caused her
to strike her head
alleged the incident occurred near the
600 block of North Durbin Parkway just
north of Leith Hall Drive he said that
he was not sure if he saw Tristan get up
due to being dizzy from smoking weed at
Trey's house Aiden said after the
incident with Tristan he walked around
alone for a while
he went on to suggest that Tristan could
be with a drug dealer who was in his 20s
that she communicated with through
snapchat or she could be on a path by
the north amenity Center known for
teenage drug use as Tristan wasn't a
known drug user this was deemed
extremely suspicious
based on Aiden's statements detective
Maloney believed a crime may have
occurred and advised the teenager of his
constitutional rights Aiden invoked his
rights and declined to provide any
further statement he was later returned
to the north amenity Center at which
time Aiden and his parents requested an
attorney meanwhile around 3 pm Corporal
Justin Ackerman of the Special Victims
Unit responded to 334 Sanctuary drive to
attempt to make contact with two of
Tristan's friends Samantha and Lena
creel neither were home but Corporal
Ackerman was able to speak to their
father Jerry over the phone
Jerry said Lena contacted Trey earlier
and was told that Tristan and another
boy snuck out in the middle of the night
were hanging around the north amenity
Center after which Tristan allegedly was
going to hang out with a 22 year old
drug dealer named Carlo now Carlo indeed
was a real person later identified as
Carlo Lindo however was determined that
he had no involvement in Tristan's
disappearance while this was going on
patrol supervisor Sergeant Christopher
Alexander received the mobile locator
results from Tristan's cell phone from
at T via email
the location showed a 2 500 meter radius
from the central location this placed
the center of the radius within a wooded
area south of the loop nursery located
at 4842 Racetrack Road the signal was
historical no longer sending active
signals additionally detective Hanan
submitted a request for 30 days worth of
Tristan's call and text detail records
to attempt to identify a pattern of her
communication any recent deviation from
that pattern and an attempt to identify
anyone Tristan may have had contact with
through the evening of May 8th through
the morning of May 9th Deputy Hannon
received the request records from atnt
but was unable to open them due to a
technical error a half hour later
detective Hanan received a bizarre email
from St John's Sheriff's Office
Communications with a photo attachment
of a Snapchat message
the message depicted Aidan fucci in the
back seat of a patrol car while taking a
selfie holding up a peace sign in the
reflective panel of the divider
within the message was a text Banner
reading hey guys has anybody seen
Tristan lately
the message appeared to have been
forwarded at least twice it included
additional Tech spanners reading WTF
Aiden and you were with her Aiden you
know what happened to her
detective Hanan notified the chain of
command and requested Aiden's cell phone
be seized as it possibly contained
evidence related to this investigation
just before 5 PM Sergeant Thomas marmo
of the Special Victims Unit with the
assistance of the Florida Department of
Law Enforcement missing endangered
persons information Clearinghouse
requested a missing child alert for
Tristan
a short time later authorities were able
to open the at T call and text records
for Tristan
these records indicated Tristan's last
outgoing call was on May 7 2021 at
approximately 9 pm which was to her
sister
the records did not reflect any call or
text detail for May 8th 2021 the
remainder of the calls or text detail
records were all incoming calls all of
which began around the time Tristan was
discovered missing
meanwhile detective Kim peluso conducted
audio recorded interviews with the
Bailey family who stated that they were
unaware of Tristan speaking out prior to
this incident detective peluso told them
that she was informed of additional
information that Tristan may have been
involved in illegal activity and was
afraid that she would be caught and
wanted to run away
during this time detective Keith Carter
and detective James jiminaro canvas
cloisterbane dry for possible Witnesses
in video surveillance
but what was the perceived illegal
activity that would make Tristan who was
loved by her family want to run away
now keep in mind the following
information has been sourced from law
and crime investigators also spoke with
Tristan's best friend Shyla Holmes she
told police that Tristan had an intimate
relationship with a boy named Trey but
that they were more like friends with
benefits and didn't really talk to each
other in school
but one of those alleged encounters was
believed to have been captured on video
and then used against Tristan by Aiden
Shyla said Trey had a video of him and
Tristan being intimate together and that
he had facetimed Aiden while doing so
allegedly Aiden's screen recorded the
entire thing it had begun to Blackmail
Tristan with the video he showed it to
7th and 8th grade students at their
school
Tristan and Aiden had also allegedly
hooked up but according to Shyla nobody
knew about it but her
Shala also said that Tristan Aiden and
Trey planned on having a three-way
together but wasn't sure if it ended up
happening or not there was also
discussion regarding graffiti on a sign
but I think it's reasonable to conclude
that the illegal activity that Tristan
was worried about was this video in
question just a few minutes later the
call from Daniel Hart a resident of the
Durbin Crossing neighborhood Daniel
lived at the end
the end on Drive adjacent to a
cul-de-sac he had been out on an evening
run when he made a chilling Discovery he
informed the authorities that he had
located what appeared to be a dead body
in the woods just east of the cul-de-sac
it was Tristan who was pronounced dead
at the scene by Deputy Robert najbauer
at 6 15 in the evening Tristan was
located in a wooded area approximately
80 feet from the southernmost retention
Pond south of the Durbin Creek nursery
located at 4286 Racetrack Road her
blonde hair was matted in red in color
which appeared to be blood
she had multiple sharp force injury
wounds on her hands arms neck and she
appeared to have additional sharp force
injuries to her back evident by the
holes in her shirt
in the immediate vicinity crime scene
technician Marilyn butts located a gold
tone ring a cell phone later identified
as Tristan's phone a twenty dollar bill
and a pink smoking device
she located a possible shoe impression
within the wooded area as well as a
Powerade bottle near the pond however
she did not locate any other items of
possible evidentiary value nor did she
observe any suspicious circumstances
around the scene
she collected the cell phone after
processing the scene which was later
transferred to detective David Causey
with digital forensics to be processed
detectives were dispatched to two
different addresses in search of Aiden
Fuji to his mother's home located at
castledale court to 25 nine Wells Lane
the address he used in order to be
registered at Patriot Oaks Academy
both residences were secured pending the
application of a search warrant
unfortunately Aiden wasn't at either
home but less than two hours later he
was tracked down at the North amenity
Center and transported to the sjso
central investigations division or CID
according to Deputy Maloney while
conducting a pat down for weapons on
Aiden at the North amenity Center he
located a blue-handled folding knife
Deputy Maloney said he inspected the
knife but did not observe anything
suspicious about it and turned the knife
over to Aiden's father Jason fucci
conveniently Mr Fuji placed the knife on
the bumper of his truck and forgot to
retrieve it before leaving he claimed
that it must have fallen off his bumper
somewhere
law enforcement attempted to search for
this knife but it was never recovered at
the same time Trey's father Dolphus
Abshire Jr was interviewed at his Telfer
drive home
stated that he knew Aiden and his family
well but had never met Tristan he shared
that he had woken his son up at around
seven in the morning and learned that
Ayden had hung out the night prior he
also stated that law enforcement came to
his house at approximately 11 with
regards to the search for Tristan
the father stated that after law
enforcement had left his son claimed
that Tristan had also visited that
evening
Aiden was delivered to the Cid in an
interview room which had both audio and
video recording capabilities Aiden's
father Jason fucci and mother Crystal
Smith were present
both of his parents made several
comments advising Aiden not to speak
about any possible involvement that he
may have had saying that the room could
be bugged Crystal and Jason asked Aiden
questions about the incident which he
did answer they also told Aid not to
speak until his attorney arrived Crystal
then told Aiden that Tristan was found
in their neighborhood Aiden asked if she
was good and Crystal responded quote no
she's dead that's why this is very
important it's all on you right now end
quote Aiden asked how any of this was
his problem
they stressed to Aiden that he was the
last one seen with her that the snap he
posted in the back of the police car was
not a smart idea the family had been
receiving threats because of it
asked Aiden if he had any scrapes or
anything on him Aiden responded no sir
he then asked Aiden if he told the
police anything different than what he
had shared with them Aiden stated that
he did not
it then explained that he told police
that Tristan probably got picked up by
her drug dealer and that she was not
going home rather she was going to stay
with somebody else
Crystal continued asking about where
Tristan went after Aiden left her Aiden
stated that she probably kept walking
Jason interjected that Aiden pushed her
down and then kept walking for stating
we probably shouldn't be talking in here
Jason then stated quote you walked away
you came straight home you didn't turn
back to see where she had went and quote
Aiden shook his head no Jason then asked
what were you doing outside that late at
night Aiden stated he was at Trey's
house hanging out
Jason asked did you kiss or do anything
with her to which Aiden stated that he
kissed Tristan and denied doing anything
further
Jason then asked so your DNA is going to
be on her Aiden did not respond Jason
continued we saw your shoes were off on
the camera
why were your shoes off and Aiden
responded quote because my feet were
hurting and those shoes give me blisters
end quote Chris asked Aiden if he had
been home and then snuck back out again
or if he was at Trey's house the whole
day Aiden said that he did not sneak
back out and that he was at Trey's house
the whole time
Jason explained that because of the snap
that he and Trey took in the back of the
police car people on social media
believed that the two friends had S8 and
killed Tristan Aiden did not respond
Crystal asked Aiden if Tristan really
grabbed his crotch to which Aiden
replied that she did
Jason then asked if Aiden knew what
happened after he pushed her and Aiden
said no
Crystal asked if Tristan said ow or got
mad and Aiden told her that Tristan
yelled out his name he pushed her told
her to f off and he walked away from her
Aiden guessed that Tristan probably
walked off because she was no longer
next to him and he did not look back
Jason asked if there was anything to
worry about Aiden said no Crystal then
said that their house was being searched
Jason asked Aiden why he was wet when he
got home to which Aiden said that he was
wet due to spilling water on himself now
Jason didn't believe him and then he
pressed Aiden on how he was wet to which
Aiden claimed that he fell
at 8 59 PM detective Thompson entered
the interview room and requested Jason
and Crystal's consent to collect a DNA
Buckle swab photographs and fingernail
scrapings from Aiden crystal said they
were going to wait until their attorney
and way Andy snowber arrived Aiden's
Council changed multiple times from
snowber to the public defender's office
led by Saint augustine-based attorney
Joshua Mosley and later Rosemary peoples
after the detective left the room Jason
and Crystal attempted to convince Aiden
that he was wearing khaki pants instead
of blue jeans on the night of the
incident however video from Crystal's
castledale Court home later proved
otherwise
just after midnight on May 10th
investigators searched Crystal's home
finding a pair of wet white Nike shoes
with blood on them a t-shirt with blood
on it a white piece of paper with
handwriting with possible blood on it
and a pair of wet blue denim jeans in a
laundry basket
blood and dirt were found on the drain
in the bathroom sink next to Aiden's
bedroom in addition a buck brand knife
sheath was recovered from the home
the actual knife was later recovered in
a pond 140 feet from where Tristan was
located
this knife was noted as having a broken
tip
investigators also found a notebook full
of satanic and violent drawings we'll
get into this notebook later as Aiden
was not the only person that knew of
this notebook's existence prior to
Tristan's death at 3 30 a.m Aiden Fuji
was arrested and charged with
second-degree homicide in the death of
Tristan Bailey those charges were later
upgraded to first-degree homicide and
Aiden would be tried as an adult and
held without bail in an adult facility
in St John's County Aiden pled not
guilty on the evening that he was
initially arrested a candlelight vigil
was held in honor of Tristan at the
Durban Crossing South amenity Center
Tristan's post-mortem examination was
performed by chief medical examiner Dr
petrag bulik he observed that Tristan
was coming out of rigor mortis and
appeared to have skin slippage
based on these conditions Dr bulick
estimated Tristan's time of death was
consistent with occurring between 145
and 3 30 A.M
Tristan appeared to have hand prints on
her upper left inner and outer thigh her
inner left calf in her right calf and
upper right thigh based on the pattern
of the handprint on Tristan's upper left
thigh it was determined it would not
have been her own hand Tristan was found
to have a total of 114 stab or cutting
wounds concentrated to the top of her
head back of her neck upper back and the
back of both of her arms and hands at
least 49 of these were considered to be
defensive wounds
some of the injuries to her hands were
penetrating which indicated at the time
of those injuries her hands were on a
hard object most likely her head
based on the nature of the injuries it
appeared the suspect was standing behind
Tristan and came at her at a downward
angle
Dr bulik found three stab wounds that
penetrated Tristan's left chest cavity
and lung three times additionally he
also found one Stab Wound which
punctured her right chest cavity along
once
Dr Buick estimated The Cutting
instrument to be a single edge blade
approximately four inches in length
X-rays of Tristan's body indicated a
possible metallic fragment on the top of
her skull which was not initially
recovered during the autopsy
this fragment was confirmed to be the
tip belonging to the knife found in the
pond apparently had broken off in
Tristan's skull she was being stabbed
handwritten in blue ink on her left
ankle was one word Karma
a smiley face was drawn on her right
ankle as well
is unclear how these markings ended up
on her body
Dr bulik however confidently stated
Tristan's cause and manner of death
would be listed as homicide due to sharp
force trauma
on Tuesday May 18th the Bailey family
held a public memorial service for
Tristan at Celebration Church in
Jacksonville Florida on Saturday June
5th 2021 Aiden's mother Crystal Lane
Smith was arrested on a warrant charging
her with tampering with evidence
following the death of Tristan Bailey it
seems the fact that Crystal had cameras
all over her house got her into trouble
it appears that after Aiden was
initially taken into the patrol car by
Deputy Maloney where he made the now
Infamous snap picture Crystal allegedly
got to work covering for her son
after putting the family dog in the
master bedroom Crystal went upstairs
directly to the bathroom where she is
observed picking some things off the
floor and walking inside Aidan's bedroom
a few moments later Crystal exited
Aiden's bedroom holding a pair of jeans
and went back into the adjacent bathroom
Crystal appeared to be scrubbing the
jeans in the bathroom sink right in
front of Aiden's brother After
chrysalistine exiting the bathroom she
briefly steps into Aiden's bedroom and
then takes the jeans downstairs to the
master bedroom
she's later caught on camera discussing
the jeans with an in-law Victoria Ackle
before returning the jeans to Aiden's
bedroom
she pled not guilty on July 26th is
expected to go to trial in April of
2023.
several classmates came out to talk
about Aiden's anger issues the most
damning was that of Sophie Bowman
Aiden's girlfriend
Sophie explained that Aiden always
carried a knife with him whenever he was
out of school
she described two of Aiden's most common
knives
one was a gray and black folding knife
with a serrated blade and an orange
skull on the handle Aiden named it
picker
the second knife was a folding knife
with a wooden and Brass handle which
Aiden called poker
talked about killing people freak
frequently and even made previous
statements about wanting to kill Tristan
he claimed that occasionally Aiden would
take his knife out and pretend to stab
her with it on occasion Aiden was
surprised Sophie from behind Put The
Knife to her throat and pretend to Slit
her throat recently that she had been
hanging out together on the roof of
zofi's house and it was there that Aiden
told her that he was going to kill
someone Aiden said that the killing
would be plans and that he would find a
random person walking at night drag them
into the woods and stab them he told her
that he was going to do it soon and to
expect it to be carried out within the
month according to one of Aiden's
friends Caleb Montanez Aiden was very
jealous and believed that zofi was
cheating on him with Trey she added that
Aiden would draw graphic pictures
depicting mutilated bodies This was
later confirmed with a notebook filled
with these drawings was found in Aiden's
room
one such drawing that police found was
that of a nude female with severed limbs
who had blood gushing out of the wounds
red axes were drawn over her private
parts
this notebook also contained many
drawings of pentagrams and Aiden's
interpretation of satanic imagery
zofi also stated that Aiden claimed to
hear voices in his head when he was
angry he said the voices would tell him
he was a worthless disappointment and
the voices would tell him to kill people
this case has a lot of moving parts and
a huge cast of characters involved we
will have the full 34-page probable
cause affidavit available to you in our
show notes if you're interested in
learning more about the investigation
leading up to Aiden's arrest
Aidan's trial finally came to a close in
February of 2023. after all plea offers
from his defense team were rejected
Aiden finally entered a plea of guilty
during jury selection
prior to his sentencing his mother
Crystal sent a letter to the judge
begging for leniency it read and I quote
honorable Judge Smith
upon recommendation from my attorney it
is with deepest regret that I am not
present to speak on behalf of my son
Aiden today the day my child is to be
sentenced for the murder of another
child
as a mother the love you have for your
child is difficult to articulate to
others unless they're a mother themself
to be helpless to protect your child is
a mother's worst living nightmare
to cope with such a loss is unimaginable
I agree for the devastating loss of
Tristan I agree for the subsequent
arrest of my son and I grieve for the
irreparable agony inflicted on the
Bailey family as well as all other
friends and families affected
most of all however I grieve for Stacy
Bailey as a mother
your honor nothing can measure the depth
of Despair caused by Aidan's crime and
the inability to help your child when
they need you most
from a mother pleading on behalf of the
life of her adolescent son please show
my Aid in Mercy he is not Beyond saving
thank you respectfully Crystal Smith end
quote during the sentencing phase of
Aiden's trial the Bailey family had
their own words to share with the court
my home
which was once where we all gathered
and comfort is now a place of hurt that
Tristan is no longer there
the door to her room remains closed it
is exactly as she left it
her bed is unmade
her bath towel she used on May 8th is at
the foot of her bed
the suitcase is still packed from the
weekend before when we attended Summit
with infinity All-Star Cheer
I can't bear to change one thing not
even washing her clothes in the hamper
as it would wash away the scent of her
many times I find our cat
who knows how to open Tristan's door in
her room as if she's just waiting for
her to return
I do not know if we will ever have
comfort in our home again
my children were once full of life and
laughter and now they are full of
Despair anger depression PTSD and
anxiety
Bailey family fun day was every Sunday
in our home
a day where we would all come together
and have a meal and spend time together
Sunday will never be the same for us as
we have a Missing Link in our family the
Sunday of May 9th 2021 has made us dread
every Sunday
how will ever be whole again
the memories of May 9th will forever be
ingrained in my mind body and soul
to know I was awake and only 11 minutes
away from my sister as she was being
brutally murdered could I have saved her
I remember the Vivid feelings of my body
collapsing on the ground as the police
informed us that they had found a body
then finding out hours later it was
Tristan's body I remember becoming
physically ill and having a detective
grip my hair as my body uncontrollably
expelled everything from my stomach
between my sobs
the pain I felt in every nerve as I
watched my dad lying on the floor
screaming in a way no human should ever
be able to produce
our family broke that day and I don't
recognize any of us anymore
I have watched my parents going from
believing that they were good parents
to believing they were failures
I have listened to my parents question
what did we do wrong what kind of mother
or father was I not to protect my child
I have watched them over analyze every
conversation every action trying to
figure out what they could have done
differently
I've watched my older sister Brittany
become unrecognizable with anger
I've watched my brother Tegan
emotionally shut down and avoid the
family due to the pain being home causes
I've watched my younger sister Sophia
completely lose her childhood and be
cast into the role of being a parent and
being the resident therapist for my
mother
on Friday March 24 2023 Circuit Judge R
Lee Smith sentenced Aiden fucci to life
in prison he is currently serving his
time at the Suwanee Correctional
Institution in Live Oak Florida
he took into account several factors
when making this decision including
Aiden's young age the heightened level
of premeditation and the fact that he
was the sole participant who was not
pressured by anyone to commit the
devastating crime he noted that Aiden
was considered of average maturity by
his peers and that he understood the
consequences of his actions
he called Tristan's case the most
difficult and shocking case that St
John's County had encountered judge
Smith added that the crime was
especially troubling because it had no
motive he said quote this was not done
out of greed it was not done in
retaliation retribution or Revenge it
was not a crime of passion it was not a
crime that was committed because he felt
rejected by her it was not done in a fit
of uncontrollable anger there was no
reason there was no purpose it was done
for no other reason than to satisfy this
defendant's internal desire to feel what
it was like to kill someone end quote he
went on to address the Bailey family
quote the loss which you have clearly
suffered is unimaginable sometimes
family members hope or expect that
whatever the sentence is that somehow or
another that's going to heal or provide
closure I cannot provide a closure to
this it may close a chapter but I cannot
bring her back you still have a lot of
healing to do her spirit lives on
through each and every one of you end
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