Florida Teen Sentenced for Brutal Murder of Cheerleader Stabbed 114 Times

Aiden Fucci is led into the courtroom start his sentencing hearing, in St. Augustine, Fla., on March 24, 2023. Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP

A Florida judge sentenced 16-year-old Aiden Fucci to life in prison on Friday for fatally stabbing his 13-year-old classmate Tristyn Bailey in a case that was especially shocking due to its brutality and the young age of both perpetrator and victim.

Fucci was just 14 when on Mother’s Day in 2021 he stabbed Bailey at least 114 times in the woods near where they both lived in north Florida, according to prosecutors.