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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie

Tristyn Bailey’s family confronts classmate killer sentenced to life: ‘How long did she suffer?’

Bailey family

The sister of a murdered Florida cheerleader dropped 114 aqua-coloured stones into a jar as she gave powerful testimony to a judge who sentenced her classmate killer to life imprisonment.

Tristyn Bailey, 13, was stabbed more than 100 times in May 2021 by her classmate Aiden Fucci, who is now 16. Fucci pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in February. His sentence can be reviewed after he spends 25 years behind bars.

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