Pleading Guilty to Brutality - The Heartbreaking Story of Tristyn Bailey

Pleading Guilty to Brutality - The Heartbreaking Story of Tristyn Bailey

On May 9th, 2021, in St. John’s County, Florida, 13 year old Tristyn Bailey goes missing. She was last seen by her sister just after midnight and is reported missing that morning by her family. The police and community begin searching for her that same day and at 6 p.m. that night her body is found by a neighbor in a remote area in the woods. She had been stabbed more than 100 times.

In this episode of Body Bags, forensics expert Joseph Scott Morgan and special guest co-host Dave Mack discuss the timeline of this case, how police track and identify suspects using surveillance footage, the different kinds of stab wounds, the importance of taking photographs of potential suspects, and more.

Show Notes:

0:00 - Intro

1:32 - Background and overview of case

3:40 - Thrill killing

6:20 - The timeline

8:50 - How can investigators get blood out of something that’s already been washed?

13:30 - How do police identify and track a suspect from footage used for evidence?

16:00 - Mother’s day and siblings not finding Tristyn in her bedroom

17:40 - Different kinds of stab wounds

23:00 - Presenting medical evidence in court and defensive vs. non-defensive wounds

26:10 - Tristyn attempting to fight off the killer

27:20 - Importance of taking photographs of potential suspects and all parts of their body

30:40 - Aiden Fucci

32:50 - Aspects of premeditation and Fucci’s mother’s awareness of the crime

34:50 - Fucci pleading not guilty, his story constantly changing, and then finally pleading guilty

36:30 - Wrap-up and outro

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