The family of Tristyn Bailey, the 13-year-old Durbin Crossing girl murdered by schoolmate Aiden Fucci in 2021, will take part in three online safety seminars next month alongside law enforcement agencies.
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations and the slain cheerleader’s kin will host the events in her memory, and invite all interested parties to attend the public meetings.
Geared towards middle and high schools students, along with their parents and guardians, the seminars will highlight local cases and review best safety practices, SJSO said.
Some of the material will deal with mature subject matter.
The gatherings will include an online safety presentation featuring HSI’s iGuardian curriculum, a self-defense demonstration by female law enforcement officers, and panel discussions with the Bailey family, SJSO detectives, and HSI Special Agents.
Here are the three scheduled events:
October 10, 6pm-8pm
Pedro Menendez HS
600 State Road 206 West St. Augustine, FL 32086
October 17, 6pm-8pm
Tocoi Creek HS
11200 St. Johns Parkway St. Augustine, FL 32092
October 24, 6pm-8pm
Bartram Trail HS
7399 Longleaf Pine Parkway St. Johns, FL 32259
Bailey’s body was discovered on Mother’s Day in 2021, hours after her parents, Stacy and Forrest Bailey, reported her missing.
On the night of her death, Fucci asked Bailey, who he knew from Patriot Oaks Academy, to meet her at a friend’s house. He was later captured on a home security camera walking with Bailey towards a retention pond near where he corpse was later found.
Fucci eventually admitted to stabbing her more than 100 times, telling investigators that he wanted to know what it was like to kill someone.
He infamously took a selfie of himself in the back of a patrol car as the search for Bailey intensified after her disappearance.
Fucci was charged as an adult and ultimately pleaded guilty to the shocking crime. He was sentenced to life in prison in March of 2023.
