Tristyn Bailey, 13, found dead with ‘KARMA’ scrawled on ankle after ‘killer Aiden Fucci said he wanted to STAB someone’
CHEERLEADER Tristyn Bailey's body was found with "Karma" written on her ankle after her suspected killer, Aiden Fucci, told friends he wanted to stab someone, new reports reveal.
The word was written in blue ink on her left ankle while a smiley face was drawn on the inside of her right ankle.
14, is charged with her murder but has pleaded not guilty.
Bailey's body was found in a wood near a lake by her Florida home after surveillance footage appeared to show her walking there with Fucci on the night of May 9.
One friend told cops that a month before Bailey's murder, Fucci had talked about bringing someone into the woods and stabbing them, according to the .
The friend said Fucci "would take his knife out and pretend to stab her with it."
None of the others who were with the pair the night Bailey died are suspected of wrongdoing.
But prosecutors voiced frustration that Fucci's alleged plans to commit homicide were "not taken seriously" when he confessed them to "several" of his peers.
"Could this have been prevented? We can't be sure," Florida State Attorney RJ Larizza said, adding that the murder should serve as a cautionary tale to parents that they "need to know what your kids are doing and saying."
Larizza refused to disclose whether the killing was sexually motivated, or whether Tristyn had been sexually assaulted during the murder.
He did however disclose that investigators found Fucci's DNA on Bailey's body.
They also found Tristyn's DNA the shoes and t-shirt found in Fucci's bedroom, Larizza said.
When pressed by reporters, Larizza said there is no evidence to suggest that Fucci suffers from any psychological conditions. He also said that the teen had no previous criminal history.
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The state attorney said it "would be an understatement" to describe Tristyn's murder as "horrific."
"She was fighting for her life. It's just sad that we have to talk about that."