A Florida teen accused of murdering his classmate by stabbing her 114 times has been caught on camera saying he believes ‘demons are going to take his soul away’.
Aiden Fucci, 14, made the bizarre remark on Wednesday during a pretrial hearing over the brutal slaying of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, which took place in St. Johns on May 9.
Fucci – who has been charged with first-degree murder – attended the hearing virtually from a meeting room at Duval County Jail, where he is currently being held without bond.
‘Please don’t let the demons take my soul. The demons are going to take my soul away,’ Fucci could be heard mumbling in the recorded hearing.
‘Why am I here? I just want to talk to my mom and dad. What’s going on? What’s going on?’ he subsequently asked.
Fucci was also seen in the clip rocking back and forth on a prison chair with a confused look upon his face.
A forensic psychologist who is not affiliated with the murder case told NEWS 4 it is likely Fucci will now receive a ‘mental competency evaluation’ given his behavior at the hearing.
Fucci has not given a motive for his alleged murder of Baily, who was his classmate at Patriot Oaks Academy in St. Johns.
The hearing was adjourned until October 28.
Aiden Fucci, 14, made the bizarre remark on Wednesday during a pretrial hearing over the brutal slaying of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, which took place in St. Johns on May 9
Aiden Fucci, 14, made the bizarre remark on Wednesday during a pretrial hearing over the brutal slaying of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, which took place in St. Johns on May 9
Last week, prosecutors released surveillance video from the night of the murder which allegedly shows Fucci and Bailey walking together toward a wooded area in their neighborhood of St Johns shortly after midnight.
Less than two hours later – just before 2am – the same surveillance camera caught Fucci running in the opposite direction.
At the same time, prosecutors also made public video which was captured from inside Fucci’s home after the murder.
It purportedly shows Fucci’s mom, Crystal Smith, going upstairs and picking up her son’s blue jeans, before allegedly scrubbing blood off of them.
When police searched Fucci’s home, they allegedly found a Buck knife sheath in his room, as well as shoes and a shirt with blood on them.
Those jeans – as well as the drain in Smith’s home, later tested positive for blood
Smith has been charged with one felony count of evidence tampering.
A neighbor’s camera captured what police said was the last time Bailey was seen alive on the morning of May 9, walking with Fucci towards a wooded area in St Johns, Florida
Meanwhile, prosecutors have painted a picture of Fucci as a disturbed young teenager.
Smith has been charged with evidence tampering, a felony, in connection with Bailey’s killing
According to separate court documents, one of Fucci’s female friends told police that the teen frequently talked about killing people.
She also said Fucci would ‘take his knife out and pretend to stab her with it’ and that he would ‘draw graphic pictures depicting mutilated bodies’.
The friend also told detectives that Fucci often heard voices when he was angry that would tell him to kill people.
When detectives searched Fucci’s home, they uncovered a notebook filled with ‘violent’ drawings of women, including one that showed a female with red Xs on her breasts and severed arms with blood pouring out.
Prosecutors also obtained a Snapchat video of Fucci smiling as he sat in the back of a cop car after he was taken in for questioning by police the day after the murder ‘Guess who’s in a f***ing cop car… tripping, dude,’ says in the clip.
He also snapped a selfie in the reflection of the police video with the caption: ‘Hey guys has inybody (sic) seen Tristyn lately?’
Fucci posted this Snapchat selfie from the back of a police car after he was taken in for questioning on May 10 – a day after Bailey’s body was found dumped in a wooded area near his home with 114 stab wounds
Fucci initially was arrested on a second-degree murder charge and held in a juvenile justice center the day after Bailey’s body was found.
Authorities said his DNA was found on Bailey’s body.
Prosecutors later upgraded the charge to first-degree murder.
Fucci has pleaded not guilty to murder and remains jailed without bail. Smith was released after posting $25,000 bond.
Bailey, 13, was a cheerleader at Patriot Oaks Academy in St. Johns.