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A Florida judge sentenced a 16-year-old Florida boy to life in prison on Friday for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate on Mother's Day in 2021.
Aiden Fucci, 16, was 14 when he stabbed Tristyn Bailey at least 114 times in the woods near where the teens lived in north Florida, prosecutors said.
"This case is probably the most difficult and shocking case that this county, St. Johns County, has dealt with," Judge Lee R. Smith said before ordering Fucci to prison for life.
Fucci, who pleaded guilty just before his trial was set to start in Feb., was not eligible for the death penalty because of his young age at the time of the crime. His case may be reviewed in 25 years, according to Florida law. His attorneys had sought a 40-year sentence.