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11 P.M. UPDATE | Monday, May 10, 2021:
Action News Jax Robert Grant saw dive teams at a retention pond near where Tristyn Bailey’s body was found.
Crime scene tape was put up Monday night as crews searched the water for clues in the teen’s death. The search was called off around 8:30 p.m. after it got dark.
Action News Jax Law and Safety Expert Dale Carson, with experience as an officer and the FBI, said crews could possibly be searching for the murder weapon.
“One of the reasons you throw it in the water is to remove the possibility of fingerprints and blood evidence,” he said.
Carson added with the technology available to the sheriff’s office, detectives would still likely find the evidence they need.
When asked about the search, a representative with the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said there’s no new information to be released at this time.
12:30 P.M. UPDATE | Monday, May 10, 2021:
An arrest has been made in connection to the death of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, Sheriff Robert Hardwick of the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday.
Aiden Fucci, 14, is in custody and is facing a second-degree murder charge, the sheriff’s office announced during a news conference.
Hardwick confirmed that Tristyn’s body was found by a resident Sunday in a wooded area.
RELATED: Timeline of events in disappearance, death of St. Johns County teen Tristyn Bailey
SJSO said there are multiple crime scenes involved.
A cause of death has not been released at this time. The medical examiner is conducting its investigation.
SJSO said Aiden attended Patriot Oaks Academy, a K-8 school on Longleaf Pine Parkway, with Tristyn and both grew up in the same neighborhood.
Aiden is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in the Volusia County Regional Detention Center, the Office of State Attorney R.J. Larizza said.
Larizza’s office said in a statement in part, “Our office will continue to investigate the case to determine both the appropriate charges going forward, and whether or not he will be charged as an adult.”
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Sunday, May 9, 2021:
After an hours-long search, police have located a body that they identified as Tristyn Bailey.
Tristyn Bailey went missing around 1 a.m. Sunday morning in the 700 block of North Durbin Parkway. Her family notified the police around 10 a.m. Sunday morning and police had been searching ever since.
The community gathered at Veterans Park around 4 p.m. to conduct their own search, desperate to find the missing victim.
Not too long after, the Crime Scene Unit arrived on the scene and the search was redirected to the nearby woods on Saddlestone Drive.
It was there that the body of Tristyn Bailey was discovered.
Police urge the community to respect the victim’s family in their time of grieving.
A vigil will be held at the South Amenity Center, 145 Durbin Pkwy, at 8:30 p.m. Monday night.
If you need to report a missing child reach out to your local law enforcement agency as soon as possible.
ORIGINAL STORY:
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a 13-year-old girl who was last seen around 1:15 a.m. at the Durbin Amenity Center in St. Johns County.
Tristyn Bailey was first reported missing by her family early Sunday.
She was last seen wearing a white cheerleading skirt and a dark-colored shirt.
If you have any information about the current whereabouts or have seen Miss. Bailey, contact your nearest local law enforcement agency or call SJSO at 904-824-8304 or by calling 911.
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