Teen Killer's Mom Jailed for Washing Jeans Worn During Murder
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 15 July 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Surveillance photos show the mother of teen murder suspect Aiden Fucci washing his clothes the day teen girl Tristyn Bailey was murdered. Crystal Smith was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence in connection to the girl's death -year-old's death. Fucci, 14, has been charged with Bailey’s Mother’s Day murder. Investigators believe he stabbed Bailey 114 times. The former classmates had grown up in the same neighborhood but it does not appear that Fucci targeted Bailey specifically, though friends later said Fucci claimed he would kill someone in the near future. Surveillance video appears to show the pair walking together early the morning of May 9. Fucci is later seen running, alone, from the same area. Teen Aiden Fucci pled guilty to Tristen Bailey's murder. Crystal Lane Bailey pleaded no contest to tampering with evidence. She was sentenced to 30 days and has now been released.
Joining Nancy Grace today:
- Troy Slaten - Los Angeles Criminal Defense Attorney, Slaten Lawyers, APC, Twitter @TroySlaten
- Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, www.drbethanymarshall.com, New Netflix show: 'Bling Empire'
- Dr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner State of Florida www.pathcaremed.com, Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine. Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation Conference
- Karen L. Smith - Forensic Expert, Lecturer at the University of Florida, Host of Shattered Souls Podcast, @KarensForensic, barebonesforensic.com
- Ray Caputo - WDBO
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| 0:44.0 | In the last days in the murder case of Tristan Belly, the gorgeous Florida cheerleader found dead, |
| 0:52.5 | we all know that Teen Boy Aiden Foochi was convicted for murdering Belly on Mother's Day 2021. |
| 1:02.4 | When Aiden Foochi's mother agreed to plead guilty for washing the blood out of her son Aiden Foochi's |
| 1:13.4 | jeans after he murdered Tristan Belly. That's right, Crystal Smith 37 pleads no contest to |
| 1:23.1 | tampering with evidence. That's a third degree felony. She'll go to jail all right, but just for 30 days |
| 1:31.3 | followed by five years probation for intentionally washing the blood out of her son's jeans. |
| 1:39.4 | Crystal Smith has now been released. |
| 1:43.2 | Now according to Crystal Smith's lawyer, Smith had no idea why her son's jeans were so bloody when |
| 1:50.4 | she washed them. Do you believe it? I don't. What happened the night? Tristan Belly went missing. |
| 1:58.5 | Her body was found in a wooded area near her neighborhood. The medical examiner says she was stabbed |
| 2:04.0 | later that day. A jogger in the neighborhood found a young girl's body. Bloody in the neighborhood's |
| 2:09.3 | woods. The medical examiner's report released Wednesday indicates Belly had been stabbed 114 times |
| 2:16.1 | and had defensive wounds. That report also revealed the suspected weapon a knife was found in a pond |
| 2:22.1 | only 140 feet from the body. The knife missing its tip, the tip found in Tristan's skull. |
| 2:28.4 | The knife so violently used to murder this little cheerleader just 13 years old. The tip of the |
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