Aiden Fucci's grandmother testifies during sentencing hearing 

I hate when people say "I lost my child too" when their kid is just going to prison and is still alive. That does not compare the other family whose child is dead. You can still visit and talk to your kid. The other family's child is dead and gone forever.

I think one of the worst things you can say to someone who’s child was murdered by your child is “we lost a child too you know?”.

As a grandmother my heart breaks for her, HOWEVER if it had been her grandson who was murdered she would feel differently

Of course I feel the pain of this grandmother.But the monster she is crying for should never ever walk free at any time. He showed zero remorse for butchering that beautiful little girl and destroying so many lives.

Grandmother not getting it that her grandson is a psychopathic killer. He should never be able to walk free.

Grandma is in denial. The grandkids never argued or fought.That is impossible .

These two families will never be the same because of this senseless act.

If Aiden was such a good boy according to his grandma why were there 17 disciplinary incidents at one of schools he attended including threatening to throw a girl out of a window?

Give grandma some grace. She did say she wouldn't say the right thing. I sure it's nerve-wracking to be on the stand. She did say she" lost" a child too and it's not the same but she's still has pain. She is in pain from what he did and has to live with the guilt of it being her family member for the rest of her life. Such a tragedy for all involved.

Her (very real) pain does not touch the suffering Tristan's family is suffering. However, she does have the right to feel her own pain, or be in denial, or blinded by her grandson. Who could imagine their child/ grandchild doing something like this.

I understand, empathize, and respect, where this grandmother is coming from. She's advocating for her grandson, which any loving grandmother would do. In her heart she believes her grandson can be rehabilitated and has potential be a productive member of society one day. HOWEVER, the rest of society doesn't have an emotional attachment to him, and therefore does not feel safe from him, and never will. The fact is that he stabbed a young teenage girl over 100 times, has a history of bad behavior and anger issues, and jail records that he's been extorting and threatening other inmates. There's no evidence that he can be rehabilitated. His family and his attorneys are appealing to emotions. I understand his family loves him but they're going to have to do it through prison because the rest of society deserves to never have to fear for their safety from him ever again.

It’s not the grandmas fault but she is also trying to paint some great family which I don’t believe. I hate when ppl say I lost a child too bc it completely devalues the victims family. I’m sorry ma’am but you can still see your grandson. So not even close to the same. He was not brutally killed Trystan was. The more you say Christian family the less I believe it. Aiden doesn’t deserve to be with his family. He killed somebody just bc you wanted too.

This is so dark. I feel bad for the grandparents and the sisters and brothers. This kid ruined his family and the victims family 😢😢😢😢

I feel horrible for this grandmother. People do horrible things and drag their families into their mess, have people mad at the family, and judging them for what their child has done. Aiden has impacted two families greatly.

I absolutely don't believe her when she said that their family don't fight and argue. She is in total denial.

Lady your grandson is a Monster, a real life Michael Myers

I feel like all she wanted to say was “I’m sorry” She is hurting so badly for their family and it’s sad that she feels more for them than Aiden does!!!

The disheveled toy room in the house is a metaphor for the disorganized minds of this family.

A Christian family.. Thou shall not kill.. Mom tried to cover up what he did.. I feel bad for this Grandma but he took a life..her family misses there daughter nothing will be the same for either families..but you will know he's alive an there's some comfort in that..Tristan's family does not have that,there memories are of her suffering and being stabbed 114 times.. RIP Tristan❤

There are always signs you just ignored it like many parents and family members do.

I do feel sorry for this grandmother. However my heart goes out to Stacy Bailey Tristyn's mother. During her speech she had me bawling..

The mother literally rinsed the blood out of the jeans and tried to hide it. She’s probably enabled his bullying his entire life.

I don’t believe this boy never show sign’s aggressive behavior before

Aiden, is a monster and monster need to be locked up for the rest of his life. Aiden, has stabbed the beautiful life until there was no life in her and many times .

Many things about AF that he is just not aware yet, the joys of life. He will never again fall in love, go on vacation, find a career, cuddle a puppy or kitten, go out to a fabulous dinner, see a play, go to a concert, go on a cruise, romantic nights, drive a car, get his own place, never have children, never have a fun night out with his friends, never sleep in, never go to a museum, never go camping, never go to Disneyland, never go to where he dreams about. That will be his punishment. He will live a life of mundane, boring, loud clanking sounds, drab colors, surrounded by evil people, uncomfortable beds, lousy food, no privacy, he will be held unable to do what he wants to do, waiting for his angel of death to gather him and take him to Hell.

Perhaps the Community should keep an eye on Aidens siblings just in case Aiden is not the only sibling who likes to kill other people...

We can only imagine how difficult that was for her. God be with her and her family

Your sweet daughter tried to cover up the bloody evidence

She seems like such a loving grandma bless her heart she’s hurtin bad I’m praying for her and everyone involved 😢

She’s lying the best friend said he came from a neglectful dysfunctional home.

That poor ( grandmother ) mom too, how do you defend your child who you love so dear who took another child’s life!? I can not imagine that feeling & would never want to!

Has to be an elephant in the room/family secret no one is talking about. Hence, why all this happened in the first place. Whatever happened to that boy growing up needs to be uncovered, to learn from it....Somebody is omitting/lying about some stuff.

What an unfortunate comment "we lost a child too", no lady you did not "lose" a child to murder or stabbed 114 times by some little monster, YOUR child chose to be in this position, their's didn't. I feel bad for the families of murderers, as hard as it is to come to terms with the fact your grandson is a monster please do not compare your "pain" to the family of the victim. Key word VICTIM. Specially after the monster's mother tampered with evidence! You all should be ashamed, not telling people how much you miss him...

You can't just turn off love like a light switch. So my heart does go out to his family as well. Yes, what Adin did was horrible and he should stay in jail for the rest of his life. To murder someone with a knife is way too personal. He very well could have been the next Green River killer or BTK. I hope we never have to find out.

She speaks from her heart. She feels more than what her daughter and son multiplied by 100 feel.

This poor woman. She can't help what her grandson evolved into. I feel for her.

I just can't wrap my head around how many times he stabbed the young girl. You just don't wake up one morning and do something this horrendous. His family is either in denial or have their own disturbing issues. My heart goes out to Tristyn's family and friends. How do you move on after such a cold blooded murder on your child? Praying for strength. God bless all of you 💔🙏😢😊

No way,she's making it seem like he's a good kid never does Anything wrong,trying to blame it on the drugs,come on now this kids is damaged goods.

This whole case is tragic. when someone makes the choice to take someone’s life it’s not just the victim who is destroyed it destroys so many more lives. My prayers to both families ❤️

2:32 Oh, she’s a great mom! She’d do anything for her children. Including wash the blood of their murder victim off of their clothes, like any good mother would.

The mother washed the clothes because she knows her son is potentially dangerous. There’s no other reason. Her mindset was ‘if no one finds out it never really happened and we don’t have to face it’ she has probably covered his tracks many many times. I have a MIL exactly like her unfortunately. All that matters is how things look from the outside no matter how much harm is being done just hide it. When I heard the grandmother say Aiden was supposed to be with his brother that night but ‘didn’t make it he was still with his friend’ I knew no one had control of the boy. He called his own shots.

I cringed when she mentioned the religion. I have met many bad Christians. I don’t think the religion can define a person.

This lady has so much heart to get on the stand, none of this is her fault and you can see she is heartbroken over this... a few things she says, I don't agree with but all in all she truly loves her family and the only true emotion I've seen out of this monster is when her testimony is over. Regardless, her grandson is a massive POS that needs to get LWOP... she has other grandchildren to give her love to, she should focus on them now... RIP Tristyn and God bless and comfort the Bailey family..

Really ? No bad in his family? What about his father being a SO?

My niece dated a guy the whole family felt uneasy about, he was very controlling and nobody liked him. Fast forward she goes to college and drops him. He would hang out around a fast food joint, one day asked a young girl if she needed a ride home. She was beaten, SA and left. About 6 years later he abducted a girl on a college campus, she was SA, beaten and her corpse violated. Florida police arrested him, he was sentenced to death. Fact is, he was a monster at 17. Stayed on death row until about 9 years ago the finally the put him to death. After all that and he created a scene being strapped down, yelling and saying “you are murdering me”. Coward. Good riddance, society doesn’t need people like that walking the earth.

Jesus people, it's disgusting how you're coming after her, she's his grandmother, she isn't responsible for his behavior, and of course she is devastated and wants to protect him. He deserves everything he gets, but it's only human for her perception to be colored by her relationship to him. You all need to grow up.

It is evident this grandmother felt great remorse for the loss of the parent's loss of their daughter. She loves her grandson but understands he must be punished by imprisonment. My heart goes out to both families for the pain they are living with.

My heart goes out to the victim and her family first. Now this grandma is heart sick and I know a lot of people are raging at her because she said the kids didn't fight and she lost him too. I just want everyone to remember, this is her recollection at this time. Give her time to come to terms with all this. Now her daughter (Aiden's mom)! Her trying to cover up for her son is completely unacceptable!! What was she even thinking?!?! She was NOT protecting him, she was harming him by not reporting what she found and getting him help!! You don't help your kids by hiding their crimes.

GRANDMOTHER "Wow this is so hard, I'm so suffering" ME: IMAGINE WHAT TRISTYN WENT THROUGH!

I can't imagine going through this on either side. It's absolutely horrific. Two families destroyed

I think something has went seriously wrong with this kid in puberty I think that's when the crazy in people seems to mature and becomes uncontrollable almost. I still find it hard to believe he went from nothing to stabbing his friend 114 times. Its just insane. Though he seems to be yet another narcissist.

According to Grandma, everything was just wonderful

So very sad for these families ☹️ may they all find peace and forgiveness in their hearts, no one can ever tell how your kid will turn out. 🙏🙏🙏

The grandmother praying for the judge not to take her grandson out of her family's life forever made me feel bad on one hand, but on the other hand Aiden took Tristyn out of her family's life forever so an eye for an eye.

This young man did not get to this point without previously exhibiting psychopathic behavior. I have no doubt that he would have continued to kill if he had the opportunity.

my heart breaks for all involved, Horrific,just devastating

Grandma needs to face reality. That's not an innocent little boy on trial, it's a murderer. He chose to take a life senseless, his life is now forfeit.

He’s never been a bad kid? He loves his little sister? Grandma this isn’t helping lol.

Feel so sorry for both of these families, my heart hurts for the little girls parents & all of her loved ones.. my gosh it really doesn't get any worse than this..😢😢😢

This woman is up there to try to protect her grandchild. She could care less about that other family … literally crying with no tears. I love when people like this all of a sudden claim their Christian this kid is evil plain and simple. He boasted about it after he killed her he has been posting about it in jail. EVIL

She has a lot of nerve to address the family of the victim and says "we lost a family member too" I think that was disgusting! Fake tears and lots of nose rubbing. She seriously said " please don't put him away forever"????

I’m crying with and for this grandma. The entire situation is tragic!

I feel like she shouldn’t have thrown the word Christian so casually like that the actions of the mom and son says a lot

I totally understand where this grandmother is coming from. We have a very special loved one who had just turned 18 when he was speed racing and hit a church van. He was in a very old car. A teenage girl in that van was killed. Our loved one pled guilty and received a 20 year prison sentence. He has served 5 years and we miss him every day. We love him with all of our hearts. That being said, we understand he took a life and is serving time for her death. It’s a tough situation. We were in court when that young girl’s family gave their final words before sentencing. They were so distraught and I cried with them. They are a beautiful family. God bless them.

My heart goes out to the grandmother 😓. She truly loves her grandson. She said Aidan was always a good kid,.Something must of triggered in his brain, the grandmother said when she saw Aidan in the news video reels ,she said she saw what seemed to be Aidan high on drugs, something triggered in his brain... there's no excuse for taking someones life! I feel there's more to this story, something triggered in Aidan's brain. Aidan was 14 at time of crime. He stabbed the victim 114 times, did the 14 have a symbolic meaning to him? Did he and the victim date? were they close friends???so many questions..... My heart goes out to the victims family😓

Grandma shouldn't have used the courtroom to express HER grief over losing her grandson. Only the victim's families should have that right! I couldn't believe the audacity of her to compare their losses. Her daughter tried to cover up the crime and she tries to seek sympathy. Well, this trial is not about HER grief!

She’s not crying because of the victim’s 114 stab wounds , she’s crying because her “good kid” grandson is going to jail for murder. Women like this who live in denial shouldn’t be permitted to speak. She’s trying to make people feel sorry for him. The only person I feel sorry for is the person who had to endure 114 stab wounds and died terrified scratching him and trying to defend herself . I hope he never gets out of jail

This is so hard on grandparents too. My mother had a really hard time understanding what happened to my nephew, her grandson, when he went to prison for a violent act but the rest of the family had seen the violent tendencies from early childhood. He was very good to his grandmother, visiting often and helping her with home maintenance which gave her a different sense of reality as he became a teenager.

My oldest daughter, as an adult was diagnosed with Bipolar and while under treatment her psychiatrist learned that she was young when she displayed signs of a mental illness. I did not see it until the psychiatrist had me attend some of her treatments. Reflecting back now I can see the changes in her behavior when she was 9-10 years old. It got worst when she was 14-15 years old. She took to drink and progressed to meth. When she got married and found out she was pregnant she gave up all substance till today, and according to her psychiatrist the substance had affected her to a level she was not able to function without medication. Depression, manic episodes, a behavior that got her into trouble with the law. By this time she had 4 children and a very loving husband that told her that he'll go to hell and back for her but what she is doing is killing her family. She went into therapy and asked me to join her, so I did. My heart ached for her after learning her history of her mental illness. I NEVER knew!!! I've also learned that she hated me for the longest time and if anyone was going to die, it would be me. She had many reason why she hated me but nothing concrete that would have drove her to kill me back then. She's 47 years old today and is still in treatment. She still have episodes but she recognize them and work through them. Her family are her biggest supporters, I am so grateful to them, more so her husband. Could she kill me? I believe so. To us it's an illness, but to her, it's real.😔

Shows how the actions of one person can affect so many. So sad. This grandmother is going through a different kind of Hell from the victim's family.

At least the grandmother didn't get up there and say, he didn't do this act. I commend her for that. So many times, the defendant's family members get up there and excuse the perpetrators actions. She did not do this. She simply said she doesn't know or understand what happened to him. I feel sorry for the grandmother too. In her mind and heart, she has experienced a loss.

I feel so bad for the family and this women. I think she is truly very remorseful. She didn’t make excuses she laid it all on him and is shocked at the event .

Wow her tears reminds me of Alex Murdauch.. Gone in 5 seconds 🤣🤣

He wasn't always a good kid. He didn't turn into a killer overnight. Parents and grands are always in denial. Maybe all this could have been avoided if she had really known the kid, steered him in the right direction and got him real help. If you really love him, you will want him to take responsibility for his actions. If a life is taken (especially on purpose), a life must be given.

You can't change EVIL 😈

Wow! If the boys thought the house was haunted that should have been looked into. That’s real! Hearing voices is what schizophrenic behavior is. Also people with severe dementia hear. I bet there were signs & why didn’t his siblings know something was weird about him. A family in denial!

Nothing that this women can say will ever bring peace to Tristan’s family …absolutely nothing!

This woman is in BIG DENIAL!!

Two questions: 1. Why is a 13 year old girl out walking the streets at 1:15 in the morning? 2. How does anyone stab someone 49 times, get tried as an adult and NOT get sentenced to death?

My heart breaks for both families that this monster has ruined. The grandmother was in the home all the time, so she picked up on her grandson's problems and where they came from. She would better serve this community by informing them of what she thought went wrong so that mental health professionals, teachers, parents, police etc. could glean some understanding and possibly be able to prevent another child from doing the same thing.

Shuffling kids back and forth between "homes" can't be a good developmental environment. Kind of hard to imagine that that home was a Norman Rockwell setting. Something went really wrong somewhere. The testimony where he is "alleged" to have discussed murder fantasies with a girlfriend. And his alleged interest in actual gore videos on the net - is disturbing.

My heart goes out to his grandmother, but regardless of his ADHD is no excuse for murder. He knew right from wrong & preplan taking that girls life. Stabbing a person 114 times was just pour evil rage & jealousy.

This is so heartbreaking 😢😢😢😢😢

I am sorry, you can not tell me you had no inkling of his bad behavior and you saw no red flags. NOPE!

My grandson is a healthy kind soul....thank you god. I'm so grateful that my children and grandchildren are good people.

Grandma got up there looking unstable , loaded, and disingenuous and it was hard to listen to her rant. Her testimony was probably worse for her grandson . I don’t doubt she feels guilty and sorry to the victim’s family but she does seem to be in denial with her letter. That woman would turn anyone into a psychopath. Talk about crazy.

As a nana myself this is awful I’m sorry I would not be up there unless absolutely necessary cause this grandson is a monster and a murder

3/31/23: This woman is clearly and sincerely devastated. She spoke from her heart and, although her grandson committed the most unspeakable and heinous crime, and her knowing it, she pled for his life. Through her tears and breathless speech, she expressed countless times how much she’s praying for everyone else involved in this tragedy. Well, I’m praying for her, too, ‘cause she’s going through it and most likely will for quite some time. As for the grandson, IMO, he got off easy. It will serve him right to get a taste of his own medicine in some form or fashion in prison.

How dare her say that she has lost anything!!! I’m sure she makes sure he has all the little goodies he can get. She should be ashamed of herself!

The mother was charged with tampering with evidence. Good parenting right there . Source : Law and Crime Network from one month ago .

Heart wrenching 💔 😢

Feel so sorry for both of these two families 😢😢😢prayers

As much as I do believe some people CAN be rehabilitated Aiden is NOT one of them. He has already shown his behavior is continuing while awaiting trial. If you heard him speak recently he has a new accent as well. I honestly feel for the family. In feeling for his family that in no way deduces my sympathy for the Bailey family. Such tragedy all around 💔

Wow-she sunk the kid without noticing it-I guess she didn’t. No abuse, no craziness, no neglect, no harsh punishments. No mitigating factors. It’s just sociopathic murder.

He cried as she spoke but nothing while listening to Trystins family impact statements

Lady u makin it worse.

This grandma right here reminds me of somebody that’s not living in the real world. She would never be able to admit that there was any problems whatsoever in her family. I know the type I’ve lived with it. I see it on her face. Total denial. But has the audacity to write in a letter. Please don’t take Aiden away from us. Boy that takes some nerve. I understand you love your grandchild, but your grandchild did something that was beyond hideous. It’s pure evil!

This honestly pissed me off. Does this woman really expect us to believe he was actually a good kid who never did anything to get in trouble? In her statement she said something about being able to figure out what’s wrong with him and why he felt like he could get away with this, and in my opinion she, and mom, have already given us that answer.. “Your honor, I know he brutally murdered an innocent 13 year old by stabbing her 114 times and only stopped because the blade broke off in her skull and he had previously bragged to his friends about killing someone and then tried to lie to the police after the fact, but I promise he’s a good kid and wouldn’t hurt anyone! Please don’t take him away from us forever” 🙄 This may be just my opinion but to me this shows that they have “fixed” situations for him in the past to keep him out of trouble but this time he took it too far. We saw another example of this when mom tried to destroy evidence and then asked her son to lie to police in interrogation…they don’t want him to accept accountability, they want him out of trouble. And then grandma has the audacity to say he’s never been a bad kid ever? No ma’am, you’re lying. Should we go back and talk to his teachers again? He 100% deserves life in prison and mom deserves a conviction too. They’re so worried about getting him out of prison they’ve seemed to forget about the little girl he killed. The one where he bragged for weeks to his friends about “planning a murder”, the one who he sent Snapchat’s the very next day basically taunting her family and police, the one who pretended to be clinically insane on zoom hearings so he could snatch an insanity plea. What part about any of this shows remorse? What part screams “he’s a good kid”? You can’t just say it and expect the rest of the world to believe you. If he’s truly a good kid where’s the proof? All we’ve seen (even from his friends) has shown us he’s always been this way and if he gets out he’ll do it again. Yes, I understand that’s her grandson and I can’t imagine how hard this is for her, but it’s no where near as hard for her as it is for the Baileys. How dare she beg and plead for his release right in front of the victims family! To be honest that’s not love anyways, it’s enabling. Actually loving him would be understanding he needs to accept accountability and be in prison for the rest of his life, and going to see him to try and help him get better. You can love someone and still let them deal with the consequences of their actions…maybe if they would have done this sooner Tristyn would still be alive… He was old enough to know this was wrong, he was old enough to know he had to hide evidence, lie to police, and fake insanity, he’s absolutely old enough to receive LIP w/o the possibility of parole. Anything less than that is a slap in the face to the Bailey’s whose life has been shattered to pieces because of this monster. He doesn’t deserve to live with us in society. Lock him up and let him rot. Oh…and hold mom accountable too. Shame on her for how she handled this. And before anyone comes running to me with excuses and the whole “that’s her son” BS keep in mind that she lied to police too. She is the reason he thought this was acceptable. She failed him, all the adults in his life did, but that will never change the fact that he mutilated an innocent little girl for nothing other than she was in the right place and the right time. They are not the victims here…I’m sorry but they’re not.

This poor grandmother. She was so distraught and kept apologizing. It was not her fault. She said "we lost a child too", because her mind was reeling with so many complicated emotions. I can't hold that comment against her. She was truly sorry and could not account for why her grandchild did this. Prayers first and foremost to the family of the deceased child...but secondly to those in the other family who can't do anything to change the tragedy that happened by their family member.

this is heartbreaking for both families. Poor grandmother couldn't control her grandson's actions.