ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. — The mother of a teen murderer will have her own trial coming up.
Crystal Smith appeared in court Wednesday morning.
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A judge set her jury selection for May 15. On Tuesday, Smith’s attorneys filed a motion to continue her trial.
Action News Jax told you Smith was arrested for evidence tampering in 2021.
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Her son, Aiden Fucci, was sentenced to life in prison in March for killing his classmate, 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, on Mother’s Day in 2021.
Investigators say video from inside her house shows Smith cleaning blood off of her son’s clothes.
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