ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick described the killing of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey as “not an accident” and called her death a “cold-blooded murder,” News 6 partner WJXT-TV reported. “This is a cold-blooded murder of a 13-year-old young girl who did not deserve to die,” the sheriff said Tuesday. [TRENDING: Pipeline shutdown prompts state of emergency | 13-year-old girl was stabbed to death, ME says | 226 gators removed from Disney World] Hardwick has been in law enforcement a long time but just recently became the sheriff in St.
Johns County. Like so many others have expressed, the killing of Bailey is shocking for a growing neighborhood seen as safe.