Meet the alleged "cold blooded" child killer, Alyssa Bustamante, aged 15

Meet the alleged "cold blooded" child killer, Alyssa Bustamante, aged 15

Teen Murder Suspect Was Indicted, Wanted to Know 'What It Felt Like to Kill'

Nov. 18, 2009

Twitter Page, YouTube Profile Reveal Dark Thoughts of Teen Charged With Killing 9-Year-old Elizabeth Olten

A police officer testified today that the 15-year-old girl accused of killing her 9-year-old neighbor confessed to the crime, saying that she did it so she would "know what it felt like to kill someone."


Alyssa Bustamante (15) charged as an adult in the strangulation and stabbing death of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten

Alyssa Bustamante was indicted today in a Missouri courtroom on a first degree murder charge stemming from the Oct. 21 slaying of Elizabeth Olten after a judge determined she could be tried as an adult. If convicted, Bustamante could be sentenced to life in prison.

The judge entered a "not guilty" plea on behalf of Bustamante, who sat speechless and shackled in the courtroom.

The court documents also revealed for the first time the violence of Bustamante's alleged attack on the young girl. Court papers state the Bustamante strangled Olten, slit her throat and stabbed the girl while she was dying.

Bustamante also is charged with armed criminal action for allegedly using a knife in the attack.

She is being held without bond in Cole County jail.

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