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15-Year-Old Missouri Girl Indicted in Murder of Neighbor, 9

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-11-19 03:53.

Story here. Excerpt:

'JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Blessed with a Friday off school, 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante dug two holes in the ground to be used as a grave, authorities said. For the next week, she attended classes, all the while plotting the right time for a murder, they said.

That time arrived the evening of Oct. 21, when Bustamante strangled 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten without provocation, cut the girl's throat and stabbed her, prosecutors said. Why?

"Ultimately, she stated she wanted to know what it felt like," Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. David Rice testified Wednesday during a court hearing over the slaying.
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Cook recommended Bustamante be tied as an adult. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem agreed, saying the killing was vicious and that the state had no adequate facilities or services to treat Bustamante if she remained in the juvenile system.

Bill Heberle, with the Missouri Division of Youth Services, testified that the state has no secure facilities with fences for female juveniles. Youths in Missouri's juvenile system generally are housed in group settings and are not typically watched by staff 24 hours a day, he said.'

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I have an idea

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2009-11-19 05:07.

Build some fences!

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Submitted by Belgorod on Thu, 2009-11-19 07:04.

Chapter II of this story will no doubt be the trial, when this psychopath gets tried for murder. And I predict that the abuse-excuse will appear. In the end, it will be a man's fault. Probably the father, whether he had anything to do with it or not.

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Down on your knees, And thank heaven, fasting,
For a good man's love.

Shakespeare, As You Like It III, 5

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