She cut herself and dealt in gothic-style morbid fascinations. She would cut on herself the word HATE but also the s peace symbol. At the time of her arrest, Alyssa had over self-inflicted cuts on her body, along with burn marks and bites.
Online, she listed her hobbies as cutting and "killing people". While Alyssa did talk about killing people to her group of friends, unfortunately, they didn't take her seriously.
Elizabeth Olten was friends with Alyssa's half-sister. Alyssa picked Olten as a perfect target of opportunity for her dark, murderous fantasies. In October , Alyssa prepared herself for murder by digging up a grave. After she's arrested, she gives a false apology to Elizabeth's parents and explains to the police that she wanted to see the light in her eyes go out. She was put on strong anti-depressants, and was prone to self-harming, scarring her wrists with a blade.
As expert analysts tried to use their technology to light up the original writing beneath the scribbled, inky mess, interrogators sat down with Alyssa and got her talking. It was ahmazing. Kay, I gotta go to church now… lol. Years would pass until Alyssa, by now aged 18, pleaded guilty in court to second-degree murder.
Her lawyers offered mitigation, pointing out her unstable mental state, her history of self-harm, and the fact she was on powerful anti-depressants that, they argued, may have triggered violent impulses. On the other hand, prosecutors were damning, pointing out that Alyssa had planned the murder carefully, even sending her half-sister out to fetch her victim, and killing for the simple pleasure of it.
The six-year old and the nine-year old pals hung out, and then, when Olten started her journey home, she was allegedly diverted by Bustamante who called Olten on her cell phone, and redirected her back to Bustamante's house.
Allegedly, Bustamante had then led Olten into the woods. Olten, who was afraid of the dark, would have trusted the older teenthey played together and were friends. But, Olten couldn't have anticipated that she would be brutally killedslashed on the neck and arms and then fatally stabbed.
The young girl's body was found in a grave; Bustamante admitted to digging two graves a week before the murders, giving rise to speculation that her twin brothers were the original intended victims. But a detail from the press conference gave people further pause. When Cole Country prosecutor Mark Richardson was asked why there were two graves, and whether one or both graves had been used for Elizabeth, he said only: "No, I can't tell you that right now.
The autopsy revealed that Olten had been strangled, her throat and wrists had been slashed and she'd been stabbed. Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. David Rice said that Bustamante's motive was simple and terrifying. After the murder, a friend of Bustamante's came forward, saying that Bustamante had told her that she wanted to know what committing a murder would be like.
Louis: "I was at her party, and she kind of just took me off to the side randomly and she's like, 'You know, I wonder what it would be like to kill somebody,' because I guess she was mad at one of her friends there, but it just seemed kind of strange," Meyer said.
Distressingly, there have been other teenage girl murderers, and if Alyssa Bustamante is convicted, she will join the ranks of other infamous female murderesses. Diana Zamora killed a romantic arch-nemesis, Adrienne Jones in , at the age of In Australia in , the year-old "Collie Killers," tried murder just for fun, strangling and suffocating their victim.
One of the earliest known teenage female killers, wasn't even a teenager. Mary Bell strangled a three-year old boy and a four-year old boy just for kicks in at the tender age of In , Brenda Spencer, 16, bored of Mondays at school, loaded the semiautomatic rifle her father had given her and blazed away, killing two adults and injuring eight children and a cop.
Still, a female offender as young as Bustamante is rare enough that, had it been ruled that she would be tried as a minor, authorities wouldn't have had the right facilities to handle a convicted violent female underage criminal. She would have likely been put in solitary confinement. Bustamante may never have had a fighting chance to make anything of herself.
Bustamante was born to a teenage mother. Her mother had committed some petty crimes involving drug possession, and had been arrested for driving while intoxicated. Her father was in jail, serving a year sentence for assault. Bustamante had been living under the watchful eye of a guardian since she was seven. She was part of a religious household and had a reputation as a good student, but her psychological difficulties seemingly became too hard overcome. Her internal pain continued in the days following the murder.
Once it was determined that Bustamante was to be tried as an adult, she became distraught and was moved to Hawthorn Children's Psychiatric Hospital for evaluation. She had tried to cut herself and expressed suicidal thoughts. Her nails were cut because she'd tried using them to cut herself. Later, she was ordered by the judge to Fulton State Hospital for evaluation.
Here state-appointed lawyer also introduced a motion to move the trial. He cited comments on news articles as well as blogs, Facebook, and Myspace, purporting to come from townspeople, most of whom excoriated Bustamante. In the online world, Alyssa Bustamante was already convicted and hanged. People wrote things like: "What is a shame is that the Murderer did not die when she tried commit suiside when she tried to in And: "From what I've heard this girl has had mental problems for some time and has seen counselors or someone in the past.
And: "Either deport her or send her to the gas chamber. One less sicko wasting our tax dollars. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Olten got the funeral she deservedthat of a princess. A horse-drawn carriage took her casket to the cemetery, where her friends and family wore her favorite color: pink. On December 8, , Alyssa Bustamante walked in shackles and handcuffs into the Jefferson City courtroom wearing a lime green prison jumpsuit. Her brown hair hung in her eyes. Her chin still jutted, but her defiance had been muted by the events of the previous months.
More than two years later, on January 10, , Alyssa Bustamante pleaded guilty to second degree murder and armed criminal action. Her first-degree murder trial was scheduled to start later in the month; if convicted, she faced life without parole. Now, having entered a guilty plea, she stood a chance of being released. The punishment for murder in the second degree can be life with the possibility of parole, or years.
The sentence for armed criminal action is three years to life. When asked if she also cut Elizabeth Olten's throat, she responded, "Yes. According to her attorney Charlie Moreland, Alyssa decided to plead guilty because "she wanted to take responsibility for it. On February 8, Alyssa Bustamante was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. During a sentencing hearing, forensic consultant Don Locke read aloud to the court a page from Bustamante's diary, dated the day of the Elizabeth Olten's murder.
The entry had been scratched out, but Locke was able to recover it. It read,. I strangled them and slit their throats and stabbed them. Now they're dead. I don't know how to feel ATM. As soon as you get over the 'Oh My Gawd.
I can't do this' feeling it's pretty enjoyable. I'm kinda nervous and shaking though right now. Kay, I got to go to church now LOL. Murderpedia Juan Ignacio Blanco.
I don't know how to feel atm [at the moment]," Bustamante wrote in her diary She later added: "It was ahmazing. UPDATE: February 8th, After previous issues that delayed the trial of Alyssa Bustamante, she was finally set to face the murder charges, with a trial due to start in January 30th, A Hint, a Suspect Until this point, the scenario that the community and the police had feared was that an older male predator had snatched up the girl as she walked home alone through the woods.
Juvie or Adult - Male or Female? The Murder and Confession When Elizabeth Olten left to go home, she'd been playing with Alyssa Bustamante's half-sister, who lived a few doors down.
All in the Family Bustamante may never have had a fighting chance to make anything of herself. The Aftermath Her internal pain continued in the days following the murder.
Entering a Plea On December 8, , Alyssa Bustamante walked in shackles and handcuffs into the Jefferson City courtroom wearing a lime green prison jumpsuit. The circus had come to town: reporters were allowed inside. Even with a confession, Bustamante entered a not guilty plea.
Juan Ignacio Blanco. MALE murderers. Classification: Homicide. Characteristics: Juvenile 15 - Thrill killing. Number of victims: 1.
Date of murder: October 21,
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