2012年2月8日 · Closing arguments were heard today in the sentencing hearing of Alyssa Bustamante, the now 18-year-old who strangled, stabbed and slit the throat of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten before burying...

2009年11月25日 · Alyssa Bustamante's grandmother, Karen Brooke, became the girl's legal guardian when she was 7-years-old, according to court records obtained by the Jefferson City News Tribune....

Alyssa Bustamante, 18, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in a Missouri courtroom today. The teen expressed remorse for brutally killing her neighbor, Elizabeth Olten, in October 2009, in what prosecutors described as a thrill killing.

Bustamante's grandparents, Gary and Karen Brooke, [6] took legal custody of her and her three younger siblings in 2002, since her mother Michelle had addiction issues and her father Caesar was serving time in prison. [7] Friends started noticing changes in Alyssa around 2007 when she was hospitalized after a suicide attempt. [7]

2017年3月20日 · Following Alyssa's conviction, Elizabeth's mother filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Alyssa Bustamante's grandparents and siblings. She was awarded $400,000 in a settlement. She's also sued Alyssa herself to ensure that the killer teen cannot profit from her crime: no books, no movies, nothing.

2014年1月30日 · Also present was Bustamante’s grandmother, Karen Brooke, who had custody of Alyssa when Olten was killed. Bustamante admitted prior to her sentencing that she killed Olten by strangling her...

2013年11月13日 · After Richardson finished his statements, Olten’s grandmother — Sandra Corn — shouted, “I think Alyssa should get out of jail the day Elizabeth gets out of the grave!” Bustamante, who has...

2009年10月21日 · Bustamante was born to teenage, drug-abusing parents; her father was imprisoned and her mother abandoned her, leaving her in the legal custody of her grandmother. After a suicide attempt on Labor Day 2007 as she was starting eighth grade, Bustamante was prescribed the antidepressant Prozac.

2012年1月11日 · Bustamante's grandmother, who had been her legal guardian, left the courthouse without commenting to reporters. Juvenile justice officials testified at a November 2009 hearing that Bustamante had attempted suicide at age 13 after receiving mental health treatment for depression and cutting herself.

2012年2月8日 · Alyssa Bustamante has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of her nine-year-old neighbor, Elizabeth Olten. Bustamante, 18, was described as a remorse-less thrill killer by...