Murder of Elizabeth Olten

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Elizabeth Olten was a 9-year-old American girl who was murdered by her neighbor Alyssa Bustamante, who was 15 at the time, in St. Martins, Missouri on October 21, 2009. Bustamante lured Olten into the woods before strangling and stabbing her to death. Bustamante murdered Olten simply due to homicidal ideation and to experience killing someone. She was later indicted and plead guilty to second-degree murder and armed criminal action and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 2024 for second-degree murder. She was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years, and the two charges carry consecutive sentences. Bustamante was controversially permitted a parole hearing in 2024, due to Senate Bill 26, a law meant to allow juvenile offenders earlier parole as part of jail reform efforts. Senate Bill 26 blocked those convicted of first degree murder from seeking this parole, but not those convicted of second degree murder. Senate Bill 26 was later amended by Senate Bill 754...

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