by Jessica Machetta | Jul 27, 2010 | Crime / Courts
The judge, the prosecution and the defense remained behind closed doors today at 1:30 when a status hearing was to begin for Alyssa Bustamante, 16, who is charged as an adult in the slaying of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten. Bustamante, who was 15 at the time, is...
by Jessica Machetta | Apr 28, 2010 | Crime / Courts
Cole County Presiding Judge Pat Joyce ruled on one of three motions filed today in the Alyssa Bustamante hearing. Bustamante, 16, is accused of strangling and stabbing to death 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten of rural St. Martins, outside Jefferson City. Bustamante was not...
by Jessica Machetta | Mar 8, 2010 | Crime / Courts
The status hearing for Alyssa Bustamante in Central Missouri has been pushed back. Cole County prosecutor Mark Richardson says the hearing set for today has been rescheduled for April 28th. At issue was jury selection, which happened Friday. Richardson says a Greene...
by Jessica Machetta | Feb 16, 2010 | Crime / Courts
A status hearing was held today in Jefferson City in the case Alyssa Bustamante, who is accused of killing 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten in rural Cole County. The case has received national attention, and although Bustamante’s attorneys requested to move the trial...
by Jessica Machetta | Dec 8, 2009 | News
The 15-year-old Central Missouri girl accused of killing a 9-year-old girl who lived nearby has pleaded not guilty in Cole County Circuit Court. Judge Pat Joyce precided over today’s arraignment, which took place because Alyssa Bustamante did not have an...
