Bustamante murder trial set for May 16 (AUDIO)

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...

Bustamante trial expected to be in 2011 (AUDIO)

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...

Greene County jury to hear Bustamante trial

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...

Bustamante pleads not guilty to killing 9-year-old Olten

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...