A parole hearing is scheduled Monday for a woman serving a life sentence for killing a nine-year-old girl. The hearing is for Alyssa Bustamante, 30, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2009 murder of Elizabeth Olten in central Missouri’s Cole County....
The State Department of Corrections and Missouri Sheriffs Association have very different accounts about the release of convicted felons from prison. Kevin Merritt, executive director of the Missouri Sheriffs Association, says many convicted felons are getting out of...