Alyssa Bustamante admitted to killing a 9-year-old girl in 2009, and the reason why shocked police Sean Neumann has more than a decade of experience working as a reporter, with a focus on sports and ...

In 2009, 15 year old Alyssa Bustamante became the focus of a shocking criminal case in Missouri after the disappearance of 9 ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mother of a slain 9-year-old Missouri girl is suing a mental health clinic saying it was in a position to know and prevent the violent tendencies of the teenager who ...

JEFFERSON CITY - Public defenders filed a motion to bar statements made by alleged teenage murder suspect Alyssa Bustamante. In fall of 2009, authorities charged the then 15-year-old Bustamante in the ...

JEFFERSON CITY - Two nine-hours days of testimony preceded teenager Alyssa Bustamante's life in prison sentence last week for the 2009 murder of nine-year-old Elizabeth Olten. Amid the emotional ...

Alyssa Bustamante was 15 years old when she killed her 9-year-old neighbor, Elizabeth Olten, in a wooded area near their homes in Missouri in October 2009. Olten’s disappearance prompted a search, and ...

JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri teenager who told authorities that she strangled, cut and stabbed a 9-year-old neighbor because she wanted to know how it felt pleaded guilty Tuesday in the girl's death.