Hearing in Olten case open to public
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | 5:51 p.m. CDT;
updated 1:44 a.m. CDT, Thursday, October 29, 2009
BY
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY — A hearing on whether to try a Missouri teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old girl as an adult will be open to the public.
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County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem made the decision Wednesday. A lawyer
for the 15-year-old suspect argued that the Nov. 18 hearing should
be closed.
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The suspect is charged with first-degree murder in
last week's killing of Elizabeth Olten. Authorities have described the
teen only as an acquaintance of the girl, who disappeared Oct. 21
during a short walk home from a friend's house in St. Martins, just
outside Jefferson City.
Elizabeth's funeral was held Wednesday at a Jefferson City church. The casket was later taken to a cemetery by horse-drawn carriage.
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