Hearing scheduled for Elizabeth Olten murder suspect
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 | 10:51 a.m. CST
BY
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY — A 15-year-old Missouri girl charged with killing a neighbor child was due in court Tuesday to enter a plea.
Alyssa Bustamante is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten on Oct. 21. Both girls lived in the town of St. Martins, just west of Jefferson City.
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Bustamante was certified last month to be tried as an adult, and a plea of not guilty was entered because she had no lawyer.
Tuesday's hearing in Cole County Circuit Court was set to allow the suspect to enter a plea with an attorney present.
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