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JEFFERSON CITY, MO (KTVI-FOX2now.com)—
A fifteen year old girl will be tried as an adult in the October murder of a nine year old. Alyssa Bustamante was charged Wednesday with strangling Elizabeth Olten, then cutting her throat and stabbing her. Bustamante and Oletn were neighbors when the October 21st killing happened.In court Wednesday prosecutors said Bustamante told investigators she, "wanted to see what it feld like to kill someone." In the same hearing, a Highway Patrol officer testified that the 15 year old admitted digging two holes with the intention of burying Elizabeth. Juvenile officers called it a sign the girl's murder by stabbing and strangulation was premeditated.
Bustamante is charged with First Degree Murder in the case, and faces an additional charge of Armed Criminal Action because she use a knife.
Prosecutors argued that Bustamante, who is nearly 16, would likely not be rehabilitated by the time she turns 21. That is when she would have been set free from the juvenile justice system.
Bustamante had been undergoing treatment for a mental illness.
She faces life in prison without parole if convicted.
