Alyssa Bustamante

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## Alyssa Bustamante

### Occupation

Student
YouTuber (both formerly)

### Goals

Kill Elizabeth Olten (succeeded)
Avoid punishment for her crimes (failed)

### Crimes

Child murder
Armed criminal action

### Type of Villain

Mentally Unstable Teenager

**Alyssa Bustamante** (28 January 1994 -) is a American teenage girl who murdered her neighbor as well as her siblings' friend 9 year-old Elizabeth Olten on 21 October 2009.

## Biography

Bustamante born on 28 January 1994. Her mother was a drug and alcohol addict. Her father, Ceaser Bustamante was also an addict and criminal. In 2002 she and her siblings started living with their grandparents. Their grandparents wanted to raise them in a healthier environment, so they moved to Cole County.

Alyssa was seen as a normal child in real life and she was a part of a church that made youth activites but she had a completely different personality online. She become obsessed with emo trend and opened accounts on MySpace, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. On 10 September 2006, Bustamante opened an account named "OkamiKage" on YouTube, where she listed "cutting" and "killing people" under her hobbies. In one of her videos named "*Idiots Getting Electrocuted by Electric Fence"* she grabbed a electric fence and told her younger twin brothers to do the same. The screen reads “*This is where it gets good, heh heh heh ((we get to see my brothers get hurt :P))*". She shared photos on the internet in which she drew an Adolf Hitler mustache and made it look like blood was flowing from her mouth with make-up in another photo. Few weeks before the murder she Tweeted "*All I want in life is a reason for all this pain".*

During her teenage years she got depressed and started to experience some psychological problems. After attempting suicide in 2007, she stayed in the hospital for a few days and started using anti-depressants.

## Murder of Elizabeth Olten

Alyssa told her step sister to invite Elizabeth to play games, her plan was actually something different. At the night of 21 October 2009 9 year-old Elizabeth Olten was practicing for a school event. Her mother was preparing dinner and Alyssa's step sister, Emma said that she wants to play with Elizabeth at her house. Elizabeth had previously played with the children of the Bustamante family, and her mother agreed to let her daughter play upon her request.

As it got late, Elizabeth's mother became worried and asked her neighbors for Elizabeth to return, but Elizabeth never came home. The police then launched an investigation and discovered a signal coming from Elizabeth's cell phone using the town's cell tower. The signals were coming from the forest, the teams began to examine the forest. The FBI, Coul Conty sheriff's department and Missouri State Patrol were involved in the investigation. They found a hole that looked like an empty grave. Then they later questioned Emma, ​​who had played with Elizabeth. Emma told detectives that after playing with her, Elizabeth asked Alyssa for help after falling into a thorn-filled bush. After Alyssa told Emma to go home, she was left alone in the forest with Elizabeth. After strangling her there, he stabbed her 8 times and slit her throat. She buried her in another grave she had previously dug and went home.

Alyssa was interrogated but lied, saying she didn't know anything about the incident. Alyssa went to the forest with the police and said that she dug that hole without any malicious intent. FBI agents began searching Alyssa's room. When they entered the room, they found Alyssa's poems written with pen and real blood on the wall. She also wrote Emma to the wall with a drawing of a human had drawn slashes on her head and arms in red, as if cutting her. The FBI found Alyssa's diary and examined it. They found a scribbled texts inside the diary. When they use black crime light on the blackened part, it was found out Alyssa wrote: "I just f\*\*\*ing killed someone. I strangled them and slit their throat and stabbed them now they're dead. I don't know how to feel atm" "It was ahmazing. As soon as you get over the 'ohmygawd I can't do this' feeling, it's pretty enjoyable. I'm kinda nervous and shaky though right now. Kay, I gotta go to church now...lol.".

Alyssa, who was interrogated after her writings were revealed she came to the interrogation with her grandmother. Alyssa at first said Elizabeth died by hitting her head, but when Detective David Rice asked, "Was her throat cut?", Alyssa said "Yes" and accidentally admitted the murder. and after the confession, her grandmother left the room crying.

## Aftermath

When detectives asked Alyssa why she committed the murder, she said she wondered what it felt like to kill people. Some people say that although Alyssa actually planned to kill her two brothers because she dug two graves.

After the events, Alyssa's friend Jennifer Meyer gave an interview about Alyssa's depression, self-harm, and bloody graffiti.

On 30 January 2012 Alyssa was tried in court as an adult and she was found guilty of 'second-degree murder' and 'armed criminal action'. She said " If I could give my life to bring her back, I would." and "I just want to say I'm sorry for what happened. I'm so sorry.".

She was sentenced to sentenced to life with the possibility of parole on February 8, 2012.

Alyssa's father, Ceaser Bustamante, wanted his daughter to get the maximum sentence.

## References

* https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.digibiography.com/alyssa-bustamante/&ved=2ahUKEwiy9IPQj8OCAxVPcfEDHTUNCN8QFnoECC0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0y8vVInqlYGx2dJ1AM1may
* https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/journal-helps-police-find-a-2009-missouri-teen-thrill-killer/amp/&ved=2ahUKEwiy9IPQj8OCAxVPcfEDHTUNCN8QFnoECCsQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0gsX224W3i3TClq\_EYaAU7