MO - Elizabeth Olten, 9, St Martin's, 21 Oct 2009 #13

[droptoplesabre]

I just saw the video on CNN,looks like she's trying to keep from smiling,holding her mouth closed.I'm sure she's loving the attention.Lawyers fawn all over thier clients and that's the perspective the suspect gets of how people are seeing them.

i was lookin at her shot from KRCG and it looks to me like she's maybe "sulking"? that the right word? kinda like she's imberrassed or somethin.just my thaught.

 

[Jodibug]

Did AB take the stand? I wonder how they got this close of a shot of her if she only sat by her attorney. Was media setting in the jury box to get this close of a pix?

Anyone find a video on KRCG from what they ran at noon please post. TIA

The media were in the jury box. AB did not take the stand, and stayed at the defense table with Jan King.

Her hair has not been cut since her last appearance on Nov 18th. It was the same.

 

[Angel Who Cares]

*Added all new articles in one post for easy reference for everyone! :blowkiss:

Olten murder suspect pleads not guilty
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 10:15 a.m.
Last updated: 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
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The teenager charged with the murder of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten waived a formal arraignment and pled not guilty in her re-arraignment this morning.

Alyssa Bustamante, 15, was handed down charges by Cole County Circuit Court Judge Pat Joyce for first degree murder of Olten by strangulation and stabbing and armed criminal action in an earlier court appearance on Nov. 18.

By waiving the formal arraignment, the indictments were not formally handed down to Bustamante again. Her lawyer just entered the plea on her behalf.

Bustamante sat silently shackled in a green jumpsuit, often looking down, during the brief court appearance.

Bustamante has a status hearing scheduled for Feb. 16, 2010.
*Much more info at link!

Alyssa Bustamante at arraignment / photo from KRCG cell phone

PDF: Read the indictment documents
http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/u...ies/Alyssa Bustamante indictment 11-18-09.pdf

For a timeline of events and more information
http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/content.aspx?id=366922

Article:
http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=387428
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Bustamante In Court Tuesday
Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 5:06 AM
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 11:55 AM
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Cameras will be allowed in the courtroom for the first where the arraignment will take place for Alyssa Bustamante. The arraignment was originally delayed in November until she could get a defense attorney.

The 10:30 am Bustamante pleaded not guilty.

A status hearing for Bustamante is set for Febuary 16 at 9:00 a.m.

Alyssa Bustamante was indicted on November 18, 2009 on First Degree Murder and Armed Criminal Action in the death of Elizabeth Olten.

PDF: Bustamante Indictment
http://www.colecountycourts.com/doc...ted copy of indictment/Copy of Indictment.pdf

PDF: Bustamante Court Documents
http://www.colecountycourts.com/courtnews.htm

Article:
http://www.komu.com/satellite/Satel...4c70b769/6df84cb0-80ce-0971-0160-ce41203b2ed9
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Mo. Teen Pleads Not Guilty To Killing Neighbor, 9
15-year-old Missouri Girl Pleads Not Guilty To Stabbing, Strangling 9-year-old Neighbor
Dec. 08, 2009
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Alyssa Bustamante sat silently as an attorney entered a not guilty plea on her behalf to first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the Oct. 21 death of Elizabeth Olten. Bustamante often gazed down - her long bangs covering her eyes, her hands and feet shackled - during a Cole County court hearing that lasted less than a minute.

The hearing Tuesday also marked the first time that cameras and recorders were allowed in the courtroom for proceedings in the case.

Her public defender, Jan King, asked the court to transfer her from jail to a state psychiatric hospital for a four-day evaluation because of depression. But the judge has not ruled on the request, and King said he did not want to take it up for consideration during Tuesday's court appearance.

Article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/08/ap/national/main5938275.shtml
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Alyssa Bustamante, 15, Pleads Not Guilty in 9-Year-Old's Stabbing
Prosecutors Say Girl Strangled, Stabbed Young Neighbor, Dug Ditch for Body
Dec. 8, 2009
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Bustamante, who is to be tried as an adult, sat silently in the courtroom and avoided making eye contact.

Prosecutors have portrayed Bustamante as a cold, calculated killer.

"She committed the murder after deliberation, which means cool deliberation or cool reflection on the matter for any length of time," Cole County prosecutor Mark Richardson previously told the court.

WATCH: Grim Portrait of Teen Murder Suspect
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=8974925

Article:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/alyssa-bustamante-15-pleads-guilty-year-olds-stabbing/story?id=9281521
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Video: Bustamante Arraingnment 1:56
http://www.fox2now.com/videobeta/watch/?watch=e4eef538-e646-43d6-bbcf-118b517623fc&src=front
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Bustamante pleads not guilty to killing 9-year-old Olten
December 8, 2009
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After the plea was entered, she murmered a brief exchange with King, and then was led out of the courtroom. She continues to be held in the Cole County jail. Her attorney&#8217;s request to have her moved to a mental health facility in nearby Fulton, Mo., has not been addressed.

A status hearing has been set for Feb. 16 at 9 a.m. That&#8217;s when the attorneys in the case will tell the judge whether they&#8217;re ready to proceed with trial; Bustamante may or may not be present at that hearing. Any requests for change of venue might also come up at that time.

The case has garnered national attention, and the courtroom was filled with not only local media, but &#8220;Inside Edition&#8221; and others.

Olten&#8217;s mother and two other family members were present at today&#8217;s hearing; a group of Bustamante&#8217;s friends were also present but her family members were not.

Butamante hearing [Download / listen Mp3]
http://www.missourinet.com/2009/12/...ng-9-year-old-olten/butamanta-hearing-120809/

Article:
http://www.missourinet.com/2009/12/08/bustamante-pleads-not-guilty-to-killing-9-year-old-olten/
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Video: Murder Plea 1:17
http://video.ap.org/?f=1259313&pid=294o1Bc__lpovxlKOxZZV5bwg5FHCr_E

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[vjlaw]

i was lookin at her shot from KRCG and it looks to me like she's maybe "sulking"? that the right word? kinda like she's imberrassed or somethin.just my thaught.

I thought she was biting her lip just a little trying to walk in the shackles.The video on CNN shows her looking up at the judge. Just a little different video than what they showed on KRCG

 

[Jodibug]

Thanks Jodibug for being our eyes and ears today!

I cannot seem remember so if someone here could remind me, I would appreciate it. Was there ever a bond set for AB? TIA

The judge ruled no bond.

 

[droptoplesabre]

I thought she was biting her lip just a little trying to walk in the shackles.The video on CNN shows her looking up at the judge. Just a little different video than what they showed on KRCG

i agree,i seen it just as i was readin comments..i can tell ya,,them shackles aint comfortable one bit..and dragging them chains, every step pulls the iron on your ancles, and socks dont help a bit,,not fun.

 

[Prof]

MO has the NGBD Not Guilty by Mental Disease or Defect

Here is an interesting chart showing state by state legal standards for the "insanity defense"

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/crime/trial/states.html

MO is one of the 25 states that still use the M'Naughten rule to test for legal insanity -The M'Naghten rule says defendants may be acquitted only if they acted "under such defect of reason from disease of the mind" as to not realize what they were doing or why it was a crime. Some call it the "right-wrong" test.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/front...ption=com_content&task=view&id=221&Itemid=156

 

[winterrose]

Was that her grandmother sitting behind her?

 

[winterrose]

I thought she was biting her lip just a little trying to walk in the shackles.The video on CNN shows her looking up at the judge. Just a little different video than what they showed on KRCG

I was talking about when she was sitting down next to her lawyer,for a second,looked like she was going to crack a smile and tightened her lips.

 

[droptoplesabre]

Was that her grandmother sitting behind her?

KRCG said she wasnt there, i believe

 

[Jodibug]

Was that her grandmother sitting behind her?

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None of Alyssa's family was there today.

Also, during the last hearing we had to watch from another floor via closed circuit television. Today we were in the same courtroom as Alyssa- on the 4th floor.

 

[vjlaw]

Was that her grandmother sitting behind her?

The reports said grandmother wasn't present. Those could have been aids for the lawyer. jmo

 

[vjlaw]

I noticed on the CNN picutes it said up in the corner, Gary Bemboom CCSO, I just wonder if he is the same Gary Bemboom who is listed in Elizabeth's obit as her "honorary dad".

 

[Elley Mae]

http://www.kmov.com/news/Supporters of Elizabeth Olten were in the courtroom wearing pink, while Bustamante's grandmother, and guardian, was not present in the courtroom.local/Teen-murder-suspect-due-in-court-Tuesday-78766267.html
more pics here.



click on "home" to access the article

 

[wvjules]

I know what Alyssa did was horrible and unimaginable but it saddens me a little that there was no one there for her.

Don't get me wrong, I want her punished the fullest extent of the law.

 

[droptoplesabre]

http://www.kmov.com/news/Supporters of Elizabeth Olten were in the courtroom wearing pink, while Bustamante's grandmother, and guardian, was not present in the courtroom.local/Teen-murder-suspect-due-in-court-Tuesday-78766267.html
more pics here.



click on "home" to access the article

ellie,i just tried to look at that site and it said it couldnt be found,but thanks for trying anyway

 

[MDATCA]

It looks like she has lost some weight. I guess she must not like the prison food.

 

[Elley Mae]

try this, http://www.kmov.com/news/local/Teen-murder-suspect-due-in-court-Tuesday-78766267.html

 

[winterrose]

Besides the fact she's destroyed so many lives,maybe the family feels if they were there,AB would have more court sympathy and they want to make sure that doesn't happen.Afterall,if she was let out,all the family would be in danger for years.

 

[Elley Mae]

http://www.kmov.com/