Elizabeth Olten Case: Alyssa Bustamante, Alleged Killer, Told Friends of Desire to Kill

Alyssa Bustamante Told Friends She Wanted to Feel What it was like to Kill

The Elizabeth Olten case has been pressing on for a little over a month now. 9 year old Elizabeth Olten was found dead in a heavily wooded area days after disappearing on her way home from a friend's house. Her alleged killer is 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante. What's so shocking about the case is that Alyssa's motive to commit the murder was simply to feel what it felt like to take another life.

Missouri officials are taking the Elizabeth Olten case very seriously and have charged Alyssa Bustamante as an adult in her case. She is only 15, making her one of the youngest individuals charged as an adult for the crime. Authorities don't really know what to do with Alyssa, and cite the fact that the juvenile detention system is not set up in Missouri enough to house someone who has committed such a heinous act.

Jennifer Meyer, a close friend of Alyssa Bustamante recently spoke out about the Elizabeth Olten case. She said that at a party, Alyssa - the alleged killer of Elizabeth Olten - pulled her aside and said she wondered what it would feel like to kill someone. Jennifer didn't think anything of it. She thought her friend was joking, and didn't think that Alyssa Bustamante was capable of actually going through with a murder.

Jennifer Meyer also told reporters that the "note" that led police to Alyssa could have been written by the alleged killer of Elizabeth Olten herself. While she doesn't know for sure who actually wrote the note given to the police, Meyer heard rumors that Alyssa Bustamante wrote a note during class that was taken away by a teacher. The rumor is that the note written by Alyssa is the "anonymous note" that lead the police to Elizabeth Olten's body.

What strikes me about the Elizabeth Olten case is that the alleged killer, Alyssa Bustamante, actually told people that she wanted to feel how it was to kill someone. Human instinct is to believe that our friends and loved ones aren't capable of heinous acts. It's always "someone else", someone a little darker - someone mysterious or "crazy" that kills people. Elizabeth Olten could have still been alive today had someone spoke out about what Alyssa Bustamante was speaking about.