Mo. teen gets life in prison for murder of 9-year-old girl
Law enforcement officers, attorneys and forensics experts read aloud the journal entries written by Bustamante when she was a 15-year-old high school sophomore. The now 18-year-old wrote on the night of Elizabeth's murder: "I just f------ 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." Bustamante, who was 15 at the time, had been charged with first-degree murder. However, by pleading guilty to the lesser charges, she avoided a trial and the possibility of spending her life in adult prison with no chance of release.
Author: CBS News Staff
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