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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Alyssa Bustamante, the 15-year-old accused of killing her 9-year-old neighbor Elizabeth Olten, was sent to a mental hospital after her lawyer said she showed signs of severe depression and anxiety.

A judge ordered Bustamante to be taken to the Fulton State Hospital for up to 96 hours, but it was unclear exactly when that clock started. The order by Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce is dated Thursday but did not have a time stamp; it was released Friday.

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MIAMI - His story captured the attention of the South Florida community and the world. A 15-year-old boy set on fire by five teenage friends in a dispute over money. Michael Brewer suffered burns over two-thirds of his body and now, his parents and grandmother have spoken exclusively to CBS affiliate WFOR reporter Shannon Hori.

His parents say their son hasn't been able to fully grasp what happened to him. But even with all the drugs he's on for the pain, he has horrible flashbacks. He asks for water in order to put out the flames.

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HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. - When Jamar Pinkney Sr. heard his 15-year-old son, Jamar Pinkney Jr., had sexual contact with a 3-year-old girl, he made the teen strip at gunpoint, marched him to a vacant lot and shot him to death despite pleas from the boy and his mother, a relative said.

Michigan authorities filed a first-degree murder charge Wednesday against the 37-year-old father in the shooting death Monday of Jamar Pinkney Jr. in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park.

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Police say Boynton Beach newlywed Dalia Dippolito thought she had the perfect plan to off her husband, Michael Dippolito, but the hit man she tried to hire was an undercover officer, and he's got the video to prove it.

Investigators have now released that video and others, including Dalia Dippolito's shocking interrogation by police, along with 400 pages of documents.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A man who allegedly robbed a Charlotte, N.C. bank took Highway Patrol troopers on a high speed chase Tuesday afternoon.

Turns out the suspect, 29-year-old Carlos DeShawn Burns, had a prior conviction for a more serious offense.

The Tuesday incident started just before 2 p.m. when a Wachovia Bank on West Sugar Creek Road in Charlotte was robbed and Burns took off, according to the FBI.

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MINNEAPOLIS - Police are looking into a viral video that appears to show a group of teenage boys engaged in a mugging spree in Minneapolis and St. Paul, while showing anything but remorse.

The YouTube video shows the boys smiling as they attack a man on a bike, a jogger and some young kids.

The "stars" of the video, which was posted on YouTube but was subsequently removed Tuesday afternoon, make no attempt to hide their identities.

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Investigators handling the death of Shaniya Davis say they can't file any more charges until they decide where the crimes took place.

Fayetteville police had said they planned to file more charges in Shaniya's death, the 5-year-old North Carolina girl whose body was found Monday beside a rural highway in Lee County.

But Police Chief Tom Bergamine said Wednesday they won't file more charges until jurisdiction is determined.

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - When Shaniya Davis, the 5-year-old girl found dead in rural North Carolina, went to live for the first time with her mother, Antoinette Davis, alarm bells went off for the little girl's aunt.

"Antoinette and I never really got along because of the way that she neglected her children," Carey Lockhart-Davis said. "I feel robbed. I feel that Shaniya was robbed."

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BERLIN - Edis Kayalar, the man who German police say tried to extort $100,000 from former supermodel Cindy Crawford, has turned himself in to police, according to German prosecutors.

Prosecutors in the southwestern city of Stuttgart said Tuesday that Kayalar walked into a police station late Monday.

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OKLAHOMA CITY - Former Marine David Allen Tyner turned himself in to police on Tuesday after being named a suspect in the shooting deaths of four people whose bodies were found in a burning home, including a prostitute featured on the HBO reality series "Cathouse," police said.

The 28-year-old surrendered at the Mayes County Sheriff's Office on a warrant that included six murder complaints. Authorities said two of the victims — 22-year olds Brooke Phillips and Milagrous Barrerra — were pregnant.

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