DiscoverShades of Murder: A True Crime Podcast57: Two Graves and A Diary - A Female Thrill Killer part 2
57: Two Graves and A Diary - A Female Thrill Killer part 2

57: Two Graves and A Diary - A Female Thrill Killer part 2

Update: 2025-08-27
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Alyssa Bustamante has been labeled a thrill killer, a psychopath, and an evil monster. Only a child of fifteen herself when she committed an act of unimaginable violence, she remains a true killing anomaly. Part 2 of this story explores the dark layers of this young female offender, signs of psychopathy, and discusses how our society defines juvenile justice.

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Research for Episode 57 includes:

Courses: Gender & Crime, Criminal Justice System, Violence in America, Criminology

A Look Back at the Teenage 'Thrill Killer' Who Slit the Throat of a 9-Year-Old Girl | Investigation Discovery

Alyssa D. Bustamante, Appellant, v. State of Missouri, Respondent. (2015) | FindLaw

Alyssa Bustamante Interrogation Video

Alyssa Bustamante | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Alyssa Bustamante sentenced in child murder case - CSMonitor.com

Diary of a 'thrill-kill': Missouri teen Alyssa Bustamante murders neighbor girl, records event in journal

Elizabeth-Olten-murder-Mother-sues-mental-health-clinic-Missouri-teen-killed-daughter

Evidence in Bustamante case detailed

Journal helps police find a 2009 Missouri teen thrill killer

Judge Grants Motion to Suppress Evidence in Bustamante Case | Fulton Sun

Petition · Repeal Law That Could Free Elizabeth Olten's Murderer Alyssa Bustamante Within 3 Years - United States · Change.org

Psychopathy Symptoms and Signs

Prosecutor: Alyssa Bustamante Killed Elizabeth Olten Because "She Wanted to Know What it Felt Like" - CBS 

www.researchgate.net/publication/307819660_The_Traits_and_the_Thrill_of_Serial_Kill

Teen killer had troubled family

Witness Testimony Key in Bustamante Sentencing | News | komu.com


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57: Two Graves and A Diary - A Female Thrill Killer part 2

57: Two Graves and A Diary - A Female Thrill Killer part 2

Alita Cauldwell