Missouri teen describes killing as 'pretty enjoyable' experience (Then Went to Church)

Assoc. Press ^ | 02/06/2012 | Assoc. Press

[Responsibility2nd]

A U.S. teenager who admitted stabbing, strangling and slitting the throat of a young neighbor girl wrote in her journal on the night of the killing that it was an "ahmazing" and "pretty enjoyable" experience -- then headed off to church with a laugh.

The words written by Alyssa Bustamante were read aloud in court Monday as part of a sentencing hearing to determine whether she should get life in prison or something less for the October 2009 murder of her neighbor, 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten, in Missouri.

Bustamante, 18, sat silently as law enforcement officers, attorneys and forensics experts read aloud the thoughts she had recorded as a 15-year-old.

A handwriting expert described how he was able to see through the blue ink that Bustamante had used in an attempt to cover up her original journal entry on the night of Elizabeth's murder. He read the entry aloud:

"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."

[1010RD]

Or it might have been that...

She has also been taking Prozac to combat her depression.

[Don W]

Sociopath. Put her in jail and throw away the key.

Put her down like the rabid bitch she is. Hanging, e-chair, needle, firing squad, it doesn't matter, just remove her from society.

[Lazamataz]

I like a good laugh, but don’t you think humor is out of place on a thread that describes the brutal murder of a child?

Humor?

[Grunthor]

My God. You have to take a test to drive a car but any a**hole can make a baby.

There ought to be a test that too.

[Paperdoll]

I knew it!

[Paperdoll]

I knew it!

[Smokin' Joe]

This is distinct from the other two psychologies, because she is not indifferent to the pain of others, she wants to perceive it, and revel in it.

That might explain her reaction to the crime better than an absence of emotion, feeling, or empathy.

[TheThirdRuffian]

Yes, in another century, I would opine she was demon possesed from her cult, but I guess we don’t call it that any more.

[Little Bill]

In another century she would have been considered an adult and hung for her crime, read some history.