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Woman reaches $5M settlement with inmate in daughter’s death

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FILE - In this Jan. 30, 2014 file photo Alyssa Bustamante appears in a Jefferson City, Mo., court during a hearing on whether to set aside her plea in the 2009 slaying of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten when she was 15. A judge denied a new trial for Bustamante on Monday, March 10, 2014 ruling she understood what she was doing when she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and did not receive ineffective advice from her attorneys. (AP Photo/The Jefferson City News-Tribune, Julie Smith, Pool, File)

Judge denies new trial in slaying of Missouri girl

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 8, 2012 photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Alyssa Bustamante, who was sentenced to life in prison for the October 2009 slaying of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten in St. Martins, a small town just west of Jefferson City, Mo. Bustamante, who described killing her neighbor girl as an &quot;ahmazing&quot; thrill, was to appear in court Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 to argue that her guilty plea should be set aside because it was made under the threat of a mandatory life prison sentence. (AP Photo/Missouri Department of Corrections, File)

Mo. woman asks judge to undo plea in child slaying

By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press

** FILE ** Alyssa Bustamante, then 15, listens during a brief hearing at which her attorney entered not-guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and first-degree murder in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City, Mo., on Dec. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall, Pool, File)

Mo. teen gets life with possible parole for killing 9-year-old

By David A. Lieb - Associated Press

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By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Alyssa Bustamante, then 15, listens during a brief hearing at which her attorney entered not-guilty pleas on her behalf to charges of armed criminal action and first-degree murder in Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City, Mo., on Dec. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall, Pool, File)

Mo. teen describes killing as amazing, ‘enjoyable’

By David Lieb - Associated Press