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57: Two Graves and A Diary - Thrill Killer Alyssa Bustamante part 2 · Shades of Murder

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Hello and welcome to Shades of Murder.
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I am your host Alita Caldwell. In this podcast, I discuss cases
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of murder from around the world and throughout history,
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attempting to unravel the layers of darkness that help make
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humans and to monsters. Please be forewarned that each
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episode contains specific and at times very graphic and
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disturbing details of the case. This show is not intended for
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all audiences and listener discretion is strongly advised.
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In the last episode, I discussed the horrifying and tragic murder
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of nine year old Elizabeth Olton and her unexpected killer, 15
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year old Alyssa Bustamante. This is the second piece of the
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shocking true story of a child murderer who by all accounts,
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was a child herself when she committed this heinous, vicious
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crime. It would be so easy, even lazy,
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to call Alyssa Bustamante an evil monster and end the
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discussion and her story there. This is what most people,
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including fellow true crime podcasters, do when discussing
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her and this horrible, tragic case.
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However, the reason I wanted to cover her case and I chose to
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extend it to two episodes is that she is a compelling
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offender to me for multiple reasons.
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Please be aware that I am not a psychiatrist nor am IA licensed
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therapist. However, I do have a degree in
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criminology and hopefully it has been demonstrated to you, my
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dear listeners, by now that I conduct extensive research for
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every episode. I think it's critical that as a
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society we attempt to comprehend how and why an individual,
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especially a child or youth, can commit inherently evil acts.
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It is easy to label persons who murder as monstrosities whom we
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can't possibly relate to on any level.
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When we do this, we dissociate ourselves from them and their
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crimes. In this goal to separate them
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from us, we have created an almost mythological aura around
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serial killers and other similar depraved violent offenders.
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I think in some ways it's easier to deal with the darkness that
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exists within others if we place them into compartment of evil,
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rather than acknowledge that most of them are shattered
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individuals who weren't capable of processing and handling the
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trauma and abuse they were dealt with in life in any normal or
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healthy manner. The criminal profile and story
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of Alyssa Bustamante is important to know and discuss,
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not because of her shocking and vile crimes, but because of how
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much of an anomaly this young woman truly is.
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First of all, her youth and gender made her highly unlikely
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to commit such a heinous, premeditated crime.
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By making her sister Emma an accomplice and leaving behind a
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trail of evidence for law enforcement to find, Alyssa
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Bustamanti exhibited arrogance, sloppiness, and a lack of
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organization. This was likely a reflection of
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her youth, in particular her impulsiveness, recklessness, and
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poor judgment, all well known characteristics of a developing
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typical teenager's brain. If it weren't for these crucial
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mistakes, Alyssa Bustamante may never have been caught.
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Secondly, although some signs point to her being a psychopath,
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other factors and traits don't. Don't get me wrong, Alyssa
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Bustamante deserves to be in prison for the rest of her life.
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Despite her age at the time of the offense, she will most
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likely continue to be denied parole based on the evidence of
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premeditation, the degree of brutality of the crime, and the
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victim having been an innocent and helpless child.
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However, it is critical to discuss her from a
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criminological view and analyze the various aspects of her life
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and behavior which culminated in this tragedy.
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Alyssa Bustamante was described as being a very bright and
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clever girl in a sneaky kind of way, but who openly struggled.
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With her depression. She had never been in trouble at
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school or involved in any sort of juvenile delinquency outside
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of a few incidents of not being where she said she would be.
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There was an occasion where she snuck off to a music concert in
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Saint Louis and she spent the night out in the woods a few
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times without her grandparents knowing.
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However, she had never had any encounter with the justice
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system before being arrested for first degree murder.
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Her grades were above average and at the time of the offense,
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she was in the top third of her class.
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Alisa Bustamante did not fit any kind of violent offender
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profile, especially for a girl. It is a criminal fact that males
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commit far more homicides than females.
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Official crime data from 2023 revealed that of the 21,504
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known homicide offenders, 14,327 were male compared to only 1898
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females. Interestingly, there were an
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additional 5279 perpetrators of homicide whose gender was
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unidentified or unknown. This equates to approximately
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.88% of all murders being committed by females.
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This is an extremely low percentage of homicides being
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committed by women and girls, which is why when females commit
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murder, it is still perceived as a shocking and very rare
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incident. Women and girls who commit
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murder overwhelmingly do so for the means of utility, usually
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for the gain of money. Studies on female offenders
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revealed that they also killed primarily for means of survival.
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It could be to survive violent abuse from an intimate partner
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in a moment of self-defense or their desire to end prolonged
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abuse. And sometimes it's just to
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survive the streets. Girls who kill share very
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similar traits and characteristics to women in
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terms of their motivations, and even fewer studies have been
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conducted on them. This is very unfortunate and
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irresponsible, since murders committed by girls and younger
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women appeared to have become increasingly more common in
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recent decades. Other.
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Females kill in what are described as crimes of passion.
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These incidents involve either their lover, boyfriend,
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girlfriend who has rejected or betrayed them, or their love
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rival, and sometimes both. An example of this kind of
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killer would be Tennessee Death Rose Krista Pike, who brutally
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slayed a young woman in 1995 whom she believed was after her
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boyfriend. For some female offenders, the
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motivation can stem from a darker, more psychopathic plays.
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Sometimes it can arise from a desire for power, control and
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domination. It may derive from the desperate
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need for her attention or even a bizarre sense of mission driven
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killing. Women and girls tend to murder
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those closest to them. They prey on the weak and the
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vulnerable, in particular when the motivation is financial.
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Female juvenile murders are by far the rarest of violent
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offenders. Most of these killings involve
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crimes of passion, as aforementioned, where envy and
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jealousy of another female are the primary motive, and they
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often involve more than one offender.
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This kind of murder can be seen in the horrific attack of 12
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year old Shonda Shearer in Indiana by a group of girls led
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by the jealous 16 year old Melinda Loveless.
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In the case where the victims are family members, they tend to
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revolve around a forbidden love interest.
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Typically, these events involve a younger female who becomes
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obsessed with a much older male suitor whom the parents attempt
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to keep apart. This can lead to further
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obsession and eventually a plan to eliminate those who are
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interfering in the relationship. In the twisted perception of the
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lovestruck teen, the only way to be with a man they love is to
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kill their parents and sometimes even their siblings.
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This kind of family killing was demonstrated in the case of 16
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year old Aaron Caffey from Texas in 2008.
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All three of these examples have become quite notorious in the
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world of true crime because they were so disturbing, brutal and
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most of all, extremely rare. Another more well known scenario
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involves a young female. At the behest of the older male
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partner, he becomes involved in killing and sometimes even the
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torture of another individual or multiple persons.
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This has been demonstrated through various killer duas
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throughout history, in particular serial killer
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couples. Whether the female is a willing
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and active participant or a compliant accomplice, they
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traditionally commit the crimes to please their MO partner or to
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prevent him from causing them harm.
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Or at least that is what most of these family offenders claim to
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be their motivation. Such an infamous case is
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illustrated through Canada's Carla Harmonka.
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What is almost unheard of, and the most shocking to hear, is
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when a young woman kills someone of her own accord, her own free
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will, her own premeditated, vile plan to take another's life for
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pleasure. Alyssa Bustamante did not fit
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into the typical profile of a delinquent teen, much less a
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cold blooded, sadistic murderer. And yet there were many, many
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alarming signs of pending violence, up to and including
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her potential for homicide. Born to a drug addicted teen
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mother and abusive father, Alyssa Bustamante was exposed to
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domestic violence, her mother's sexual activity with multiple
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men inside the home, and substance abuse.
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Her mother had a criminal record which included mainly petty
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crimes like drug possession and a DUI.
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Her father was sentenced to 10 years for felony assault and had
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not been in her life since she was a very young child, except
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for the occasional letter from prison.
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Alyssa and her three younger siblings were faced with a life
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of continuous hardship. Her mother had run away from
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their home, abandoning her four small kids on multiple
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occasions. This was all before Alyssa had
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turned 7. It was during this time that her
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grandparents felt they had no other choice but to intervene
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and help. They didn't want the children
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split up into foster care and so they took it upon themselves to
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care for them all. Since her mother was neglectful
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and randomly disappeared on them and her father was in prison,
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her grandparents were granted guardianship over all four young
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kids, Alyssa being the eldest. One particular time when her
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mother took off, it had dire consequences.
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On Labor Day weekend, 2713 year old Alyssa Bustamante was found
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unconscious. She had been discovered
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collapsed in the shower by her grandmother after swallowing a
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large bottle of Tylenol. Her arms had hundreds of tiny
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cuts on them made by a razor blade.
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The girl had carved the word hate into one of them.
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She survived the suicide attempt and was sent to a healthcare
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facility for evaluation and treatment.
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There, Alyssa Bustamante was given a prescription for Prozac,
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a common antidepressant, and it seemed to do its job for a
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while. Alyssa's grandparents were very
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religious, and although they made sure that she and her
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siblings were well taken care of, I don't know how their
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relationships were. Were they affectionate and open
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with her? Did they discuss the trauma and
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abuse she had experienced as a child and how she was suffering
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emotionally and psychologically as a result?
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Alyssa regularly attended their Mormon church and did so right
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after brutally slain a child, as recorded in her diary.
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It was clear that religion didn't seem to make any impact
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on her moral compass. If anything, she mocked it.
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I wonder if her grandparents thought that if she read the
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Bible and went to church enough, it would miraculously fix her
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issues and save her from the looming darkness.
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There were many signs that Alyssa Bustamante was spiraling
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down a dark path which were essentially ignored by those in
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her life and in the very least, were not taken seriously enough.
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Everything Alyssa Bustamante portrayed on social media, the
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words and pictures that decorated her bedroom walls and
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especially those inside her journal, was strong evidence of
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a young girl who was obsessed with death and violence and
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wanted to die. Earlier in the year, at her 15th
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birthday party, Alyssa Bustamante made a shocking and
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disturbing statement to her once best friend, Jennifer Meyer.
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According to Jennifer, out of nowhere, Alyssa pulled her aside
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and said to her, and I quote, I just wonder what it would be
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like just to kill someone, see the life just drain out of
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someone. I wonder what it would feel like
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that type of power to take that away from someone.
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Jennifer just thought at the time she was being weird and
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dark and did take her words seriously.
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A week before she murdered 9 year old Elizabeth Olton,
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Alyssa's cell phone charger was dead.
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One night she was all alone in her room and she couldn't talk
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to anyone about the depression and pain she was drowning in.
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She wrote in her diary in a quote.
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If I don't talk about it, I bottle it up, and when I
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explode, someone's going to die. On Twitter, she wrote that there
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must be some reason for all this pain.
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All of these expressions of her rage, sadness, and darkness were
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in full display for not only those closest in her circle to
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see and hear, but for the entire world if they had listened.
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She did not hide her sickness, but rather she played it up,
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almost reveling in it, crafting a dark, dramatic, and alluring
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image of herself. This resulted in a harrowing
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persona of how she wanted to present herself and what she
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wanted to project into society. Alisa Bustamante has been
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described as a thrill killer in large part because the main
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detective stated that the reason she murdered Elizabeth Olton was
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because she wanted to know how it felt to kill.
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As I pointed out in the first episode of this case, these
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exact words were never spoken by the offender to law enforcement.
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However, since she did express this specific desire to kill to
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one of her close friends, it is impossible to deny that her main
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motivation was to experience the power and pleasure of taking a
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life. This kind of offender is the
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rarest of them all. They defy all understanding and
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possible explanation as to what triggers this kind of thrill
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killing behaviour, especially in a young woman.
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So what exactly defines the actions and profile of a thrill
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killer? Thrill killing, a type of murder
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committed for the reasons as defined by its name, for the
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thrill of taking a life, sounds pretty straightforward as to the
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primary motivation behind such an offender's purpose for
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killing. However, what makes an
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individual into a thrill killer is seemingly much more complex.
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For the majority of society, we struggle to comprehend, much
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less understand, such an act and the type of person who commits
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it. Thrill killers are a typology
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that was developed to understand different types of serial
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killing, specifically those committed by males.
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This type of murderer kills to obtain gratification and
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pleasure through the act of killing.
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Thrill killers are driven by the ACT alone.
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They are excited and energized by the pain and terror they can
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inflict on their victim. Traditionally, they are not
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interested in the body post mortem.
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Unlike other sadistic killers, they don't mutilate or play with
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a corpse. They rarely commit any sexual
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acts during, much less after the kill.
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Psychologists have observed that their thrill from killing is
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intertwined with the power and control they exert over their
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victims. People who kill For these
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reasons very often are associated with severe childhood
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trauma, specifically abuse. They suffer from feelings of
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unworthiness and have a great desire for power and control.
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This trauma has been noted to desensitize some individuals
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toward pain and violence, leading them to lack empathy and
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have minimal attachment to others.
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Women who kill for the thrill, who are stimulated by the act of
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murder and torture, are extremely uncommon.
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They are pretty much nonexistent.
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There are very few known female thrill killers, or at least
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those who have been properly identified.
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Multiple murderer Joanna Dennehy of the United Kingdom has been
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deemed by some to be a thrill killer.
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Jane Taupin, the 19th century serial killer nurse of Boston,
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who might have covered in a previous episode, openly
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expressed how she murdered for pleasure.
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Even the infamous Aileen Warnos has been described as a
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thriller, although I personally don't agree with this label to
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define her motivations. Needless to say, most women who
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have been described under this motivation have almost always
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been part of a murdering duo, usually headed by a male.
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The motivations of Alyssa Bustamantes were undoubtedly
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sadistic and pleasure driven. Based on her journal entry,
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after she murdered 9 year old Elizabeth Olton, Alyssa
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Bustamantes suffered severe trauma, abuse, and neglect
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before she was even born. The teenager struggled with her
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inner demons and battled against depression and feelings of
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worthlessness. She did not feel of any value
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and she lacked control over her life.
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All of these. Characteristics to find what is
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known about throw killers in the act of luring in or stalking
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their victim, taking them by surprise, inflicting brutality
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upon the individual, and causing the person terror and pain.
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They regain their sense of power, strength, and control.
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The pain and suffering that define their very existence is
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now erased, at least temporarily, by causing pain and
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suffering to another and having the power to end their life.
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Upon close analysis though, I tend to think her motivations
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were much more complicated than simply killing for the thrill.
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Alisa Bustamante was an extremely disturbed teenage girl
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who was fascinated with death and violence, and the concept of
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killing herself was projected onto her victim.
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I think to some extent she was trying to get rid of herself
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hatred by victimizing the most innocent.
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Everyone has labeled this girl an evil monster.
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Were her actions those of 1? Undoubtedly yes, and there were
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clear signs of her being psychotic.
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But is she evil? Is she a psychopath, or is she a
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tragic result of her upbringing? Perhaps a little bit of both.
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Psychopathy is a mental disorder that is manifested from a
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culmination of factors believed to be likely caused by genetic
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factors which helped to mold and influence cognitive development
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and personality traits. It is also a reaction to social
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and environmental elements. Psychopathy as a clinical
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construct is defined by a pattern of interpersonal,
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emotional, and behavioral traits than an individual exhibits.
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Considered one of the most serious of the personality
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disorders. The recovery rate of individuals
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suffering from psychopathy is very low and the effects it can
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have on a personal and social level are extensive.
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The prevalence of psychopathy is thought to affect anywhere
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between .5 to 1% of individuals in society.
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However, it is believed that as high as 20 to 25% of all
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prisoners could be diagnosed with the disorder.
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Research indicates that psychopaths are responsible for
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more than half of all serious crimes committed.
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Studies on psychopathy in men and women reveal that the
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condition is very rare in females.
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However, along with male prisoners, female prisoners
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often exhibit signs of the disorder.
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One study showed that as high as 17% of female prisoners could be
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diagnosed as psychopathic. This is in comparison to roughly
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31% of male prisoners. Emotional traits of a psychopath
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include flat effect, lack of empathy, Morser guilt and
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egocentricity. Alyssa Bustamante fully exhibits
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these traits when she writes in her diary about how killing
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Elizabeth Olton made her feel. There is 0 expression conveyed
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about what a horrible thing it was to do.
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Elizabeth Olton is not a child she murdered, but she merely
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becomes an object. That was used to fulfill her
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homicidal desires. Interpersonal characteristics of
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a psychopath show themselves in acts of arrogance,
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impulsiveness, lack of responsibility, grandiose sense
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of self, and manipulation. Elsa Bustamante's act of killing
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was not impulsive since she planned to commit murder based
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on her pre emptive digging of the graves, but her selection of
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Elizabeth Olton does not appear to have been planned, at least
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not on that particular day. During the interrogation video,
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Alyssa Bustamante attempts to manipulate the detective and the
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juvenile officer into believing her version of events on the day
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she killed Elizabeth. She is bold, confident, even
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arrogant, while she sits back in the chair with ease, casually
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painting a story she is trying to sell them.
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The behavior of a psychopath has been observed to show dismissal
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of social norms and rules and display scary, violent and
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irresponsible behavior. Alisa Bustamante portrayed
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herself across social media as someone who rebelled against
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society's expectations, especially expectations of a
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young female. She chose dramatic, often
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violent imagery and expressions to depict her persona, whose
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main purpose appeared to be for the attention it received.
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The characteristics and traits of psychopathy vary from person
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to person, but there are a few core features.
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These include an uncaring temperament, boldness, and
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social dominance, in addition to disinhibited behavior.
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An uncaring temperament is the social and emotional foundation
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of being a psychopath. These kinds of individuals
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exhibit no remorse, regret, or guilt over their actions.
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They are liars, manipulators, and use people to get what they
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want. Secondly, they are known to be
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risk takers. Their appearance and demeanor is
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1 full of confidence, even arrogance, and they fail to
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avoid behavior that in the past has already led to problems.
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The third core trait is disinhibited behavior.
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This involves actions and behavior that are spontaneous,
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random, and often unplanned. These individuals fail to uphold
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their promises or commitments, including work or school, or to
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their personal life. There is a divide amongst
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researchers on whether or not criminal behavior is a key
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element of psychopathy or if it is a consequence.
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As in most areas of criminology, the majority of studies
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conducted on psychopathy have been focused on males.
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However, the research performed on male psychopaths versus
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females have revealed some interesting differences.
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Research on psychopathy has been conducted in two distinct ways.
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One school of research has been focused on behavior, where the
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other is centered around personality.
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The behavioral approach is the one which the APA or the
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American Psychiatric Association employs in its diagnostic
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system, also known as the DSM 4, where psychopathy falls under
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antisocial personality disorder. This diagnosis primarily
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includes concepts of behavior with emotional traits associated
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to them, but it is not a prerequisite to the diagnosis.
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This category far exceeds the realm of psychopathy and would
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encompass most criminals. The other school is based upon
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personality and is represented in the World Health Organization
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diagnosis of Dissocial Personality disorder under their
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International Statistical Classification System.
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Also known as the ICD, this disorder is characterized by
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individuals who pose a sharp resistance to the expected
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behavior and codes of conduct. They are indifferent toward
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these rules and norms and lack empathy.
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They fail to experience guilt as the rest of us do, and they lack
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the capacity to feel remorse. This kind of individual does not
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respond to negative reinforcement of behavior, such
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as punishment, which does not deter or change their bad
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behavior. They also have a tendency to
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blame others for their actions, and they are at constant
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conflict with society. It is estimated that 1/3 of
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people who would be diagnosed as antisocial meet the criteria for
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psychopathy. The latter criteria, defined by
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disocial personality disorder, leans toward a closer match to
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the definition of psychopathy, although neither school
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thoroughly covers the term. How is psychopathy even measured
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and thus diagnosed, you may be wondering?
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The most common and validated tool is the Hair Psychopathy
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Checklist, which includes a checklist of 20 items to which a
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patient is assigned a score of 0 to 2 based on how close they
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align to each trait. These include many of the well
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known characteristics and behavior of a psychopath such as
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lack of guilt, no empathy, superficiality, shallow affect,
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grandosity, lying, parasitic lifestyle manipulation,
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impulsiveness, and the adolescent crime, among others.
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Amongst researchers, the accepted threshold for
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psychopathy is 30. The differences between genders
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and psychopathy are noted as being significant in the ways
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the disorder manifests itself. Researchers for Rosen and Cook
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suggest that there are four points in the ways these
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differences surface. These include behavior,
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interpersonal characteristics, underlying psychological
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mechanics, and different social norms.
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Female psychopaths are often impulsive and characterized by
27:43
behavioral problems. They demonstrate this mainly by
27:46
running away, displaying signs of self-destructive and self
27:50
harming behavior, and various acts of manipulation.
27:54
Regarding behavior, Whereas men tend to run scams and commit
27:57
crimes of fraud, female psychopaths tend to use their
28:01
feminine Wiles, so to speak, to manipulate others.
28:04
In other words, they flirt to get their way, or at least
28:07
attempt to. Their criminal behavior leans
28:10
towards committee acts of fraud and theft rather than violence.
28:15
Forms of aggression vary between men and women who are
28:18
psychopathic, with females being aggressive verbally and within
28:22
their relationships and males being more physically
28:25
aggressive. These acts of aggression by
28:28
females can occur through manipulating others in their
28:31
social circle with the goal to ouster reject their targeted
28:35
victim. It also manifests itself in
28:37
threats of self harm. It has been observed how female
28:40
psychopaths do not necessarily share the traits of
28:43
superficiality or grandosity like their male counterparts do.
28:48
It has been suggested that this may be due to differences in
28:51
culture and their upbringing. The underlying psychological
28:55
condition and its motivations also differ between men and
28:59
women and has also been discussed how social norms
29:02
affect the perception of psychopathic traits differently
29:06
between males and females. A study of female inmates
29:10
revealed that they are diagnosed with emotionally unstable
29:13
personality disorder much more often than antisocial
29:17
personality disorder, which is a medical term for the presence of
29:22
two or more medical conditions existing in a patient, is
29:25
thought to possibly be a link with female psychopathy.
29:29
Few studies have been done in this area, but what does exist
29:33
suggests that both male and female psychopaths are suffering
29:36
from more than one medical condition.
29:40
In the case of Alyssa Bustamante, we can see her
29:43
depression, anxiety, ADD, borderline personality, in
29:48
addition to her antisocial or dyssocial personality disorder
29:53
are all strong evidence of her being inflicted with
29:57
comorbidity. This is an interesting concept
30:00
that warrants much more research to possibly understand the
30:05
complexities of the brain and thus the personality and
30:09
behaviors of someone afflicted with more than one medical
30:13
condition. When psychopathy begins to merge
30:16
differs between the gingers as well.
30:18
Where males typically exhibit signs as early as childhood,
30:22
females initially show symptoms in adolescence.
30:25
Young women display relational forms of aggression, which are
30:29
brought on by jealousy, manipulation, self injury or
30:33
harming, and verbal aggression. At first glance, Alyssa
30:36
Bustamante doesn't fit the typical profile of a psychopath.
30:41
However, when you read about and consider some of the distinct
30:45
differences between male and female psychopaths, the pattern
30:49
strongly align with her personality and behavior.
30:53
She. Was an abandoned, neglected
30:55
child whose grandparents seemed to love her and take care of
30:58
her, but they didn't really try to understand her.
31:01
Maybe this is simply a reflection of the large
31:04
generation gap? And or they're being highly
31:08
religious. There were so many signs, both
31:11
physical and psychological that were screaming for serious
31:16
intervention. Placing someone on Prozac is not
31:20
sufficient enough treatment for someone suffering from this
31:24
degree of mental illness and suicidal ideation.
31:28
I don't blame her grandparents at all, but the healthcare
31:33
facility and the therapist really failed when they let this
31:36
girl's psychosis slipped through the cracks.
31:40
During her stay at the hospital, she allegedly conveyed to one of
31:44
the counsellors that she wanted to kill someone and she had set
31:48
her eyes upon Elizabeth Olton. Elizabeth Olton was everything
31:55
Alyssa Bustamante was not. She was a girly girl who had a
32:01
loving home with a mother and siblings who adored her.
32:05
She was from a normal and healthy functioning family.
32:10
Elizabeth Olton was full of light, hope and purity and
32:16
Alyssa Bustamante's twisted and depraved mind which was over
32:22
running with thoughts of self hatred and darkness.
32:26
She sought to destroy something beautiful, somewhat entirely
32:29
innocent. There has been much speculation
32:32
as to who her initial intended victims were.
32:36
Since Alyssa Bustamante had dug 2 graves, some believe that the
32:41
graves were dug for her twin brothers.
32:44
This theory surfaced mainly due to how Alyssa expressed A
32:47
sadistic pleasure at seeing them electrically themselves in the
32:51
previously mentioned YouTube video.
32:54
However, I don't think that reaction was intended to mean
32:57
she actually wanted her little brothers hurt, much less dead.
33:02
I mean, how many millions upon millions of YouTube and TikTok
33:07
videos demonstrate teens and preteens making light of
33:11
themselves and or their friends getting harmed or hurt in some
33:15
capacity by acting out in reckless, idiotic ways?
33:19
They intentionally create videos for that primary purpose.
33:24
Now the other individual some people believe Alyssa initially
33:27
set out to murder was her little sister Emma.
33:30
This theory is mainly based upon the crude, violent depiction of
33:34
her little sister in the drawing found in her bedroom.
33:38
But we don't know the context around the sketch, and by all
33:41
accounts, Emma was not afraid of her big sister.
33:46
From what we do know of how Alyssa treated her younger
33:49
siblings, at least according to her grandmother, she cared for
33:52
them as if she was their parent and she did not abuse them or
33:57
cause them any intentional harm. That Alyssa Bustamante primarily
34:02
placed harm upon herself. Is what makes her distinct from
34:05
many other psychopaths. But after reading the research,
34:09
self injury or self harming in female psychopaths appears to be
34:14
pretty common. A typical psychopath is defined
34:17
by their highly narcissistic personality, their grandiose
34:21
sense of self. Someone who cussed themselves
34:24
all over and has attempted to kill themselves does not seem to
34:28
fall within this trait. However, when you look at her
34:30
social media presence, there is some indication of narcissism
34:35
there. There were signs of her desire
34:37
for attention, to craft an image of herself, this alluring
34:42
darkness around her, flirtatious and seductive in a bizarre,
34:46
gothy teenage sort of way. They are bold in your face,
34:51
glamorized depictions of violence.
34:54
The images of her are not frightening in a traditional
34:58
sense. They are over the top dramatic,
35:01
as if she is simply playing to the camera.
35:04
Alyssa Bustamante was an attractive young woman, and she
35:07
expressed a sense of confidence and playfulness in her online
35:11
presence. In this regard, she does match
35:13
the narcissistic characteristic of psychopathy.
35:18
Now, these images have been given far too much attention in
35:21
the press. After her twisted attack and
35:24
grisly killing of a child, all of her past posts and writings
35:28
somehow became indicative of her sickness.
35:31
But was that just an after the fact perception?
35:34
If she had never committed this horrific crime and bragged about
35:37
it in her diary, would these images and videos ever have been
35:41
at the forefront, used to prove how depraved and weird and dark
35:45
and evil the young woman was? I think it's pretty safe to say
35:49
that there are countless teenagers in particular of the
35:52
goth emor or alternate lifestyle or look that portray themselves
35:58
in bizarre, even creepy and dark sinister ways.
36:02
That is not an indication or evidence that they are violent
36:06
or have the tendency to commit homicide.
36:08
In my opinion, it is not the dark imagery or words that make
36:13
Alyssa Bustamante terrifying. Rather, it is when she looks and
36:18
behaves like a normal teenage girl that she is the most
36:24
disturbing. That is why I selected the photo
36:28
I did of her for the cover. It is much scarier to see her
36:32
smiling the picture of a cute 15 year old small town girl who was
36:37
plotting to murder a neighborhood child.
36:41
Alyssa Bustamante's psychopathy truly shines through during her
36:45
interrogation video. It is truly astonishing and
36:49
almost surreal how this 15 year old girl smirks, jokes and rocks
36:54
easily back in the chair while talking to a homicide detective
36:58
about a missing girl. She shows not a care or worry in
37:04
the world, there's no anxiety or depression or display.
37:08
Knowing that she committed this horrific murder of a child and
37:12
exhibits no concern at all of being discovered reveals her
37:18
inner psychopath. One of the trademarks of
37:21
psychopathy is manipulation in chronic lying and how they
37:26
believe they are smarter than everyone else in the room.
37:32
Alyssa Bustamante goes from denying knowing anything about
37:35
Elizabeth's disappearance to attempting to sell a story about
37:39
her accidentally killing the little girl.
37:42
It is only when she is faced with the evidence they have on
37:46
her that she cracks and breaks down into any sign of genuine
37:53
emotion. About the emotion is not for
37:57
Elizabeth, it is for herself. After the confession, Detective
38:03
Rice leaves the room briefly. Alyssa Bustamante turns to the
38:07
juvenile officer Toby Meyer with authentic terror and trepidation
38:12
in her face and voice and ass. What are they going to do?
38:16
To me? It is difficult not to feel some
38:18
ounce of compassion for this teenage girl who is now
38:23
petrified. But her concern is not for
38:27
Elizabeth and her family. This outburst of emotions
38:31
revolved around what was going to happen to her now that the
38:35
hideous truth of her crime wasn't covered.
38:41
Now, whether or not her apology to the family during her
38:44
sentencing hearing was sincere or not, only Alyssa knows, but
38:48
I'm sure that it was brought on by the advisement of her
38:51
attorney. Expressing guilt and remorse
38:53
over 1's violent actions can only benefit the outcome, not
38:58
harm it. Yet it didn't seem to make any
39:01
difference in the sentence she was given, nor in the parole
39:04
board denying her conditional release.
39:07
In previous episodes, I have discussed the matter of the
39:10
juvenile waiver. For those of you new to the
39:13
podcast or who need a refresher on the subject, it's a legal
39:16
procedure for a juvenile to be tried as an adult instead of a
39:20
minor. There are several different ways
39:23
this can't be done. First, there are discretionary
39:25
waivers where a judge solely decides whether a juvenile will
39:28
be charged as an adult. This requires an official
39:31
hearing in which evidence is presented from both the
39:34
prosecutor and the Juveniles Defense Council.
39:37
The judge then determines the offender's potential for
39:40
rehabilitation based on various factors of the case, including
39:44
any prior delinquent behavior. Secondly, there are mandatory or
39:47
statutory ravers, which are laws that are established by a state
39:51
that mandate A juvenile be charged as an adult for specific
39:54
felony offenses. These traditionally include more
39:58
serious violent crimes like homicide and rape, but in
40:01
certain states they can encompass even nonviolent crimes
40:04
like drug trafficking. The third type of juvenile
40:08
waiver is known as a prosecutorial waiver.
40:10
These differ from judicial since they don't require an official
40:14
hearing to present the factors of the case under consideration.
40:18
Instead, these waivers are solely up to the prosecutor's
40:22
judgment, which gives them the power to directly file a case
40:26
against a juvenile and adult court.
40:29
This last transfer or waiver process is highly controversial
40:33
and is at the forefront of much discussion regarding the
40:36
fairness of how these laws are implemented, specifically
40:39
surrounding issues of racial disparity.
40:43
Scholars and critics also point out how the likelihood of
40:46
recidivism among juveniles prosecuted as adults
40:49
significantly increases once a minor is handled as an adult in
40:53
the system. It removes a minor from the
40:56
jurisdiction of a juvenile court system and allows a state
40:59
prosecutor to charge an individual under the age of 18
41:04
as an adult. The age at which a child can be
41:07
transferred to Criminal Court, also referred to as adult court,
41:10
varies widely from state to state.
41:13
Many states have legislation that sets the age at 14, but
41:17
others allow the transfer for children as young as 10 for more
41:21
serious offenses. For example, in California this
41:24
age is strictly set at 16, whereas in Arizona there is no
41:28
minimum age. In Missouri, where this crime
41:32
took place, the minimum age is 12 years old.
41:35
This means that if a 12 year old commits any felony, the court
41:39
can petition to relinquish the rights of the juvenile court.
41:44
It is required that a hearing be set in order to properly and
41:47
thoroughly determine whether the child should be handled by the
41:50
juvenile system or they should be tried in Criminal Court as an
41:54
adult. Before any official hearing, a
41:56
written report must be prepared for consideration to transfer.
42:00
This includes everything from a child's history, delinquent
42:04
record, the offense, any prospect for rehabilitation,
42:07
amongst other factors. If the court determines that the
42:11
child cannot be properly handled in the juvenile system is
42:14
decided in the case of Alisa Bustamante, the child will then
42:18
be transferred to adult court. Once a minor is transferred to
42:23
Criminal Court, they are forever seen and therefore treated as an
42:27
adult. In other words, if they are
42:29
tried as an adult once, then they will always be handled as
42:33
an adult. The only exception to this rule
42:36
is if the juvenile is found not guilty, then the child will
42:41
revert back to the juvenile system if and when they have
42:44
committed a future offence. Research has shown that only
42:48
harm can come to a juvenile house in an adult.
42:52
Jail or prison, Not only are these facilities not designed to
42:56
hold kids, but there is nothing positive for juveniles to gain
43:01
from their growing up behind bars.
43:03
Youth need and require certain types of services and programs
43:07
that they cannot receive in adult confinement.
43:10
Jails and prisons are not set up to provide juvenile offenders
43:14
with sufficient education. Their services and programs
43:18
don't address their health and medical needs, nor can they
43:21
fulfill their specific requirements for potential
43:24
rehabilitation. Everything from classification
43:27
tools to facilities and programs are inappropriate for treating
43:31
youth because it does not address their unique stages of
43:35
development. It is impossible to deny that
43:39
adolescence is a formative stage for human beings, and each stage
43:43
of growing up brings with it a unique set of challenges,
43:46
vulnerabilities, and needs that differ greatly from those of
43:50
adulthood. Juveniles in institutions for
43:53
adult incarceration suffer greatly from being thrown in
43:56
with adults. They are exposed to career
43:59
criminals and violent offenders, including predators.
44:03
The research shows that kids inside prison walls are more
44:06
likely to commit crimes, in particular more serious
44:10
offenses, once they are released.
44:13
They are also the most likely to become victims of physical and
44:17
sexual assault. There is no data on the
44:20
percentage of girls assaulted in adult facilities, but the rate
44:25
inside state and local juvenile facilities is disproportionately
44:30
high. Girls comprise approximately 15%
44:33
of youth within juvenile facilities, yet one study
44:37
revealed that they represented 26% of all cases of abuse.
44:42
Even more alarming was a study that showed 51% of the cases of
44:47
abuse that were perpetuated by staff members were committed
44:51
against girls. Given that the majority of
44:54
female offenders, both youth and adult, are victims of physical
44:58
and or sexual abuse and trauma, these girls and young women face
45:03
a disproportionately high risk of being re victimized once they
45:08
are placed in the adult system. Statistics on this particular
45:12
group of offenders also shows that due to their past history
45:15
of abuse and trauma, they have a significantly high rate of
45:20
emotional instability and mental health disorders.
45:23
Youth in adult jails and prisons are also more vulnerable to self
45:27
harm and suicidal ideation. Offenders under the age of 18
45:31
are much more likely to kill themselves while in adult jail.
45:35
With a rate of twice that of adults, it doesn't take an
45:39
extensive period of incarceration either to break
45:41
them mentally. In fact, 48% of these suicides
45:46
occur within the first week. Juveniles are also frequently
45:50
isolated from adults in jail, which only lends to escalating
45:56
their mental and emotional instability, increasing their
45:59
risk of suicide. Now, it's important to realize
46:02
that the vast majority of youth are not being transferred to
46:06
adult Criminal Court from its peak seen in the mid 1990s when
46:11
the development of such juvenile waivers increased in number and
46:14
harshness. With most juveniles being
46:17
transferred for nonviolent drug offenses, that percentage of
46:21
teenagers or minors being waived has declined by over 700%.
46:28
The data, however, varies greatly depending on the year
46:31
and can fluctuate wildly depending on the state where the
46:35
juvenile resides. It is estimated that between
46:38
200,000 and 250,000 youth under the age of 18 are transferred to
46:43
Criminal Court every year. Male youth offenders were eight
46:47
times more likely to be waived to Criminal Court than female
46:50
youth were between 2017 and 2024.
46:54
There was much progress made in the areas of what were known as
46:58
Raise the Age laws, which sought to minimize the number and age
47:02
in which the criminal courts could handle juveniles.
47:05
For example, both North Carolina and Louisiana had legislation
47:08
which prevented a juvenile 16 years or younger from being
47:12
considered an adult, but these laws have recently been reversed
47:17
as a result. This makes it even easier, and
47:20
has become more rampant for juveniles to be waived.
47:24
There are roughly 4600 juveniles being held in adult jail on any
47:30
given night in the United States.
47:33
Rehabilitation, Redemption. These two words which once
47:37
defined the purpose and structural of the penal system
47:41
in the United States and still do in many countries now, they
47:47
feel almost surreal they are so detached from our current crime
47:52
control model. Our present day penal system is
47:55
centered around punishment and does little to help inmates
48:00
develop and progress as human beings whether they are ever
48:03
eligible for parole or not. Should we be treating 12 year
48:07
olds as adults, even in the most horrible and violent of cases?
48:13
Should we as a society be prosecuting a child as an adult?
48:19
These questions are not answered easily in the case of Alyssa
48:23
Bustamante. She was only a few years older
48:26
than the minimum age in Missouri when she was sentenced to life
48:30
in prison for committing the most heinous crime imaginable.
48:35
She brutally and viciously murdered a child when she was
48:40
still a child herself. A disturbed, emotionally
48:44
enraged, abused child. Does killing an innocent child
48:49
mean that Alyssa Bustamante is incapable of being rehabilitated
48:55
and therefore redeemable? It is not an easy question to
49:00
answer from someone who has a degree in criminal justice.
49:05
I tend to think in general we over penalize offenders in this
49:09
country, including violent offenders.
49:13
Our country has one of the highest rates of incarcerations
49:17
in the world, period. No data shows anything positive
49:22
about the current model employed.
49:25
On the contrary, offenders who are incarcerated only become
49:30
worse in our prisons, not better.
49:33
It is often been said that even if someone is innocent of their
49:37
crime, once they are imprisoned in our country, they will learn
49:40
fast to become a criminal. We do little to nothing to
49:45
identify and help heal the issues that lead offenders to be
49:50
triggered in committing crimes. They are too often raped and
49:55
abused by their fellow inmates and by prison guards.
49:59
Our mental health care system inside and outside of prison is
50:02
a joke, as evidenced by Alyssa Bustamante's treatment before
50:06
the murder. We set up our convicts to fail
50:09
and return to the system instead of preparing them for a life
50:13
outside of it, no matter the severe degree of depravity.
50:17
What does it say as a culture that we penalize kids to this
50:21
extent? I understand we can't and
50:24
shouldn't slap them on the wrist, so to speak, and send
50:27
them to counselling for killing someone or committing any kind
50:31
of violent offense. There are seriously dangerous
50:35
and depraved children out there. Alyssa Bustamante proved to the
50:39
world that she was a serious threat to others when she
50:43
savagely murdered Elizabeth Holton.
50:46
The vile words she expressed afterwards cast doubt on the
50:50
concept that juveniles don't fully grasp the consequences of
50:54
their actions based on their age and lack of cognitive
50:58
development. Alyssa Bustamante fully
51:01
understood that strangling, stabbing and slitting a girl's
51:06
throat and dumping her into a grave would end in her death.
51:13
That was the entire purpose of her digging a grave, selecting A
51:17
victim and carrying out the crime.
51:20
She also demonstrated full awareness and intelligence and
51:24
how she plotted out the crime and manipulated and used her
51:28
younger sister to be her unknown accomplice.
51:32
There is no denying that every element of the crime was
51:36
calculated and done with the sole intention of causing
51:40
another's death. So how do we justify not keeping
51:43
a twisted child killer like her locked away for life?
51:47
How, as a society, do we take the chance of releasing her
51:50
after 30 years, knowing that she may well have been fantasizing
51:54
about her next kill once she is free?
51:58
Maybe I am completely wrong and time, in particular prison time,
52:02
has set her on a different, sincere path.
52:06
But psychopathy doesn't just go away.
52:09
It's like the inner lining of her mind.
52:11
She can conceal it from others, pretend it was just her
52:16
tormented upbringing and that as a full grown woman, after having
52:20
served her time, she is no longer a threat to society.
52:23
I am not a mother, at least not of any human children.
52:27
I can't begin to comprehend the dark, endless well of emotions
52:34
that Elizabeth Olton's mother was forced to endure after
52:38
losing her precious baby girl especially.
52:42
In such a horrifically violent manner and even worse by a
52:48
neighborhood teenage girl. If I were her, I would wish only
52:53
hell upon Alyssa Bustamante's every breathing moment and do
52:57
everything in my power to ensure she is never freed.
53:03
But again, this doesn't answer any question about how to handle
53:09
children, including teenagers, in the justice system.
53:13
It only invites more How young is too young to be labeled an
53:18
evil monster and be locked away for life?
53:23
What age is appropriate to destroy the rest of a child's
53:27
life when they commit the most atrocious of crimes?
53:31
The only answer I do have is that each case must be handled
53:35
on its own unique circumstances. Everything about the crime, the
53:39
offender, the victim, any attempt to conceal it, the
53:42
aftermath of being caught, the emotions or lack of shown by the
53:46
juvenile, all elements must be carefully measured and looked at
53:51
by different kinds of specialists and judges to
53:54
thoughtfully and carefully determine how a child offender's
53:57
crime and life should be handled.
54:01
The justice system and its players hold incredible power
54:05
over the direction of an offender's life, no matter their
54:08
age. The worst thing and the most
54:11
irresponsible thing they can do is not take under careful
54:15
consideration how their decisions will make a lifetime
54:19
impact on the child offender and their future.
54:25
The other side stems from the other part of my degree, which
54:29
is criminology. The calculated cold and sinister
54:33
plan Alyssa Bustamante set in motion almost a week before
54:37
fulfilling her fantasy, the repugnant words she spilled into
54:42
her diary after the murder. Her diary was her trophy of the
54:47
crime. If she hadn't felt the need to
54:50
write down how amazing it was to kill someone, I highly doubt she
54:56
would have ever been caught on some levels.
54:59
The most unsettling aspect of her as an offender can be
55:03
visibly seen and heard within the interrogation video.
55:07
She strikes off almost every box of psychopathy at only 15 years
55:13
old. A lack of effect, No empathy,
55:17
Pathological line, Arrogant, manipulative.
55:21
Among the other well recorded traits, children can't be
55:24
diagnosed with psychopathy since they have not reached full
55:27
cognitive development. From what we know of the
55:30
disorder, at least from what researchers have gauged based on
55:33
other criminal psychopaths, something in a child's life
55:36
helped to trigger the disorder. I have read some speculation
55:41
about her having suffered sexual abuse.
55:43
I have also read claims that she killed animals.
55:47
Unless these come from the case or from her words, which neither
55:52
of them have, I don't choose to presume either way.
55:55
She mentioned burying dead animals, but she never said she
55:59
killed them. I think some people out there
56:02
want to paint her as this blossoming serial killer because
56:06
to them that would make her even more captivating.
56:10
What is known is that Alyssa Bustamante grew up in an.
56:13
Emotionally turbulent, unstable and violent household in her
56:17
most formative years. I have often heard others say
56:20
that doesn't explain or justify what she did.
56:23
Of course not. Nothing ever could.
56:27
But it is critical to understand from the perspective of
56:30
criminology that not everyone has or has learned healthy
56:33
coping skills. Alyssa Bustamante was hit with
56:37
one trauma after another from before.
56:40
She was even. Born.
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Her resentment, rage, and depression, combined with her
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genetic propensity for violence and her emotional imbalance
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caused her to boil over. She embraced darkness, violence,
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and became obsessed with death. As she got older, something made
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her completely detach from her emotional connection to others.
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Alyssa Bustamante was a budding psychopath and no one noticed
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its formation until she had made her first kill.
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Does that mean she is still a psychopath?
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Or is a psychopath even possible of changing?
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Do they have the ability to change or progress without the
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most extensive of therapy? Most research indicates that
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they can't. They are resistant to change.
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And don't progress in therapy much, if at all.
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Could a child with psychopathy be different from an adult with
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the disorder? Is there a chance that once
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their brains are fully developed, they could be
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altered? It's impossible to know,
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especially given that juveniles can't be officially diagnosed.
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From what I have found about her life in prison, Alyssa
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Bustamante is a model prisoner. Her grandparents and even some
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of her siblings, including Emma, visit her.
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I came across an interesting article that referenced Alyssa
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Bustamante in relation to a woman who had spiraled downward
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after becoming addicted to meth. A military wife whose life,
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marriage and family completely unravelled when she became a
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drug addict and was sent to prison.
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She met Alyssa Bustamante and even though she was at first
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freaked out to meet the most infamous convict at Chillicothe
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Women's Prison, this woman saw something else in her.
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The two women fell in love and consider each other wives.
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This woman has since been released but still visits Alyssa
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often. While performing research for
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this case, I noticed how there are quite a few Alyssa fans
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supporters out there. I wouldn't be bothered by this
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fact. If they wanted her to be free
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for the right reasons. Advocating for her parole based
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on the premise of juvenile justice and that she was a child
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when she committed the crime and they believe she should be given
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another chance would be one thing.
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If they believe she should be released because she has
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expressed genuine remorse and has taken major steps to prove
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that her life is worth saving, then maybe I could get behind
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it. But they are more fans than
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supporters. People who comment on her hot
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looks, people who express awe at what she did.
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These individuals are disgusting and as disturbing as the words
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she left behind in her diary. It's not at all surprising
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though, given how many men and women have become obsessed and
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even get romantically involved with the most depraved and
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violent of criminals. I believe as she has proven to
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be a real danger to herself and others and is capable and would
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likely reoffend if given the opportunity.
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I have little doubt that if Alyssa Bustamante had not been
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caught at 15 years old, there would be a row of graves filled
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with the neighborhood kids of Saint Martin, Missouri.
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Thank you so much for listening to Part 2 of 2 Graves and A
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Diary of Female The Real Color. I would love to hear what you
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have thought about these two episodes.
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I know I went into a lot of tangents this time, but I became
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very compelled and invested in this case and looking at it
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through different lenses. If you have any questions,
1:00:45
comments, or ideas for future episodes, I would love to hear
1:00:49
from you. Please reach out my contact
1:00:51
information you can find in the episode description.
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Until next time, stay safe and watch out for shake and murder
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happening on the streets next over, especially inside your own
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home. Shades of Murder is created,
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researched, written and edited by Alina Caldwell.
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Original music stranger composed by Stereo Code.