Teen to be Tried as Adult in Death of Girl

A judge in Missouri has ordered a fifteen-year-old girl to stand trial as an adult for the killing of a nine-year-old neighbor. Judge John Beetem of the Cole County Circuit ruled on Wednesday that the killing of Elizabeth Olton was “vicious,” and that the state did not have adequate facilities or services to treat the teenage suspect if she remained in the juvenile correctional system.

The teenager was arrested on an adult charge of first-degree murder. The suspect’s name has not been publicly released, and her defense attorney identified her in court only as “Alyssa.”

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