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October 23 in St. Martins Missouri a teen girl was accused of killing a 9yr old girl by the name on Elizabeth Olten. Police did not release any information on the teen girl. Cole County Sheriff Greg White said that the teenage was not related to the girl only an acquaintance and she lived in the same area. Elisabeth was found in the woods (very well hidden) 2 days after she went missing when police said she was walking home from a friend’s house. But later Sheriff White would not say weather the police believed the girl encountered the murderer when she started walking home, for fear of risking the suspect’s case since she was so young. They found her by tracking her cell phone wich was very near by. Under Missouri law children 12 and up can be charged with murder of the first degree. The case must start in a juvenile court system and then transferred to an adult one. Juvenile records are usually kept secret from the public. Little information is given on the suspect’s side of the story because of her youth. They say she was a girl of 15 and that people who had seen her would describe her as “Goth”. She is reportedly the older sister of the girl Elisabeth was playing with the day she was killed. Vicki Olten, Elizabeth's aunt, said her niece was an "angel" but would have no further comment. Her family and friends say she was a happy, shy kid, and would not have gone into the woods alone. She was the youngest of 5 children. Liza Adrian, the sister-in-law of Elizabeth's sister said that she never herd her argue with anyone. The teen girl was charged with 1st degree murder. She did not admit to the killing of Elisabeth yet however. Sherriff White said “written documents” led the police to the suspect. There must first be a closed hearing in juvenile court to petition for charges as an adult. It won't be until November 18 that they will go to court and petition to try her as an adult. More information is needed about the juvenile and the circumstances to make a fair judgment but given only this information I would say to try her as an adult for killing an innocent 9yr old and not having a reason. It would be unjust of the court to be anything but harsh on the 15yr old, just because she is young does not mean she didn’t know what she was doing, or that it was done accidentally. If the defendant was not an adolescent I think that this would all go a lot faster because they would not question the adult’s reasoning or purpose or if it was an accident and it sounds pretty bad if an adult killed a 9yr old girl. I think that it is ridiculous to think that just because someone is young means that they do not know what they are doing. I do understand that it has a lot to do with the influence of the parents also though which might have cause someone to be confused of what’s right and wrong. Again there is not enough information to know what happened exactly. ​
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