This Astonishing Confession Of Murder By A 15-Year-Old Will Drop Your Jaw

Kayla Mosier
The Legal Beagle
Published in
13 min readMar 17, 2024

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For fifteen-year-old Alyssa Bustamante, life was anything but normal. Born to parents Michelle and Ceaser Bustamante, when Michelle was only fifteen years old, the surprise pregnancy did not bring the young parents joy, as it would many expecting parents. In fact, Alyssa cited high levels of abuse and neglect in her childhood.

However, despite her parent's obvious dismay in their surprise child, Alyssa Bustamante was followed by 3 younger siblings. A younger sister named Emma, 6 years younger than her, and twin brothers. Emma will become a very important part of this story as she is the connection between Alyssa and the young girl that becomes her victim.

Given that her parents were both teenagers at the time of her birth, on January 28th, 1994, in Cole, Missouri, also struggling with drug addiction, and her father’s inability to stay out of legal custody, at the age of 8 years old Alyssa’s grandparents, Gary and Karen Brooke, took legal custody of Alyssa and her siblings.

Her grandparents assumed that by their taking over the role of legal guardianship of Alyssa, they could help her flourish in her new environment, despite her history of neglect and abuse at the hands of her parents.

Unfortunately, the damage had already been done and it was too late to save Alyssa Bustamante.

To most, Alyssa seems like a normal teenage girl. Often writing in her diary, attending church services put…

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Kayla Mosier
The Legal Beagle

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