Cole County prosecutors have released new documents that say Alyssa Bustamante’s defense attorney wants to protest DNA tests on a knife and clothing collected as evidence in the murder case against her. Bustamante’s attorney says there will not be enough DNA evidence for additional independent testing.Court documents show the knife and jeans were taken as evidence in the killing of Elizabeth Olten last year in St. Martin’s. Prosecutors want to do tests without the defendant’s council present, because if there outside witnesses during the DNA testing, the lab would violate procedure.
