JEFFERSON CITY, MO. -- The father of a slain mid-Missouri girl has pleaded guilty to federal gun charges.
Dale Olten Sr., 46, was in prison on a state drug conviction when his 9-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, was killed last October in the town of St. Martins near Jefferson City.
Alyssa Bustamante, who was age 15 at the time, has been charged as an adult with first-degree murder and has pleaded not guilty.
The U.S. attorney's office said Friday that Olten pleaded guilty to illegally possessing 29 rifles, shotguns and handguns on Feb. 27, 2009. He also admitted that 17 of those firearms were stolen.
The firearms were discovered when law enforcement officers, investigating a series of burglaries, searched Olten’s residence.
Olten could get a minimum sentence of at least 15 years in federal prison without parole, plus a fine up to $500,000.
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