MURDERED: Sarah Stern

In the early morning hours of December 3rd 2016 a 911 call was placed reporting an abandoned 1994 Grey Oldsmobile car left on the Belmar, NJ Route 35 Bridge above the Shark River. Responding officers ran the license plate in their system and find that the belongs to a Michael Stern, so they give him a call. He answers, but he’s all the way in Florida. Police wanted to know then who had been driving the car.  He responded, my daughter, referring to his 19 year old daughter, Sarah Stern.

Photo of Sarah

Sarah with accomplice to her murder

Officer responding to Sarah’s abandoned car

Route 35 bridge

Sarah’s father

Memorial

Route 35 bridge

Map of case landmarks

Convicted murderer

Once Sarah’s friend

Accomplice to murder

Once Sarah’s friend

 

Sarah Lee Stern Scholarship Fund:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/sarahleesternscholarship

 
 

Resources

  • Paula Zahn Season S19 E3

  • Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sarahleesternscholarship

  • 911 Call:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vycddxXD3WI

  • Confession: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejpQN3TguhM

  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199270566/carla-stern

  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194800782/sarah-lee-stern

  • https://www.app.com/story/news/local/people/2019/12/13/sarah-stern-murder-scholarship-fundraiser-concert-keeps-sarah-alive/4408324002/

  • https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2017/02/hold_--_pair_charged_with_killing_sarah_stern_appe.html

  • https://twitter.com/Sarah_Lee_Stern

  • https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Strangled+%26+thrown+off+a+bridge+-+all+for+a+shoebox+full+of+money%3B...-a0595400776

  • https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2017/02/teen_went_with_sarah_stern_to_bank_before_he_stran.html

  • https://www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2022/02/17/sarah-stern-murder-preston-taylor-loses-appeal-reduced-sentence/6838886001/

  • https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/appellate/unpublished/a2155-19.pdf?c=hHI

  • https://abcnews.go.com/US/liam-mcatasney-sentenced-life-parole-murdering-friend-sarah/story?id=63869375

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