Prosecutors say that Sarah Stern, a 19-year-old Neptune City woman whose body has never been found, was robbed and strangled by two friends. They speculate that her body was tossed over the Route 35 bridge in Belmar, where her car was found in the early hours of December 3.
Authorities claim to have footage of a recorded conversation between Liam McAtasney, 19, and someone else that purportedly implicates McAtasney in the murder of the Stern.
According to Asbury Park Press, McAtasney, also of Neptune City, is charged with Stern’s murder, felony murder, robbery, disturbing human remains, conspiring with another to disturb human remains, and hindering apprehension or prosecution.
Via Asbury Park Press:
Prosecutors allege that Stern was robbed after she withdrew large amounts of cash from the bank.
McAtasney and Stern were said to have known each other because their families were close friends.
A friend of McAtaseny, Preston Taylor, 19, of Neptune City, is charged with disturbing human remains, conspiring with McAtasney to disturb human remains, and hindering apprehension or prosecution.
Michael Stern, Sarah’s father, only learned of his child’s murder Wednesday after McAtasney and Taylor were arrested.
Until then, “he always had hope,” family attorney Charles Stone said.
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