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Sarah Stern, a 19-year-old from Neptune City, New Jersey, went missing on December 2, 2016. Her car was discovered abandoned on the Route 35 bridge in Belmar, leading investigators initially to suspect suicide. However, this theory shifted when authorities uncovered a more sinister truth.
Stern had been murdered by her longtime friend Liam McAtasney. McAtasney, along with his accomplice Preston Taylor, planned to rob Stern of money she had recently inherited from her grandmother. On the ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 02, 2016
Stern had been murdered by her longtime friend Liam McAtasney. McAtasney, along with his accomplice Preston Taylor, planned to rob Stern of money she had recently inherited from her grandmother. On the ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 02, 2016
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Dec 07, 2016
Nov 07, 2019
Sarah
Stern
27
19
66 inches
130 lbs
White / Caucasian
Female
Dec 02, 2016
Neptune City
New Jersey
Monmouth County
07753
234
30320
Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office
Freehold
New Jersey
Monmouth County
07728
Brian Weisbrot
Detective Sergeant
132 Jerseyville Avenue, New Jersey
7324317160
County
Law Enforcement
HM16-00178
Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office
Brown
Hazel
Hazel
11/29/2025
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Does anyone else think it's really chilling how McAtasney was so calculated in planning Sarah Sternâ... ...Read More
05/16/2024
05/16/2024
