In December 2016, Liam McAtasney, a resident of New Jersey, murdered his friend, 19-year-old Sarah Stern. McAtasney strangled Stern and then, with the help of a friend, staged her death to look like a suicide by tossing her body off a bridge in New Jersey. The friend, Preston Taylor, pleaded guilty to disposing of the body and testified against McAtasney during the trial.
McAtasney was arrested and charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, desecration of human remains, and other charges in 2017. He was convicted of all charges in 2018, following a trial that lasted several weeks. The prosecution presented evidence that McAtasney had planned the murder for months and that he had motive to kill Stern because she was going to inherit a large sum of money from her late mother.
During the trial, the prosecution presented evidence, including video recordings of McAtasney confessing the murder to a friend, and the testimony of several witnesses who had seen McAtasney and Stern together on the day of the murder.
McAtasney was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The case received widespread media attention and was covered by local and national news outlets.
The murder of Sarah Stern shocked the community and her family and friends, who had searched for her for months before her body was found. The case serves as a reminder of the heinous nature of murder and the gravity of the crime.
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