Found Deceased FL - Madeline Soto, 13, Missing Child Alert, 13500 blk Town Loop Blvd, Orlando, 26 Feb 2024 *arrest* #10

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What is most intriguing is the not “all” your fault part. It’s like she accepts he’s some to blame (which parts?) but believes there are other aspects of Maddie’s death he should not be taking blame for.
Right but somehow completely ignores that her son is a child rapist. How? I simply do not know! Does she think JS drugged him with viagra and sedatives so he didn’t know what he was doing to her so JS could take the photos found on his device??
 
Are you saying that the K9 dog hit on JS's car wheel was due to SS possibly trying to move the body, so had her propped up/laying against the wheel before he decided "Not gonna work" and moved her back to the trees? If so, can the ME tell if a body has been moved after they've died?
the K-9 would have hit on the wheel because SS removed Madeline's body from the passenger side of the car and placed her into the trunk, presumably where his spare tire was located. No? But I do agree with Odeto BJ that where Madeline ended up may not have been his planned disposal spot. The flat tire may have caused him to panic and dump the body behind the trees so he could access the spare from the trunk (beneath her body).
 
The fact that one vehicle had a flat tire, and another different vehicle had a K9 dog alert on one of its tires or wheel wells is interesting. Not sure of the practicality of it - one being a Lincoln the other a Nissan IIRC - was a tire switched between the vehicles possibly? That, or as others also surmise….. maybe something was propped up against the one vehicle wheel / tire? MOO
 
What is most intriguing is the not “all” your fault part. It’s like she accepts he’s some to blame (which parts?) but believes there are other aspects of Maddie’s death he should not be taking blame for.

Maybe she blames JS for "forcing" SS and MS to "cuddle" since JS was was neglecting her parental role by preferring sleep over tending to MS. And then the thinking probably follows the old trope of "boys will be boys", of course SS couldn't control his sexual urges while being forced to share a bed with MS. Yada, yada. Imo.
 
the K-9 would have hit on the wheel because SS removed Madeline's body from the passenger side of the car and placed her into the trunk, presumably where his spare tire was located. No? But I do agree with Odeto BJ that where Madeline ended up may not have been his planned disposal spot. The flat tire may have caused him to panic and dump the body behind the trees so he could access the spare from the trunk (beneath her body).
I don't think so since the move to the trunk was his dad's Lincoln MKZ. The Nissan which the K9 hit on was JS's car.

Pg 104 - 1 also authored an Infotainment search warrant for REDACTED’s vehicle, a 2022 Nissan Sentra

Pg 36 - (Silver/Oray "Lincoln" MKZ, FL Tag: IYLL82) turned onto the above business property from Emissary Ave, then proceeded to their parking garage. While in the parking garage, a male wearing a dark hat, red shirt, and tan pants exited the vehicle and opened the trunk. The male then walked to the front passenger side of the vehicle, opened the door, and proceeded to carry what appeared to be a limp body to the trunk of the vehicle

Pg 55 - I conducted a sweep of the first vehicle which was a 2010 silver Lincoln bearing a Florida tag of IYLL82. K9 Archer did not give a final alert to the 2010 silver Lincoln.

At 2210 hours I then conducted a sweep of a 2022 Nissan sedan which had a Florida tag attached. Upon conducting the sweep K9 Archer showed a changed in behavior then gave a final alert by the rear passenger wheel well.
 
Channel 9 obtained emails on Thursday between Stephen Sterns and his family since he’s been in jail.

One email from a relative named “Chris” says he is, “Disgusted that ‘she’ is free, and you are not when this is not all your fault.”

Madeline Soto case: Jail emails released between man accused of killing teen and his family

apparently DS isn't the person that sent the "this is not ALL your fault" email. That person is identified in this article by first name only.
 
Channel 9 obtained emails on Thursday between Stephen Sterns and his family since he’s been in jail.

One email from a relative named “Chris” says he is, “Disgusted that ‘she’ is free, and you are not when this is not all your fault.”

Madeline Soto case: Jail emails released between man accused of killing teen and his family

apparently DS isn't the person that sent the "this is not ALL your fault" email. That person is identified in this article by first name only.
Shoot.
Prior articles certainly had me headed down the path of DS being the author of that EM. So who is Chris?
Presumably WFTV knows enough to know it is a man, referenced as "he"; though the EM language and content would leave that open to conjecture?
 
Channel 9 obtained emails on Thursday between Stephen Sterns and his family since he’s been in jail.

One email from a relative named “Chris” says he is, “Disgusted that ‘she’ is free, and you are not when this is not all your fault.”

Madeline Soto case: Jail emails released between man accused of killing teen and his family

apparently DS isn't the person that sent the "this is not ALL your fault" email. That person is identified in this article by first name only.
Isn’t Chris his father?
 
Channel 9 obtained emails on Thursday between Stephen Sterns and his family since he’s been in jail.

One email from a relative named “Chris” says he is, “Disgusted that ‘she’ is free, and you are not when this is not all your fault.”

Madeline Soto case: Jail emails released between man accused of killing teen and his family

apparently DS isn't the person that sent the "this is not ALL your fault" email. That person is identified in this article by first name only.

Shoot.
Prior articles certainly had me headed down the path of DS being the author of that EM. So who is Chris?
Presumably WFTV knows enough to know it is a man, referenced as "he"; though the EM language and content would leave that open to conjecture?
It was DS the mom that wrote that email. If you look at the full document you can see that it is signed off with "Mom", and that she was the author.

Some of the emails mentioned them needing to set up DS individual account. So I'm guessing they hadn't set it up yet and thw mom and dad were sharing the account to send the emails.
 
Channel 9 obtained emails on Thursday between Stephen Sterns and his family since he’s been in jail.

One email from a relative named “Chris” says he is, “Disgusted that ‘she’ is free, and you are not when this is not all your fault.”

Madeline Soto case: Jail emails released between man accused of killing teen and his family

apparently DS isn't the person that sent the "this is not ALL your fault" email. That person is identified in this article by first name only.
I think you were right the first time and that the MSM author is incorrect. Both SS's parents used the same email (SS's dad's account), yet his mother wrote about being disgusted that she/JS is free.

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Are you saying that the K9 dog hit on JS's car wheel was due to SS possibly trying to move the body, so had her propped up/laying against the wheel before he decided "Not gonna work" and moved her back to the trees? If so, can the ME tell if a body has been moved after they've died?
I imagine they can tell if a dead body has been moved yes. Why: blood pooling for one. Insect activity for another. I imagine if a body is initially face down for several hours blood would pool along the stomach and tops of extremities accordingly. If the body is moved again say to its back, now blood would pool in the back and back sides of extremities.

Insects would now have access to areas that may have been previously obscured or may be drawn to different scents now arising.

All only a possible theory and MoOoOo as no links.
 
the K-9 would have hit on the wheel because SS removed Madeline's body from the passenger side of the car and placed her into the trunk, presumably where his spare tire was located. No? But I do agree with Odeto BJ that where Madeline ended up may not have been his planned disposal spot. The flat tire may have caused him to panic and dump the body behind the trees so he could access the spare from the trunk (beneath her body).
The dog didn’t hit on the Lincoln that ss was driving when a cam caught him moving the body front seat to trunk as far as I know.

The hit was on the white Nissan.
 

I would not have assumed so: but the (2) cars have the same bolt pattern, same size bolts; but slightly different wheel offset. Obviously the tire that deflated would not have been mounted to the Nissan because he threw pieces of it in the dumpster late the prior afternoon. It was the drivers side rear....So the donut spare was probably not exposed....
So scenario: he blocks up one corner of the Lincoln, removes one of the (3) remaining Lincoln wheels, jacks up the Nissan and changes out the passenger rear for the Lincoln wheel, drives the Nissan to the disposal site, applying trace to the Nissan...then returns and reverses all the wheels??
Considering he needed help to change a tire on the road, and I believe the entire round trip was just over an hour: all that seems pretty fast. Not impossible but...
And how would he know which tire to mount, and why would the wheel well of the Lincoln not excite the dog anyway if the substance was already on the tire? Are you thinking there may have been an effort by SS to frame JS?
I'm thinking the exposure happened at the disposal site, via an original Nissan wheel and tire.
 
Shoot.
Prior articles certainly had me headed down the path of DS being the author of that EM. So who is Chris?
Presumably WFTV knows enough to know it is a man, referenced as "he"; though the EM language and content would leave that open to conjecture?
On one of the YT channels that was discussing the emails yesterday, the content creator had the documents showing on screen. I can’t stand to listen to the guy reading ever so slowly, so I scrubbed through and took screenshots of each and every document based on the name of the person who appears to have sent the email I believe to be the father of SS, however at the bottom of the email and question it is signed “Mom”. I believe the parents of SS are both using a single email address from which to communicate with their son in jail.
 
I imagine they can tell if a dead body has been moved yes. Why: blood pooling for one. Insect activity for another. I imagine if a body is initially face down for several hours blood would pool along the stomach and tops of extremities accordingly. If the body is moved again say to its back, now blood would pool in the back and back sides of extremities.

Insects would now have access to areas that may have been previously obscured or may be drawn to different scents now arising.

All only a possible theory and MoOoOo as no links.
what if he just set a bag with her clothes or something beside the tire? and changed her ( I know might be hard to put pants on if rigor set in ( esp if found in fetal position)
we know he put her body in the trunk of that lincoln, and we think he moved her to st cloud that afternoon, and the dogs never hit on that? not even on the trunk? Allegedly maddi was in that vehicle for up to 6 hours and they got no scent? but they hit on the nissan on the rear tire? both vehicles were out there. one has 6 hrs of contact with a body but doesnt hit, the other with presumably no time with the body gets a hit? How could that be?
he did change his shirt, who knows what it takes to transfer a scent, wonder if they got that blue shirt? and then he changes to a red shirt? the most noticeable color.?
 
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what if he just set a bag with her clothes or something beside the tire? and changed her ( I know might be hard to put pants on if rigor set in ( esp if found in fetal position)
we know he put her body in the trunk of that lincoln, and we think he moved her to st cloud that afternoon, and the dogs never hit on that? not even on the trunk? Allegedly maddi was in that vehicle for up to 6 hours and they got no scent? but they hit on the nissan on the rear tire? both vehicles were out there. one has 6 hrs of contact with a body but doesnt hit, the other with presumably no time with the body gets a hit? How could that be?
These cadaver dogs are trained to hit on the consequence of decay. So I'm thinking that the time between EV1 and the moving to the trunk was not long enough for decay to create anything the dog would respond to, though finding DNA from MS's body fluids in the trunk would make the lack of dog response, largely moot.

The Nissan going to the same site would have occurred something like 21 to 26 hours after EV1 and short of direct contact exposure, the transference would presumably be "trace".
 
These cadaver dogs are trained to hit on the consequence of decay. So I'm thinking that the time between EV1 and the moving to the trunk was not long enough for decay to create anything the dog would respond to, though finding DNA from MS's body fluids in the trunk would make the lack of dog response, largely moot.

The Nissan going to the same site would have occurred something like 21 to 26 hours after EV1 and short of direct contact exposure, the transference would presumably be "trace".
OK thank you for making some sense of that. ( it takes a while to detect the smell) so that would mean he had some contact with the body late that night.
 
OK we have definite attribution for the EM; had me doubting for just a mom ent.
 
OK thank you for making some sense of that. ( it takes a while to detect the smell) so that would mean he had some contact with the body late that night.
He did; or the Nissan did directly. Besides leaning the body against the car, there could be direct contact with a tire; though describing the obvious gets gruesome pretty quick.
 

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