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

[lab.tx]

WFLA -Body found in search for missing 13-year-old Florida girl
Body found in search for missing 13-year-old Florida girl: report

 

[bdawk20]

Because she was asleep, and that is what she was told by SS?

Because she was asleep in the morning she didn’t know where her daughter spent the night?

 

[QB2022]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1763704324624945638

How devastating. RIP

 

[UnapologeticallyAspie]

WFLA -Body found in search for missing 13-year-old Florida girl
Body found in search for missing 13-year-old Florida girl: report

In the link it says: “The girl’s mother is not a suspect in the case.”.

 

[Chimera]

Came here hoping for a good update.


Sounds like another angel taken too soon.

I hope anyone involved in her murder or knowledge of it and ongoing abuse , and didn't rescue this young teen, are charged to the maximum.
She just celebrated her 13th birthday, fgs, with most of her life ahead of her.
My .02 is that the penalties for child abuse and murder are far too lenient !
Omo.

 

[Marysmith]

Just sickening. I’m so sorry Madeline!

 

[Eli9]

Or, when LE got ahold of his vehicle, they saw that it had a donut tire on it. That told them that he must have had a flat. Questioned the liar, he told the truth for once in his life, and he said he had indeed had a flat and changed the tire himself.

Excellent thought! Love that.

 

[Cartie]

I'm trying to get time lines etc straight in my head , if he had to pick her up according to mum so unless MS was home alone mum had to be there and he must of been there before 7.35 because he was caught on camera discarding items.
So he must of killed her early if on that day so mum must of been home unless like I mentioned MS was left home alone.

 

[Eli9]

So sad for MS. What utter betrayal by someone so close in her life. I'm hoping her loved ones will find some sort of peace while they wait for justice to be served.

 

[TravelingBug]

A tip was received? I wonder if someone discovered her body, or someone else knew where he had taken her?

Or saw his car (or saw it on video) since they specified wanting sightings or footage and about the flat tire?

 

[jaeljoh]

I feel like this case has been handled really well. RIP Madeline-- you deserved so much better.

 

[lonetraveler]

Because she was asleep in the morning she didn’t know where her daughter spent the night?

REALLY?

 

[TigerLilly]

I'm trying to get time lines etc straight in my head , if he had to pick her up according to mum so unless MS was home alone mum had to be there and he must of been there before 7.35 because he was caught on camera discarding items.
So he must of killed her early if on that day so mum must of been home unless like I mentioned MS was left home alone.

I've seen news reports that the Mom and bf lived together. I'm not sure if that's true but it was in a recent news article.

 

[Limecat]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1763704324624945638

How devastating. RIP

‘In a wooded area…’.

 

[AmandaSkis]

In the warrant for his arrest, it literally says, "the mother advised her daughter's step father Stefan Sterns, picked her up from home and dropped her off at Hunter's Creek...."

The monster ALSO said he picked her up that morning. So was she dead by the time he got there? Or was he never there that morning to "pick her up"??

The mother apparently lied to police then because that did NOT happen according to the presser we just watched.

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Ugh, unless the police it was Maddie in the church lot video, I am thinking Mom let SS take Maddie home with him after the birthday party.

 

[photographer4]

I think someone who saw him changing the tire called in the tip and I'm hoping that there's something in the flat that links that car to that location. I'm going to believe that the forces of good flattened that tire and some alert LE person watching the videos, noticed that the tire had been changed which helps put a noose around his neck.

maybe he didn't have a flat. Maybe he wanted it to look like he did so he had a reason to be stopped in a weird isolated area....

 

[mjm076]

So unfair and so awful!

What a life this poor girl had!

 

[Walela]

Or, when LE got ahold of his vehicle, they saw that it had a donut tire on it. That told them that he must have had a flat. Questioned the liar, he told the truth for once in his life, and he said he had indeed had a flat and changed the tire himself.

The has refused to talk to LE. He has maintained his silence which is fine by me. I would rather the evidence speak...it will be much more believable. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed.

 

[IzzyBlanche]

Ugh, unless the police it was Maddie in the church lot video, I am thinking Mom let SS take Maddie home with him after the birthday party.

In the press conference the sheriff said they believe she was never dropped off at school that morning. So it couldn't have been her in the video.

 

[Knox]

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The body of a 13-year-old girl missing has been found in Osceola County, according to the sheriff’s office.

Deputies said Madeline Soto’s body was found around 4:30 p.m. in the woods off Hickory Tree Road. Investigators said the girl’s family has been notified.

In a release, Kissimmee Police Chief Betty Holland provided the following statement:

“It is with a heavy heart I inform everyone that as we expected, Madeline Soto is deceased. I am thankful that she was found and for the coordinated efforts of the Kissimmee Police Department, Saint Cloud Police Department, Orange County Sheriff’s Office and the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office that are able to bring some closure to the family. This is a sad day for our community and we mourn the loss of such a young life.”
Chief Betty Holland of the Kissimmee Police Department

Body of missing Florida teen Madeline Soto found in Osceola County

The body of a missing 13-year-old girl has been found in Osceola County, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

www.clickorlando.com