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

[Pruddennce]

I also thought it strange when the statement came, "She showed us all her birthday presents". Weren't they there for them?

in this interview, she said she had to work. when asked about the last time she spoke with her, she says sunday nite ....as you pointed out, the birthday party conversation...then: 'I told her good nite, and yeah, that was it'.

an interesting component, a 13 year old who just had a family party, supposedly so happy, had great presents, doesnt go on social media or text a friend before she goes to bed? according to JS, she went straight to bed, no electronic activity.

this entire interview, for me, I had an uncomfortable feeling that JS was being evasive. and the shaking seemed deliberate on and off. hope Im wrong. time will tell.

 

[karen in New York]

Any idea when preliminary autopsy results will be released?

 

[SMK777]

the shaking seemed deliberate on and off

Snipped for emphasis:
Yes, it’s noticeable.

 

[ar3593]

Possibly. They'll throw the book at him if they can prove it started before she turned 12. Florida doesn't play. Just look at the different Sheriffs across the state that have public media personas. Ex: Grady Judd, Polk County

SS thinks he's quite clever, can put on a public persona and stay silent to his benefit. If there is any prison justice, I sure hope it finds him.

Grady Judd is the best, no-nonsense, and funny too. Do yourself a favor and take a listen to him on You Tube!
MOO

 

[Sheila Terranova]

Snipped for emphasis:
Yes, it’s noticeable.

Is she shaking her leg back and forth snd it is causing her whole body to shake?

 

[MassGuy]

Any idea when preliminary autopsy results will be released?

I don't think we've heard when the autopsy is scheduled for, but I would imagine it's going to be done today. I looked at the Orange County Medical Examiner's site, and they perform autopsies 7 days a week (they do both Orange and Osceola counties). My guess is that we hear something on Monday, but hopefully it's sooner.

 

[LoveyG]

Is she shaking her leg back and forth snd it is causing her whole body to shake?

Yes or wiggling her foot back and forth with nervousness.

 

[SMK777]

Is she shaking her leg back and forth snd it is causing her whole body to shake?

That might be. If so, that would be more natural and less suspicious.

 

[PayrollNerd]

I don't think we've heard when the autopsy is scheduled for, but I would imagine it's going to be done today. I looked at the Orange County Medical Examiner's site, and they perform autopsies 7 days a week (they do both Orange and Osceola counties). My guess is that we hear something on Monday, but hopefully it's sooner.

I’m curious if there will be a toxicology screen and if so, will it be public. I know it takes weeks to produce. It would not surprise me if he drugged her to induce cooperation, either over the years as the abuse took place, or only the day he murdered her.

 

[ch_13]

The idea that he dropped her off in a church parking lot makes me wonder what remorse he may have felt?

RSBM.

I doubt he felt any remorse at all. He only claimed to have dropped her off at the church because (in his mind) it was the most plausible way he could account for his actions. He couldn't say that he dropped her off at the school because security cameras and other witnesses would have been able to prove he was lying.

When the cops told him that there was indistinct camera footage of someone being dropped off there, he probably thought he was saved. (I assume they were lying to see what his reaction would be.)

 

[MassGuy]

I’m curious if there will be a toxicology screen and if so, will it be public. I know it takes weeks to produce. It would not surprise me if he drugged her to induce cooperation, either over the years as the abuse took place, or only the day he murdered her.

That's done as a matter of protocol, but yeah, we'd have to wait for results.

 

[TexLil]

Wondering if the thread title should be updated as Maddy wasn't ever dropped off for school and likely not in any church parking lot video.

Maybe it should be:

FOUND DECEASED FL - Madeline Soto, 13, Missing Child Alert, did not arrive at school, last seen unresponsive on video in vehicle with identified suspect Kissimmee, 26 Feb 2024​

??

MOO

Thank you to the person who updated the title of Maddy's thread. Rest peacefully sweet Maddy. May justice be swift and appropriate.

 

[Litig8r]

That might be. If so, that would be more natural and less suspicious.

I couldn’t help but notice her eyes—lots of squinting, closing and rapid blinking. His did the same, but less so. There’s lots of research out there on body language…and the eyes in particular.

 

[SMK777]

I only recently began following this case but had assumed when the mother’s boyfriend’s phone revealed sexual and criminal images, that this was separate. But the bolded sentence from the article seems to indicate that these were of Madeline, correct?

Wednesday night on social media, the sheriff’s office described Sterns’ arrest. The investigation into Soto’s disappearance had reportedly led detectives to “images and videos that were criminal, and sexual in nature” during a forensic examination of the 37-year-old’s phone, the post states. Further, detectives notified Kissimmee police upon determining “those crimes were committed at the family home in Kissimmee,” prompting the Kissimmee Police Department to take the lead on the sexual battery case alongside the sheriff’s office’s Criminal Investigations Division, according to the statement.

Boyfriend of missing Florida girl’s mother arrested as prime suspect in disappearance

The prime suspect in the disappearance of 13-year-old Madeline Soto has been arrested and now faces charges in connection to disturbing footage discovered on his phone, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

www.clickorlando.com

 

[SMK777]

I couldn’t help but notice her eyes—lots of squinting, closing and rapid blinking. His did the same, but less so. There’s lots of research out there on body language…and the eyes in particular.

I guess time will tell. And investigation….

 

[Gemmie]

The very same pressure he probably put on poor MS. If you tell...

That's how it often happens. We think why didn't she tell. He likely made it so she wouldn't tell, couldn't tell. She knew what would happen if she told. IMO she didn't tell because she thought she was protecting her mom. What a horrible, unfair burden for a small child to have to bear.

So insipid.

He'll never be a free man again. Please.

JMO

Sometimes they do tell, but they aren't believed. That happened to me once. I told the mother what had happened as something to keep an eye on and the mother lashed out at me calling me a liar. She sided with the guy (her ex and father to one of her children, but not father to the child I was telling her about).

 

[lightofmine99]

My first thought is that JS's shaking is from bouncing her leg/knee. This is one of the most common ways we subconsciously expel excess energy; I do this a lot at my desk. It is a common symptom of many things, including ADHD, FWIW. But in this case I think it is less "excess energy" and more from nervousness and stress. MOO.

It would not surprise me if he drugged her to induce cooperation

Maybe that's why her eyes were closed in the car? She technically was sleeping but only because had been drugged or "doped up" as they say?

 

[SMK777]

Sometimes they do tell, but they aren't believed. That happened to me once. I told the mother what had happened as something to keep an eye on and the mother lashed out at me calling me a liar. She sided with the guy (her ex and father to one of her children, but not father to the child I was telling her about).

Yes, it’s a dangerous form of denial, unfortunately.

 

[SMK777]

Prime suspect in Florida teen Madeline Soto’s killing said ‘it’s hard not to blame myself’ on local news​

Prime suspect in Florida teen Madeline Soto’s death admits that ‘it’s hard not to blame myself’ on local news

Stephan Sterns, 37, sat down with Orlando’s WFTV 9 on Tuesday, one day after the 13-year-old was reported missing, after her mother learned she did not go to school on Monday.

nypost.com

 

[UnapologeticallyAspie]

MOO, I can’t help but wonder if Maddie said that she wanted to live in the woods after her 13th birthday because SS told her something along the lines of when you’re 13, I’ll be done with you (or something of the like).

Madeline Soto: Missing Florida girl wanted to 'live in the woods' after her 13th birthday, sheriff says