Deceased/Not Found NJ - Sarah Stern, 19, Neptune City, 2 Dec 2016 #3 *Guilty*

[Gardenista]

So quick, has to be guilty. Praying for justice.

 

[Ali.]

Guilty!

Jim Murdoch News12NJ on Twitter

 

[jleighb]

GUILTY!!!!!

 

[Gardenista]

Thank you Jesus!

 

[spaz1959]

GM. Is there any significance to the jury’s gender make-up in regards to verdicts? Wondering if any of the jurors know the families involved. Is it allowed to sit as juror with an established ‘relationship’ to family memebers on either side? TIA

Not sure, however first question I would ask of any potential jury before their picked .

 

[Gardenista]

Story

Sarah Stern murder: Liam McAtasney guilty on all counts

 

[spaz1959]

GUILTY!!!!!

Thank God. Just came in from work .What time was a verdict rendered?

 

[Smok44]

Well done jury! Well done!

 

[Mica]

Thank God. Just came in from work .What time was a verdict rendered?

About 3:45 PM ET

 

[Kavya01]

Monmouth Prosecutor on Twitter

 

[cass523]

YES!

Continued prayers to Mr. Stern and family

 

[Kavya01]

Godspeed Sarah! justice has been done. Thank you jury!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Seattle1]

Story

Sarah Stern murder: Liam McAtasney guilty on all counts

Can you add content - thank you.

Paywall for me

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Story

Sarah Stern murder: Liam McAtasney guilty on all counts

On all counts!!

 

[Gardenista]

Can you add content - thank you.

Paywall for me

Not much new. Pertinent part

A Monmouth County jury today found Liam McAtasney guilty on all 7 counts against him in the murder of childhood friend Sarah Stern.

McAtasney faces life in prison without the possibility of release on parole because the jury agreed he killed Stern during the course of a robbery.

 

[Seattle1]

Alex Napoliello‏Verified account @alexnapoNJ
Sarah Stern’s childhood friend found guilty of strangling her, dumping her body
1:02 PM - 26 Feb 2019 pst
Sarah Stern’s childhood friend found guilty of strangling her, dumping her body

 

[inmyhumbleopinion]

Well done jury! Well done!

Yes, and the prosecutors!

 

[Seattle1]

2/26/19



By Alex Napoliello | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com

The childhood friend charged with strangling Sarah Stern and then staging her death to make it appear as if she committed suicide was convicted Tuesday after a monthlong trial in Monmouth County.

Liam McAtasney, 21, of Neptune City, was found guilty on all counts — murder, robbery, desecration of human remains, conspiracy to desecrate human remains and hindering apprehension. He looked straight ahead as the verdict was read.

He now faces life in prison at his sentencing May 24.

The jury’s decision came one day after the panel started deliberations in Superior Court in Freehold, where prosecutors presented 25 witnesses and the defense presented just three.

The trial started with a bang Jan. 23 when the state’s key witness, Preston Taylor, took the stand shortly after opening statements. Taylor, who was Stern’s junior prom date, testified that he removed Stern’s body from her Neptune City home hours after McAtasney strangled her on Dec. 2, 2016. He admitted to helping toss her body off the Route 35 bridge in Belmar with McAtasney and leaving Stern’s car with the keys inside to make it appear as if she jumped off the bridge.

Stern’s body has never been found. The state presented an expert on ocean tides from Rutgers University who testified that Stern’s body likely traveled 7 miles out to sea within 24 hours.
Sarah Stern’s childhood friend found guilty of strangling her, dumping her body

 

[Gardenista]

dupe

 

[Gardenista]

Yes, and the prosecutors!

It has to be such a huge relief for them. They fought so hard for her