I would guess that part of the plea deal would include the location where her remains were disposed.?
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Yeah, I am still not convinced that they threw her into the river ... but for me, the following bit -especially the parts I've bolded- makes their claim a little more convincing:
"He [Taylor] said McAtasney put her body in the front passenger seat of her car and drove it to the Route 35 bridge while Taylor followed in his car.
With Taylor on the northbound side and McAtasney on the southbound side, they waited until traffic died down before removing her body, Taylor said.
McAtasney couldn't get her body over the railing, so Taylor drove his car behind Stern's and helped his friend toss it over the side, he said.
'You're certain the body went over the side?' Perrone asked his client.
'Yes,' Taylor said.
That question posed to dispel claims that Stern committed suicide or ran away.
Taylor said he and McAtasney later made up stories that Stern had once tried to commit suicide.
'What was the purpose of leaving the car?' Perrone asked.
'To make it look like a suicide,' Taylor said."
http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2017/04/preston_taylor_and_liam_mcatasney_back_in_court.html
That's pretty specific and detailed, which makes the scenario a little more believable for me.
I wonder if LE thought to and/or were able to obtain any physical evidence from the railing, such as blood, whether belonging to Sarah, and better yet, PT or LM.
If not, and then Sarah is found at a different location at a later time, I wonder what happens to the plea deal.
I suppose one of the possible defense strategies for LM's attorney is going to be to argue that the entire crime was carried out by PT, and that LM had nothing to do with it. It seems like the prosecution's case mostly hinges on the testimony of PT -now an admitted lair and a soon-to-be convicted criminal- and the video recording of a supposed confession by LM, which his attorney has described as sounding "'scripted' than a supposed recollection of events." I hope that there is additional evidence -physical, electronic, etc.- that is yet to be disclosed to the public.
http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2017/02/teen_accused_of_killing_friend_appears_in_court.html
With Sarah yet to be found (did you see the photos of her dad in today's article? I can't even imagine ...), I would really hate to see LM walk.