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Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Breaking: Records reveal a new timeline in the Madeline Soto case.

Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Law Enforcement, True Crime, Military, Crime

4.4870 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Breaking: Records reveal a new timeline in the Madeline Soto case Sterns is charged with first-degree murder in Soto’s death. While the documents released do not give insight into why Sterns was charged with Soto’s death, it does show why Sterns was arrested on charges of sexual battery and child pornography. According to a case supplemental report, a detective interviewed Sterns at the residence he shared with Soto and Soto’s mother.

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0:00.0

Hello, everyone and welcome to police off the cuff from real crime stories.

0:14.5

I'm your host, retired NYPD Sergeant Bill Cannon, a 27-year veteran of the NYPD.

0:21.7

You know, there's been more and more information coming out in regards to the discovery material that has been released in regards to, of course, the Madeline Soto case.

0:35.1

And as a result of this discovery information that has just recently been released,

0:42.0

we are all privy to much more information than was originally disclosed. And some of this

0:49.6

information is quite, quite important, impacting upon the evidence, the timeline, and so many other things

0:58.7

in regards to this case. Abnormal security video, a Google Drive led to Stefan Stern's

1:07.1

arrest in Madeline Soto's case, according to the documents.

1:16.3

New release discovery documents give insight into how law enforcement officers came to arrest Stefan Serns as part of the investigation into the disappearance of

1:22.3

13-year-old Madeline Soto in February.

1:25.7

The state attorney's office on Thursday released several redacted reports as well as new

1:30.2

audio from an interview detectives conducted with Stearns on February 27th, the day Orange County

1:37.6

Sheriff's detectives again their investigation.

1:41.6

Stearns, as we know, is charged with first-degree murder in Soto's death.

1:45.7

While the documents, police, do not give insight into why Stearns was charged with Soto's death,

1:51.3

it does show why Stearns was arrested on charges of what they found inside his phone.

1:56.6

I'm not going to say it out loud. According to a case supplemental report,

2:02.4

the detective interviewed Stearns at the residence he shared with Soto and Soto's mom. Corresponding audio from the interview

2:09.0

shows Sterns was asked exactly where he dropped Soto off and where he went afterwards. Over the

2:15.7

course of the conversation, detectives questioned some details,

2:19.2

which appears to lead to Stern's changing his story.

2:25.1

So it's quite amazing that

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