Bridge of Lies: The Accomplice

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ABC News

True Crime

4.0 • 8.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Police go after the person Liam called for help the night Sarah disappeared. Liam’s accomplice flips, taking police inside how they tried to cover up the crime. To catch new episodes early, follow "Bridge of Lies" for free on ⁠⁠⁠Apple Podcasts⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Amazon Music⁠⁠⁠, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Deborah Roberts here with another weekly episode of our latest true crime series from 2020 and ABC audio, Bridge of Lies. Remember, you can get new episodes early by following Bridge of Lies on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you're listening now. Now here's the next episode of Bridge of Lies. Thanks for listening
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0:41.4	Just a warning before we get started, this episode contains graphic descriptions of violence.
0:47.9	It's the afternoon of February 1st, 2017. Police officers are stationed outside a home in Neptune City, New Jersey, just
0:57.8	blocks from Sarah Stern's house. Since the morning, they've been watching a bluish-gray two-bedroom
1:03.9	house where two young men live. Detective Brian Weisbrot says they know one of them has a two o'clock class at Brookdale Community College.
1:15.4	And detectives who were conducting surveillance had seen him leave his house with what appeared to be books in his hand, get into his vehicle, and travel away from the home.
1:26.8	Just a day earlier, during an undercover operation, Liam McItazney described on tape how he
1:34.1	says he murdered Sarah Stern.
1:36.7	But Liam is not who the officers are targeting.
1:40.5	During the sting, Liam named an accomplice.
1:48.0	So Preston came over, took the body, put it in the bushes. That was the first time that Preston Taylor was implicated in the crime.
1:54.0	Preston Taylor is Liam's friend and roommate.
1:58.0	He'd also been Sarah's friend.
2:00.0	Weissbrot says investigators want to bring him to
2:02.7	the police station for questioning. They want to find out if he'll talk, if he'll turn on Liam.
2:09.6	So they plan to pull Preston over as he leaves the house he lives in with Liam and drives
2:15.0	to class in his black 1996 Mercury Mystique.
2:20.3	Detective Weisbrot calls one of the other officers he's been working with, Detective Nick Catalona,
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