New court documents detail how Madeline Soto suffered before being murdered.

Police Off The Cuff/Real Crime Stories

Bill Cannon Police off the Cuff/Real Crime Stories

True Crime, Military, Law Enforcement, Crime

4.4 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

New documents regarding the homicide case of Madeline Soto reveal some of the evidence Orange County investigators collected in the days after the 13-year-old girl was reported missing. According to Orange County Sheriff's Office property forms, numerous items were collected from a car and a residence. On. Feb. 28, two days after Madeline was reported missing, investigators impounded evidence from what is believed to be a Lincoln vehicle – due to multiple Lincoln emblems reportedly found in the vehicle. Stephan Sterns, the man facing a first-degree murder charge in the Kissimmee teen's death, told police he allegedly dropped her off at school the day she was reported missing while driving a silver 2010 Lincoln MKZ, officers said. Inside the car, deputies uncovered items such as latex gloves, cloth gloves, a knife, a towel, a rag and a blanket, according to documents. Other items such as a white rope, a trash bag, and a white towel were found in the vehicle's trunk, the documents revealed.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to police off the cuff, real crime stories.
0:14.3	I'm your host, retired NYPD Sergeant Pilkian, a 27-year veteran of the NYPD.
0:20.6	You know, folks, as this case with, of course, little Madeline Soto, horrendous work,
0:28.7	we're learning more and more horrific things as this case goes on.
0:33.0	Of course, in the middle of this thumbnail that you're looking at on the screen is this monster,
0:37.1	Stefan Stearns.
0:39.3	And we look at this investigation and we can see those of us that have done this type of work,
0:49.5	we know what a great job that Kassemi police did with this case because we now see the results
0:57.5	of the investigation. However, they were thinking on the spot at the time and the places and all
1:07.7	of the information that they had to vet to see if it was in fact true.
1:13.6	I mean, there's so many people who have all these online talking heads.
1:17.8	Oh, that's deceptive.
1:18.9	This deceptive.
1:19.6	Okay, you're right.
1:21.4	It's deceptive.
1:22.3	Now let's prove it's deceptive.
1:23.8	How are we going to prove it's deceptive?
1:25.1	Well, we're going to find the treasure trove of
1:28.8	information was inside Stefan Stern's cell phone. All right? Then once they discovered that,
1:35.0	now we've got to start matching up his lies with truths. And they start dissecting that
1:43.7	from the very beginning.
1:45.7	And we all remembered all the different types of interviews.
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