There's a lot of biological parents out there that unfortunately do the same things. I believe this monster wouldn't care if it was his flesh n blood or someone else's
@@bethanywhite877 Exactly. Even in the school also. I'm going through it right now. My at then 15 years old daughter was taking off school campus by a friend. He SA her .
Yes yes. But I see so many comments don't victim blame when you call out the irresponsible parent. Single mom myself for the last 4 yrs. Yes I casually dated someone. He never spent the night, didn't come over the house for that matter. If he did come around the kid's he would bring his son as well. Kinda kept it to the park. But even that was only a few times in the 3 yrs of dating this person
This guy was 100% escalating behaviors with his sexual deviation from a young age. Too bad he never got arrested for the Peeping Tom incidents. It might have at least alerted the women who dated him. Especially if he ended up as a registered sex offender. This guy had a million 🚩🚩🚩.
@@southbug27I agree. We need to take peeping toms, flashers and stalkers more seriously. These people tend to escalate to more serious crimes or even murder 😢
@@kathyparker5899 he doubt he has many ex girlfriends. He is a loli-porn addict that lived in a fantasy world until he found the perfect mom seeking to turn a blind eye to his sexual predation.
From everything we're hearing about this POS, I'm really surprised this guy hasn't been in/out of jail/prison. Sounds like Mom has been covering for him all his life to keep it that way.
Notice that story he told about a gun being pulled on him and him stabbing the guy has some truth to it. We learn that he did have a gun pulled on him. But because he was being a peeping tom. And the mom told that story. So she must have known about him and the other friends mother. So messed up.
@@Ardnaxela1002 his Mom will pay the ultimate price when she stands before God one day. She had every opportunity to protect society and choose to turn a blind eye and make excuses instead.
After watching predator catcher channels for years I have come to the conclusion that porn is a huge creator of predators. When regular porn doesn’t get you off anymore you search for deeper darker “more taboo” porn and they are all obsessed with it
As a single mom living alone with my 2 girls, I made a conscious decision to never date or allow others access to them. I experienced SA in childhood & in college, so I did all I could to protect them.
Yeah it’s not an excuse. Non of what you have experienced is an excuse. It’s something to learn from and make sure you do not do to others what had been done to you. It’s up t us to get the therapy and help to stop the cycle.
All of the friend interviews definitely paint a broader picture! Makes me wonder how in the world NO ONE ever came out to talk about Brian Laundrie. Incredible reporting!
Coincidentally, North Port (FL) is home to Stephan Sterns' parents _and_ [formerly] Brian Laundrie's parents. I think the Laundries have moved since their son's death, however.
This childhood friend said he lived in Appalachia at the time. I think I heard West Virginia in another program. Wonder when he moved to Florida and at what age. @@u.synlig
Single mothers need to be more vigilant in protecting their children. The safest thing is to keep them separate from your children. And if they’re volunteering to clean up or bathe your children then take that as a red flag. Most men don’t even want to change dirty diapers of their own children let alone someone else’s. Be hyper aware if they’re trying to spend time alone with your child.
When our daughter was young my husband always said not to allow her friends over if I wasn't home. We never had sleepovers. Never left any doors open for allegations. Even now we have guardianship over our disabled niece and he won't even go in her room if I'm changing her or giving her a bath. Men don't volunteer to change kids or give them baths unless they want to invade their personal space. That is a huge red flag! I think too many women leave their kids with predators and trust these monsters with their babies. At least they could stop calling their children precious or saying they love them more than anything if they continue to make terrible decisions with those kids.
@felinefina8004 I could not agree more! The children of single mothers who bring other partners into the children's home are _TWENTY TIMES_ more likely to be abused. There is no "one way" to protect children but there are a _million_ of them and _one of those many ways_ if you're a parent is to simply NOT bring your date home. Ever. Keep your love life away from your kids. For god SAKES don't force your children to share their HOME with a strange man or woman. It's unbelievably simple! Wait until they're 18 and able to make their own choices... go have all the fun in the world, the sky is the limit, just don't force it on your children. Does that mean they will never be sexually abused? Of course not. It just means that you're not inviting the fox into the henhouse to have carte blanche access to your helpless children. It's unbelievable to me that so many women put their desire for sex/physical touch ahead of their children. Great post, feline!
@@evephelpsmarketing I am aware that abuse can happen in two parent homes and places other than under a single mother’s nose. I stand by my point and will even add to it that ALL parents need to be vigilant with their kids and who they allow around them. And I will also add to be careful of the pics of your children that get posted online. There are predators that specifically look for these types of pics and accounts and it’s for ALL the wrong reasons. Why even put your kid out there like that when it’s possible perverts are looking at them in disgusting ways?? I agree we need to tell children it’s okay to speak up if something untoward happens to them. But specifically single parents need to keep their love lives away from children. Spend time with your lover during the times your kids are somewhere else. And I also am aware women can be sex offenders too so my point extends to single parents not just moms. I stand by my original point.
@@Five0FiveSingle mothers who have young children need to keep their love life separate and apart from their children. If Madelines Sotta's mother had done she would be alive and well today. I have a friend with a nonverbal daughter who kept men out of her home for that reason.
RIGHT?! Anyone w/ da Title of Father would NOT harm their child or anyone else’s, a Real Father (step) would protect da children!! So why even give him da satisfaction of having dat name attached! He is a LOSER POINT BLANK PERIODT 🤷🏽♀️
It's amazing to me that so many women give dudes like this literal one-on-one access to their daughters. When they can't/won't even hold down a job. I'm not saying that only unemployed men are abusers but my lord. Zero standards. And that's the dude mom forced her daughter to share space with. Her home with. Her sanctuary. I look at the pictures of Maddie and with the exception of like _one photo,_ Maddie's eyes, her skin, her expression tell a terrible story. It's just UNCONSCIONABLE. I think of how a child's home is the _one place_ where (with at least decent parents) children are safe and protected. And then you look at her haunted eyes, her sallow skin and you can see the things she is going through. It makes me want to _vomit._ She deserved BETTER. 😔
I really wonder if this pervert got Maddie pregnant?! And that’s why she was murdered!? He had child p*rn on his phone and computer!! There’s no way the mom didn’t know!! 😡😡
Not all men are like this. Unfortunately lots are. It’s the age we live in. The last 20 plus years society has been focusing on girls ruling, with the backlash being no where for men to get a great example. That’s why you spend lots of time getting to know people. Take your time. People can be anything for 6 to 12 months. After that you start to see cracks. Good men do exist. I hope one comes your way. Life isn’t supposed to be lived alone. But we are also not supposed to be hurt by those we love. Dating is very hard.
It’s weird that he was still interacting with Maddie so much when broken up with the mother. How did he know she only played with the tamagotchi for two days? How did the mother not find this interesting alarming after they broke up? Just suspicious.
Single moms who are sexually active and using drugs and have kids if you are going to date predators please send those baby's to adoption agencies. Lord have mercy on the youth.
It seems like these parents want to keep the kids just to hurt them. Like baby Elijah Vue, they torture these kids when there’s so many people even family members who would be happy take those kids. It’s so heartbreaking.
@@rosalindr4975 I was a single mom for years. I never let my bfs spend the night, much less alone with my child. Why? Because thats f***ing WIERD. I used my girlfriends when I needed a babysitter and wanted to go out for "me" time- and even that didnt happen often. Knowing what I know now, I wouldn't have even gone down that road. When we choose to lay down and become parents, our wants and needs must come secondary to the child who never had any choice in being here under those circumstances at all. Another thing Ive learned is how much consuming porn is a red-flag behavior, and its been far too normalized. If your partner is a porn watcher, especially if they excuse it or act like its no big deal even after youre in a committed relationship, you need to run-- and fast. These are doors opened by the devil himself. Our acceptance of it is a sign of how sick our society has become.
@@rosalindr4975No she wasn't🙄and y'all grown women need to stop trying to play dumb so u can date creeps, and think ppl will still respect u, and thinking u won't get any bad karma for it.
I’m so disgusted…what a freak. Poor Madeleine. She deserved a safe home and a mother who protected her and put her needs above her own. This case has hit me harder than most.
Fantastic interview Gray! Interesting how we are definitely hearing a reoccurring theme about his Mom, Debbie… She sounds almost as demented as Stephan himself. I’d love to find out more about his upbringing/ home life. Sounds very similar to what we hear about the upbringing of many creeps that go on to murder. Especially the stuff about the mother being (likely) mentally disturbed. I’d bet anything he had cameras on Madeline. Especially since he’s hidden cameras/ photos, in the past. Gosh, just when you think you’ve heard the worst of it, we find out about the “little jars” he collected 🤢what a freaking weirdo!
This guy has ticked all the boxes as a sexually motivated killer ,slowly but surely .Hearing from so many friends with different perspectives it all points to the forming of a killer. Now I am interested in seeing if he has possibly killed before this. I can’t imagine having this gross person In a home with a young child.
I can’t put my finger on it but with this information about the Mom and how Jen Soto was pampering him after his interview and the sound of his voice ( little boy voice ) there’s something there.
It's amazing to me that so many women happily give strangers carte blanche 24/7 one-on-one access to their daughters. Mom _forced_ her child to share space with a stranger. Mom _forced_ Maddie to be vulnerable to a strange man. How dare a parent do that to their child? For _shame._ I look at the pictures of Maddie and with the exception of like _one photo,_ Maddie's eyes, her skin, her expression tell a terrible story. It's just UNCONSCIONABLE. I think of how a child's home is the _one place_ where (with at least decent parents) children are safe and protected. And then you look at her haunted eyes, her sallow skin and you can see the things she is going through. It makes me want to _vomit._ She deserved BETTER. 😔
His Dad worked at a condiment company? Lord, I hope his Dad wasnt as weird as Stephan and depositing his own juices into stuff like his son did. Creepy.
He wished he could be that "good", but I dont doube for a second that had he not been cauhht now, there would have been more. This dude is a porn-obsessed loli-watching loser. Always has been, always will be. And it seems that his mom helped make him that way. What mom buys their son hustlers???!
Listening to this, I wonder if he was too insecure to date girls his own age. The incident trying to film a “friend’s” mother when he was 17 and then dating a 14 year old when he was 20 caused me arrive at that question.
Well if you collect weird crap and never grow up, who is going to hang out w him except kids he can lure in. But hey, I struggle w men that hang hats all over a wall and think it's art.
After the last person that I dated- he was a good guy- 8 years ago, I haven’t dated because of my daughter. She’s 19 now but I don’t even care. I’m still being cautious. She has Epilepsy so is home & I refuse to take the risk with a creep like this! There’s so many cases anymore and many involve women who met a man online etc & moved him on in. Are we shocked anymore?
Single moms if you need to date-just wait until your child is 18 - I understand this is not going to be a popular opinion-but keep in mind statistically single mothers are more likely to meet and date predators without even knowing. Why? Because those predators actually HUNT for you because of your situation and only for your child. Be safe and educate yourself if just to protect and prevent your child becoming a victim or worse a loss.
@@Justme_1221 I would say yes too. This isn’t a sexist point it’s just to educate and get those who are in a single PARENT situation to protect their situation and more importantly their children. Predators seek out single parents We see this mostly with women but there are case of men too. Either way protect your situation by educating yourself. It’s actually quite frightening learning the how’s and whys-extremely eye opening and it needs to happen for the sake of prevention in my option.
@@Justme_1221 Except that child abuse/death statistics tell us that the two most dangerous environments for a child is 1) "blended families" and 2) single-mother households. I'm not sure at what point "mom's boyfriend", live-in or no, is considered to be a "blended family" - or a grey area in-between - but regardless, we're ticking both boxes here. We also know that the overwhelming majority of sex offenders and murderers are male. So yes, we can trawl for the outliers, or we can be realistic: single-mothers are letting too many predators get to their kids.
The mother got her son Hustler skin mags????? Wtf?! This explains so much!! God, I love this channel! Thank you to your guest that shed even more light on this guy!
I knew someone very similar to Stephan who would openly pay hentai on his Twitter etc. I thought he was just an off kind of person but then he got arrested for having CP on his PC! I just wish this guy did something sketchy that had him arrested before he got to this poor girl
I've never watched any investigative reports or listened to direct accounts from people who have so much insight and direct contact with a suspect such as in this case. I'm impressed, intrigued, fascinated to listen, thank you for bringing in the most comprehensive info that is out in regards to this case. This is an excellent example of how reporting should go........talking to witnesses, old friends, getting detailed information...thank you. This is so insightful, and I appreciate this. The other content all over YT is so much gossip, assumptions, guessing and just passing judgment on Maddie's mother, and hearing about the truth of Stephan's character brings a lot of insight. Thank you so much.
Wow......Stephan's response on a post where a mother said 'AITA (am I the asshole) for thinking my husband is sexualizing our daughter?' is extremely disturbing, and revealing. This should give some insight into how he treated and manipulated Maddie's mother. How heartbreaking for them both (Maddie and mom). came back to edit; just wow again! The post he made about dating women who have been in the sun too long and look like Clint Eastwood is so repulsive, what a horrible, disgusting 'man' he is.
@@RepentfollowJesus they can but I'm not giving this guy a pass for it...he knew enough to hide his deviant behaviors and crimes so he knew right from wrong.
@@Calimax91 it’s not? It’s literally a parents only job to protect their child. Jennifer has dozens of red flags in just her interview. She will probably be arrested.
Great interview, Gray! Extremely informative and definitely eye-opening. Thank you for sharing and donating your time to educate the masses about the monsters that are walking amongst us ✨️
In an interview with Maddies grandmother she says that the mother woke late that morning and asked stephan to bring Maddie to her. If this is the case then why did the mother say she asked stephan to pick Maddie up.. The opposite of what Maddies grandmother said
Guy friends have the duty of report these guys to their parents or school teachers. Saying they didn't believe they were doing what they were saying is not an excuse anymore. Please warn all people in the neighborhood about these creeps before is too late. 😣
Having had a detached abusive mother himself he certainly knew how to easily spot a weak and unfit emotionally unstable mother so that he could weasel in and get close enough to prey on and murder her poor child. Such a tragic situation. Too bad that peeping Tom incident didn’t have a different outcome.
Hi Gray, great show as always.Poor little Madeline deserved alot better,thanks Gray & Freaks 4 the memorial to this little girl & others, thanks again ❤
You don’t have to stay single with children, but do background checks, keep your children first, talk to them, always know where hey are and what they are doing. Believe what they tell you! My dad use to do background checks on guys I dated. I always thought my parents were so strict. I hated it! Even though they divorced when I was five, they were both very much in my life. They could have saved my life. Be parents people!! Be parents!
Good interview ❤ I like how this man’s father is a good role-model at least, giving the creep the bullet as a ‘learning’ experience- and not being as mean as some would be upon catching him! I can tell his son is becoming a good man as well.. good to hear from/about good men.. the world has had more ‘Stephan’s’ lately it seems 😢 my heart and prayers are with lil’ Madeline and her family ❤️🩹🙏
Being poor isn't a sign of sexual depravity.. .. I know a few people who work in prisons. And the chomo wing isn't filled with a bunch of creepy looking weirdos. It's filled with preachers, judges, teachers, coaches and ect. Your way of thinking is a tad ignorant. Fix it
That little girl looks like she's pregnant,,,Her tummy is protruding,,, That's Why he came back to kill her. As for this woman they refer to as Mom she's as Sick as This sexual devient 😡
Holy moly! The more we learn about this guy, the weirder it is. Sounds like he’s been messed up from the beginning. There is no way Madeline was his only victim. I’m assuming he hasn’t kiIIed before, but I could just about guarantee he’s got a long list of victims. We now know of at least 2 women he’s spied on ~10yrs apart. I highly doubt he stopped in the meantime between them with who knows how many others. And working at Disney was likely a way for him to be around children all the time. I wonder what kind of occupations he had besides that over his life and how many single mothers with children he had been in relationships with before. I feel like we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg so far.
Nice interview... I would like to hear your feelings about the conflicting statements of Madeline moms Jen ? Jen first states the last time she spoke to her daughter was Sunday night before going to bed then she states she saw Maddy getting ready for school around 8am and yet LE believes that Maddy was already deceased by then. That also would mean that Jen was in the home at time of her death. How could the mom not know anything if that's the case?
Gray, just want you to know that you are exceptional in your coverage and investigations on these various horrific cases. You are so considerate with the way you handle the disturbing elements of the crimes in and of itself. I hope I explained this properly. Sub from day 1. Oh, and your precious doggies? I am in love. Best Regards, Lee 23:47
It’s a shame that some women just feel like they HAVE to have a man in their life . Yea I get it , but for GOD sakes check out their history before u start having a relationship with them . I’ll bet this woman didn’t know Jack shit about this guy . Some women r so desperate to have a nan in their life that they’ll hook up with the first guy that shows them attention .
Gray, thanks for investigating this creep. Another nutcase has stolen a precious life. It seems to always go back to childhood with the crazy behavior.
I dont think its weird for grown men to collect toys. Im in my 60s and still love stuffed animals, my oldest son in 30s , married expecting first kid , collects baubles, my youngest son 30, married w 2 kids still buys every new jurrasic dinosaur he can find! And still buillds things with his leggos. My mid 20s daughter still loves stuffed animals and anything Harry Potter and too many things to list. So yes stephen is a monster and yes he may be weird, but loving childhood toys doesnt make him weird.
Him liking toys as an adult does make him weird by societal norms. We understand this can be a normal hobby for normal minded adults, but you will be viewed as odd.
I agree with you, I am 61 and collect vintage toys. My 39 yr old daughter collects stuffed animals and toys from her 80's childhood. My granddaughter (her daughter) loves stuffed animals and has her own collection of LOL dolls, dinosaurs and other toys. I believe the huge difference is we don't hang out on social media platforms with adolescents discussing them.
Any man that watches cartoons or collects toys is a 100% ped. It’s like all those men that like star wars and anime make me sick. FBI should arrest them all.
I quit watching you when kenneka Jenkins was murdered, it was too much. You were being brutally blunt about people not following you if they wanted to rebuttle. And now I'm listening and you don't mind the conversations happening, it seems, I hope I'm welcome back! Thanks for having me. I'm leaving the comment because at the end of your previous video, it had stated that it helped!
I've been told if a child suffers trauma at a young age it's not uncommon for their development to stop at that time. So I'm not surprised he still collects toys and is fascinated with them and playing with them.
i knew a guy, now deceased, who collected his pee, and let it concentrate, and would wipe it on girls at grade school. these are sick individuals who need to commit wrong actions because they are demon possessed, or at least just incredibly disturbed.
Well that was interesting - peeping Tom in teen years...... Hopefully his DNA goes through CODIS quickly based on the phone charges he is currently being held for. You know what they say... first a peeping Tom, then a r*pist then a murderer..!!
So Stephan’s mom is accountable for his bad behaviour, and Maddie’s mom is responsible for letting him around her daughter. When is poor little Stephan responsible for being a child molesting murderer? Why are women responsible for what men do?
So enabling, complicity & protection of the murderer, by these women, is just fine with you? Nowhere, have I seen anyone say, that Stephan is innocent or not responsible for his actions, as you've implied. That isn't true, at all. You made that shite up in your own head, just to serve your own selfish narrative, so that you could have something to say.🙄 His criminal actions were pulled off easily, with the help of his twisted girlfriend, (the girl's mother who served her little girl on a platter to him). His mother helped shape him by supply-porn mags & whatever else branched out from there! Needless to say, the mother cannot be criminally charged in this case but Stephan & Jennifer should be!
Judging from the constant flow of gifts for the Madeline, he was abusing her sexually for quite some time and she was probably starting to try to stick up for herself or take a stand and he couldn’t allow her to tell so he killed her to silence her. Unfortunately it happens so often. Rest in paradise sweet angel baby. I hope you receive the justice you deserve 💔🙏
Single people with children, please protect your children ❤❤❤
Everyone should protect their child and do so by educating them. Give them the words to know what SA is. This isn’t just a single mom issue by far.
There's a lot of biological parents out there that unfortunately do the same things. I believe this monster wouldn't care if it was his flesh n blood or someone else's
@@bethanywhite877 Exactly. Even in the school also. I'm going through it right now. My at then 15 years old daughter was taking off school campus by a friend. He SA her .
Yes yes. But I see so many comments don't victim blame when you call out the irresponsible parent. Single mom myself for the last 4 yrs. Yes I casually dated someone. He never spent the night, didn't come over the house for that matter. If he did come around the kid's he would bring his son as well. Kinda kept it to the park. But even that was only a few times in the 3 yrs of dating this person
@@rosestarr59 that's horrible. I hope you guys are doing ok. Sending lots of love ❤️
This guy was 100% escalating behaviors with his sexual deviation from a young age. Too bad he never got arrested for the Peeping Tom incidents. It might have at least alerted the women who dated him. Especially if he ended up as a registered sex offender. This guy had a million 🚩🚩🚩.
This is exactly why we need to take Peeping Tom & flashing cases more seriously & put on the sex registry.
His mom should be arrested too, for protecting him and paying this one kid off!!
I can’t wait for the ex-girlfriends start coming out and saying what creepy behavior he has. I don’t believe Maddie was his first 😡😡😡
@@southbug27I agree. We need to take peeping toms, flashers and stalkers more seriously. These people tend to escalate to more serious crimes or even murder 😢
@@kathyparker5899 he doubt he has many ex girlfriends. He is a loli-porn addict that lived in a fantasy world until he found the perfect mom seeking to turn a blind eye to his sexual predation.
Wow imagine being the old childhood friend watching this guy on tv and KNOWING he is lying about all these disgusting things 😖
Sounds like a typical relationship where a mom protects a sons bad behaviour.
Michelle Duggar.
Or having sex with hes own son, it has happen before.
Paul flores comes to mind.
Mothers create psychopaths.
Sounds like she promoted it with the buying of pornographic magazines
Not just single moms need to be careful. Single dads too. There's cases of step moms murdering their stepchildren.
letitia stauch comes to mind
@@shineonyoucrazydanielle yes for sure.
From everything we're hearing about this POS, I'm really surprised this guy hasn't been in/out of jail/prison. Sounds like Mom has been covering for him all his life to keep it that way.
Notice that story he told about a gun being pulled on him and him stabbing the guy has some truth to it. We learn that he did have a gun pulled on him. But because he was being a peeping tom. And the mom told that story. So she must have known about him and the other friends mother. So messed up.
@@Ardnaxela1002 great comment. I couldn’t hear that well so I didn’t catch everything.
@@Ardnaxela1002 his Mom will pay the ultimate price when she stands before God one day. She had every opportunity to protect society and choose to turn a blind eye and make excuses instead.
Single people with children -stay single until your children are adult legal of age. Its your responsibility to protect them.
After watching predator catcher channels for years I have come to the conclusion that porn is a huge creator of predators. When regular porn doesn’t get you off anymore you search for deeper darker “more taboo” porn and they are all obsessed with it
I nearly left this comment myself! Well stated.
Heard watching caused some to become serial killer s.
Didn't Ted Bundy say something like that?
There’s a good article out there about dressing boys s girls and them growing up to be serial killers @@lindajakub624
Nailed it. There is a reason or society is becoming so dark.
Excellent work. No one is reporting on this case as in depth as you.
They need to start doing every single case like this poor kids who go not noticed
It would be interesting to hear from people who knew her mother too.
I haven't heard from any of those
Yes!
@@GrayHughesInvestigates 🙋♀️ not saying who I am though 😉 she is a real tool
And her bio dad
Yesss
As a single mom living alone with my 2 girls, I made a conscious decision to never date or allow others access to them. I experienced SA in childhood & in college, so I did all I could to protect them.
You sound like a great mum, I’m sorry about what you went through ❤ Good on you for protecting your girls 💞💞
My mom did the same thing, we were three daughters. I am so grateful now. My mom was so smart and made a great decision.
Good job. Stay single forever. Stay far away from men. They should never be trusted
Yeah it’s not an excuse. Non of what you have experienced is an excuse. It’s something to learn from and make sure you do not do to others what had been done to you. It’s up t us to get the therapy and help to stop the cycle.
All of the friend interviews definitely paint a broader picture! Makes me wonder how in the world NO ONE ever came out to talk about Brian Laundrie. Incredible reporting!
Coincidentally, North Port (FL) is home to Stephan Sterns' parents _and_ [formerly] Brian Laundrie's parents. I think the Laundries have moved since their son's death, however.
I'll be sure to stay far, far away from North Port, FL from now on. YIKES @@u.synlig
@@u.synligNope, still there. Brian needs to know how to find them someday…😜
@@Candy-O1776 😁
This childhood friend said he lived in Appalachia at the time. I think I heard West Virginia in another program. Wonder when he moved to Florida and at what age. @@u.synlig
Single mothers need to be more vigilant in protecting their children. The safest thing is to keep them separate from your children. And if they’re volunteering to clean up or bathe your children then take that as a red flag. Most men don’t even want to change dirty diapers of their own children let alone someone else’s. Be hyper aware if they’re trying to spend time alone with your child.
This is a truth moms always bath the kids not some boyfriend
When our daughter was young my husband always said not to allow her friends over if I wasn't home. We never had sleepovers. Never left any doors open for allegations. Even now we have guardianship over our disabled niece and he won't even go in her room if I'm changing her or giving her a bath. Men don't volunteer to change kids or give them baths unless they want to invade their personal space. That is a huge red flag! I think too many women leave their kids with predators and trust these monsters with their babies. At least they could stop calling their children precious or saying they love them more than anything if they continue to make terrible decisions with those kids.
@felinefina8004 I could not agree more! The children of single mothers who bring other partners into the children's home are _TWENTY TIMES_ more likely to be abused. There is no "one way" to protect children but there are a _million_ of them and _one of those many ways_ if you're a parent is to simply NOT bring your date home. Ever. Keep your love life away from your kids. For god SAKES don't force your children to share their HOME with a strange man or woman. It's unbelievably simple! Wait until they're 18 and able to make their own choices... go have all the fun in the world, the sky is the limit, just don't force it on your children. Does that mean they will never be sexually abused? Of course not. It just means that you're not inviting the fox into the henhouse to have carte blanche access to your helpless children. It's unbelievable to me that so many women put their desire for sex/physical touch ahead of their children.
Great post, feline!
@@evephelpsmarketing I am aware that abuse can happen in two parent homes and places other than under a single mother’s nose. I stand by my point and will even add to it that ALL parents need to be vigilant with their kids and who they allow around them. And I will also add to be careful of the pics of your children that get posted online. There are predators that specifically look for these types of pics and accounts and it’s for ALL the wrong reasons. Why even put your kid out there like that when it’s possible perverts are looking at them in disgusting ways?? I agree we need to tell children it’s okay to speak up if something untoward happens to them. But specifically single parents need to keep their love lives away from children. Spend time with your lover during the times your kids are somewhere else. And I also am aware women can be sex offenders too so my point extends to single parents not just moms. I stand by my original point.
@@Five0FiveSingle mothers who have young children need to keep their love life separate and apart from their children. If Madelines Sotta's mother had done she would be alive and well today. I have a friend with a nonverbal daughter who kept men out of her home for that reason.
He is NOT her stepdad.
He didn’t even have a job, couldn’t even take care of himself
RIGHT?! Anyone w/ da Title of Father would NOT harm their child or anyone else’s, a Real Father (step) would protect da children!! So why even give him da satisfaction of having dat name attached! He is a LOSER POINT BLANK PERIODT 🤷🏽♀️
It's amazing to me that so many women give dudes like this literal one-on-one access to their daughters. When they can't/won't even hold down a job. I'm not saying that only unemployed men are abusers but my lord. Zero standards. And that's the dude mom forced her daughter to share space with. Her home with. Her sanctuary.
I look at the pictures of Maddie and with the exception of like _one photo,_ Maddie's eyes, her skin, her expression tell a terrible story. It's just UNCONSCIONABLE. I think of how a child's home is the _one place_ where (with at least decent parents) children are safe and protected. And then you look at her haunted eyes, her sallow skin and you can see the things she is going through. It makes me want to _vomit._ She deserved BETTER. 😔
I really wonder if this pervert got Maddie pregnant?! And that’s why she was murdered!? He had child p*rn on his phone and computer!! There’s no way the mom didn’t know!! 😡😡
He referred to himself as her stepfather, though. Which makes me feel sick.
in that pic this poor kid, Madeline, is so pale and dark undereyes..she was not well at all..
Maybe low on iron and B12 due to period.
Pregnant?
yea could be that too@@RepentfollowJesus
according to chinese medicine could be pregnant, because it uses a lot of blood@@stephanielake71
@@stephanielake71 stop!
This is why I’m single and spend alot of time alone! Omg he is a wacko!!!!
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Stay single forever. Don't even talk to a man. They can’t be trusted at all. Down with the patriarchy
Not all men are like this. Unfortunately lots are. It’s the age we live in. The last 20 plus years society has been focusing on girls ruling, with the backlash being no where for men to get a great example. That’s why you spend lots of time getting to know people. Take your time. People can be anything for 6 to 12 months. After that you start to see cracks. Good men do exist. I hope one comes your way. Life isn’t supposed to be lived alone. But we are also not supposed to be hurt by those we love. Dating is very hard.
It’s weird that he was still interacting with Maddie so much when broken up with the mother. How did he know she only played with the tamagotchi for two days? How did the mother not find this interesting alarming after they broke up? Just suspicious.
Just when you think you've heard it all regarding this guy, you hear more. It's amazing he was never in jail.
Single moms who are sexually active and using drugs and have kids if you are going to date predators please send those baby's to adoption agencies. Lord have mercy on the youth.
She was working, a night shift. Predators are sneaky.
It seems like these parents want to keep the kids just to hurt them. Like baby Elijah Vue, they torture these kids when there’s so many people even family members who would be happy take those kids. It’s so heartbreaking.
@@rosalindr4975 I was a single mom for years. I never let my bfs spend the night, much less alone with my child. Why? Because thats f***ing WIERD. I used my girlfriends when I needed a babysitter and wanted to go out for "me" time- and even that didnt happen often. Knowing what I know now, I wouldn't have even gone down that road.
When we choose to lay down and become parents, our wants and needs must come secondary to the child who never had any choice in being here under those circumstances at all. Another thing Ive learned is how much consuming porn is a red-flag behavior, and its been far too normalized. If your partner is a porn watcher, especially if they excuse it or act like its no big deal even after youre in a committed relationship, you need to run-- and fast. These are doors opened by the devil himself. Our acceptance of it is a sign of how sick our society has become.
@@rosalindr4975No she wasn't🙄and y'all grown women need to stop trying to play dumb so u can date creeps, and think ppl will still respect u, and thinking u won't get any bad karma for it.
I’m so disgusted…what a freak. Poor Madeleine. She deserved a safe home and a mother who protected her and put her needs above her own. This case has hit me harder than most.
Fantastic interview Gray! Interesting how we are definitely hearing a reoccurring theme about his Mom, Debbie… She sounds almost as demented as Stephan himself.
I’d love to find out more about his upbringing/ home life. Sounds very similar to what we hear about the upbringing of many creeps that go on to murder. Especially the stuff about the mother being (likely) mentally disturbed.
I’d bet anything he had cameras on Madeline. Especially since he’s hidden cameras/ photos, in the past. Gosh, just when you think you’ve heard the worst of it, we find out about the “little jars” he collected 🤢what a freaking weirdo!
I'd love to hear some stories from girls that have dated or hung out w Stephen.
This guy has ticked all the boxes as a sexually motivated killer ,slowly but surely .Hearing from so many friends with different perspectives it all points to the forming of a killer. Now I am interested in seeing if he has possibly killed before this. I can’t imagine having this gross person In a home with a young child.
What's creepy too... roommates were in the place too
I can’t put my finger on it but with this information about the Mom and how Jen Soto was pampering him after his interview and the sound of his voice ( little boy voice ) there’s something there.
Pampering him after his interview? What do you mean?
@lindseyhendrix2405 I think she means in one news video, mom was comforting Stephen, was odd.
@@JuliahFLYes, she was rubbing his back, and “babying” him.
Agree wholeheartedly!
Pampering him ,, WOW What both Sickos Ugh !
It's amazing to me that so many women happily give strangers carte blanche 24/7 one-on-one access to their daughters. Mom _forced_ her child to share space with a stranger. Mom _forced_ Maddie to be vulnerable to a strange man. How dare a parent do that to their child? For _shame._
I look at the pictures of Maddie and with the exception of like _one photo,_ Maddie's eyes, her skin, her expression tell a terrible story. It's just UNCONSCIONABLE. I think of how a child's home is the _one place_ where (with at least decent parents) children are safe and protected. And then you look at her haunted eyes, her sallow skin and you can see the things she is going through. It makes me want to _vomit._ She deserved BETTER. 😔
SO WELL SAID!!
How great that you've gotten these guys to chat with you about this vile barbarian..
Am watching from Barcelona spain. Such a tragic story, RIP baby girl
His Dad worked at a condiment company? Lord, I hope his Dad wasnt as weird as Stephan and depositing his own juices into stuff like his son did. Creepy.
His history is scary similar to a SK we had in Texas a few years back. I bet this guy is a serial. Please run this guy's DNA everywhere he has lived.
He wished he could be that "good", but I dont doube for a second that had he not been cauhht now, there would have been more. This dude is a porn-obsessed loli-watching loser. Always has been, always will be. And it seems that his mom helped make him that way. What mom buys their son hustlers???!
He was a life long peeping Tom , he did it to his roommate years later
Listening to this, I wonder if he was too insecure to date girls his own age. The incident trying to film a “friend’s” mother when he was 17 and then dating a 14 year old when he was 20 caused me arrive at that question.
Well if you collect weird crap and never grow up, who is going to hang out w him except kids he can lure in. But hey, I struggle w men that hang hats all over a wall and think it's art.
@@kookietherapy9398😂Lmbo @ Men dat hangs hats on walls as art 🤦🏽♀️da Struggle smfh!
Gray does the best interviews. Great questions!!!
I agree!
@@wildmountainthyme4123
the dude has been a freak a long time..... more victims for sure.
After the last person that I dated- he was a good guy- 8 years ago, I haven’t dated because of my daughter. She’s 19 now but I don’t even care. I’m still being cautious. She has Epilepsy so is home & I refuse to take the risk with a creep like this! There’s so many cases anymore and many involve women who met a man online etc & moved him on in. Are we shocked anymore?
God bless you and ur Daughter 🙏
@cocoa-s2698 nothing wrong with your decision - your daughter was there first & will always be there - boyfriends can come & go!!
It's so common. And so tragic.
exactly
Thank you. 🩵
Thank you Gray for this interview with Ryan. Very informative!
Single moms if you need to date-just wait until your child is 18 - I understand this is not going to be a popular opinion-but keep in mind statistically single mothers are more likely to meet and date predators without even knowing.
Why? Because those predators actually HUNT for you because of your situation and only for your child.
Be safe and educate yourself if just to protect and prevent your child becoming a victim or worse a loss.
I agree
Does this advice extend to single dads too? After all there are women out there like Leticia Stauch who are just as dangerous.
@@Justme_1221 I would say yes too. This isn’t a sexist point it’s just to educate and get those who are in a single PARENT situation to protect their situation and more importantly their children.
Predators seek out single parents
We see this mostly with women but there are case of men too.
Either way protect your situation by educating yourself. It’s actually quite frightening learning the how’s and whys-extremely eye opening and it needs to happen for the sake of prevention in my option.
Agree!! 100%
@@Justme_1221 Except that child abuse/death statistics tell us that the two most dangerous environments for a child is 1) "blended families" and 2) single-mother households. I'm not sure at what point "mom's boyfriend", live-in or no, is considered to be a "blended family" - or a grey area in-between - but regardless, we're ticking both boxes here.
We also know that the overwhelming majority of sex offenders and murderers are male.
So yes, we can trawl for the outliers, or we can be realistic: single-mothers are letting too many predators get to their kids.
The mother got her son Hustler skin mags????? Wtf?! This explains so much!! God, I love this channel!
Thank you to your guest that shed even more light on this guy!
Great interview! Stephan should have been in a mental institution long ago.
Except people aren't kept in mental institutions anymore. Only long enough to review meds.
@@sharonblevins9500 exactly. Mental institutions should have never been taken away
I knew someone very similar to Stephan who would openly pay hentai on his Twitter etc. I thought he was just an off kind of person but then he got arrested for having CP on his PC! I just wish this guy did something sketchy that had him arrested before he got to this poor girl
I've never watched any investigative reports or listened to direct accounts from people who have so much insight and direct contact with a suspect such as in this case. I'm impressed, intrigued, fascinated to listen, thank you for bringing in the most comprehensive info that is out in regards to this case. This is an excellent example of how reporting should go........talking to witnesses, old friends, getting detailed information...thank you. This is so insightful, and I appreciate this. The other content all over YT is so much gossip, assumptions, guessing and just passing judgment on Maddie's mother, and hearing about the truth of Stephan's character brings a lot of insight. Thank you so much.
This is a great interview!!!
how do you know...it hasn't played yet...lol
@@GrayHughesInvestigates right? 😂
@@GrayHughesInvestigates
Oh my God Gray! This guy has been a sicko from very early childhood. Just wow!
Site of him makes me sick!!
Wow......Stephan's response on a post where a mother said 'AITA (am I the asshole) for thinking my husband is sexualizing our daughter?' is extremely disturbing, and revealing. This should give some insight into how he treated and manipulated Maddie's mother. How heartbreaking for them both (Maddie and mom). came back to edit; just wow again! The post he made about dating women who have been in the sun too long and look like Clint Eastwood is so repulsive, what a horrible, disgusting 'man' he is.
This was very well done and helps all us folk get an idea about this monster and who he is.
.. Again another great interview by Gray.
Thank you 👍
Why did they allow him to even play in a puddle in Pizza Hut, a public parking lot🤔🤦♀️
Exactly!!!!
Right and head injuries can contribute to sociopathy etc.
@@RepentfollowJesus they can but I'm not giving this guy a pass for it...he knew enough to hide his deviant behaviors and crimes so he knew right from wrong.
Stephan also had personality disorder of a voyeur.
Allowed? The guy was 18. Why was he playing with toys in a puddle at that age?
Prosecute Madeleine's mom. This is insane that she let this creep around her daughter.
Let’s just wait for Law Enforcement to gather ALL the evidence
@@donnachampion3169
Good comment.
That's the most insane thing I've heard today.
@@Calimax91 it’s not? It’s literally a parents only job to protect their child. Jennifer has dozens of red flags in just her interview. She will probably be arrested.
She may not have known a thing.
You always get great interviews and information.
Great interview, Gray! Extremely informative and definitely eye-opening. Thank you for sharing and donating your time to educate the masses about the monsters that are walking amongst us ✨️
Where is the biological father at? That's who you should try to interview next.
This was a damn good interview, Gray. Very insightful. Thank you.
This photo in the beginning of your video; I feel like this monster should not be posted by Madeline Soto photo
Agreed!
Wow Grey you are really on top of this!
In an interview with Maddies grandmother she says that the mother woke late that morning and asked stephan to bring Maddie to her. If this is the case then why did the mother say she asked stephan to pick Maddie up.. The opposite of what Maddies grandmother said
Where did u hear that?
bring maddie to her? huh? having hard time making sense of what you wrote.
She said she asked stephen to take her to school.
The grandma did however mention Madeline was afraid to sleep alone which is heartbreaking knowing what we know now.
@@GrayHughesInvestigates Jay is 4 Justice Podcast
What MOM buys Hustler Magazines for her son????! Thats beyond weird and disturbing.
The sterns deny this in a recent interview
Guy friends have the duty of report these guys to their parents or school teachers. Saying they didn't believe they were doing what they were saying is not an excuse anymore. Please warn all people in the neighborhood about these creeps before is too late. 😣
Having had a detached abusive mother himself he certainly knew how to easily spot a weak and unfit emotionally unstable mother so that he could weasel in and get close enough to prey on and murder her poor child. Such a tragic situation. Too bad that peeping Tom incident didn’t have a different outcome.
Yes!! Exactly what you said 💯
Love that Ppl respect ur channel enough to share info/context Abt cases with you. It’s important to know info not so we can judge- but learn from it
Great information; thanks for sharing with us.
Hi Gray, great show as always.Poor little Madeline deserved alot better,thanks Gray & Freaks 4 the memorial to this little girl & others, thanks again ❤
Great Interview
You don’t have to stay single with children, but do background checks, keep your children first, talk to them, always know where hey are and what they are doing. Believe what they tell you! My dad use to do background checks on guys I dated. I always thought my parents were so strict. I hated it! Even though they divorced when I was five, they were both very much in my life. They could have saved my life. Be parents people!! Be parents!
Good interview ❤ I like how this man’s father is a good role-model at least, giving the creep the bullet as a ‘learning’ experience- and not being as mean as some would be upon catching him! I can tell his son is becoming a good man as well.. good to hear from/about good men.. the world has had more ‘Stephan’s’ lately it seems 😢 my heart and prayers are with lil’ Madeline and her family ❤️🩹🙏
Great interview!
I know a teen that's exactly like this guy when he was a teen. Scary.
Addiction to porn and an obsession with a certain "type" of animae is always a red-flag. Pay attention and keep yourself safe.
I pictured this guy growing up in a trailer somewhere…. But no having horses isn’t cheap. He was just creepy from the beginning.
Being poor isn't a sign of sexual depravity.. .. I know a few people who work in prisons. And the chomo wing isn't filled with a bunch of creepy looking weirdos. It's filled with preachers, judges, teachers, coaches and ect. Your way of thinking is a tad ignorant. Fix it
A lot of people grow up in trailers🙄🙄
@@Wisconsincatmom He was abusing and murdered a child. Creepy no matter what his situation was growing up…. Better!
That little girl looks like she's pregnant,,,Her tummy is protruding,,, That's Why he came back to kill her. As for this woman they refer to as Mom she's as Sick as This sexual devient 😡
I thought that too
She wasn't, if she was it would be a double murder.
she doesn't look pregnant lol.
Holy moly! The more we learn about this guy, the weirder it is. Sounds like he’s been messed up from the beginning. There is no way Madeline was his only victim. I’m assuming he hasn’t kiIIed before, but I could just about guarantee he’s got a long list of victims. We now know of at least 2 women he’s spied on ~10yrs apart. I highly doubt he stopped in the meantime between them with who knows how many others. And working at Disney was likely a way for him to be around children all the time. I wonder what kind of occupations he had besides that over his life and how many single mothers with children he had been in relationships with before. I feel like we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg so far.
Yeah Disney was trying to sideswipe/lie their way outta this....too...
He’s trying to peep on his friends Mom? Wow..
Smart interview!!
Thank you!!!
👏 WOOD CHIPPER 👏
Nice interview... I would like to hear your feelings about the conflicting statements of Madeline moms Jen ? Jen first states the last time she spoke to her daughter was Sunday night before going to bed then she states she saw Maddy getting ready for school around 8am and yet LE believes that Maddy was already deceased by then. That also would mean that Jen was in the home at time of her death. How could the mom not know anything if that's the case?
Where did the mom state she saw Maddie getting ready at 8am?
I never heard the mom say that she watched Maddy get ready. It seems like Maddy spent the night at the families house, for her bday party.
she mentioned this in a statement to police@@kibz4208
she mentioned this in a statement to police@@RyanSmith-uw2ni
i was not expecting that.... " just collecting semen in jars" 😂😂😂
Gray, just want you to know that you are exceptional in your coverage and investigations on these various horrific cases. You are so considerate with the way you handle the disturbing elements of the crimes in and of itself. I hope I explained this properly. Sub from day 1. Oh, and your precious doggies? I am in love. Best Regards, Lee 23:47
Thank you 🙏 Facts, just the Facts! Much Appreciated 👍
It’s a shame that some women just feel like they HAVE to have a man in their life . Yea I get it , but for GOD sakes check out their history before u start having a relationship with them . I’ll bet this woman didn’t know Jack shit about this guy . Some women r so desperate to have a nan in their life that they’ll hook up with the first guy that shows them attention .
Great interview this dude sounds like a real weirdo predator
Gray, thanks for investigating this creep. Another nutcase has stolen a precious life. It seems to always go back to childhood with the crazy behavior.
I dont think its weird for grown men to collect toys. Im in my 60s and still love stuffed animals, my oldest son in 30s , married expecting first kid , collects baubles, my youngest son 30, married w 2 kids still buys every new jurrasic dinosaur he can find! And still buillds things with his leggos. My mid 20s daughter still loves stuffed animals and anything Harry Potter and too many things to list. So yes stephen is a monster and yes he may be weird, but loving childhood toys doesnt make him weird.
Him liking toys as an adult does make him weird by societal norms. We understand this can be a normal hobby for normal minded adults, but you will be viewed as odd.
yes, it's very weird.
And you know it is.
I agree with you, I am 61 and collect vintage toys. My 39 yr old daughter collects stuffed animals and toys from her 80's childhood. My granddaughter (her daughter) loves stuffed animals and has her own collection of LOL dolls, dinosaurs and other toys.
I believe the huge difference is we don't hang out on social media platforms with adolescents discussing them.
Any man that watches cartoons or collects toys is a 100% ped. It’s like all those men that like star wars and anime make me sick. FBI should arrest them all.
37 year old with a tomigotchi is a big red flag
He bought one for Maddie as well and they obviously played with the toys together
I agree
Nice interview
Great interview Gray
Thanks!
Thank you for your support @JosephBrennan-io4ly
Wow great interview.
Excellent interview
In that one photo of Maddie with her Mom, with blue eye shadow, she looks 18!
No she doesn’t..
She do looks older and I remember I only started using makeup when I was 15 ,she seemed to hv started too early which seemed odd to me
They have kids growing up too fast these days! @@mrsamirza4392
I quit watching you when kenneka Jenkins was murdered, it was too much. You were being brutally blunt about people not following you if they wanted to rebuttle.
And now I'm listening and you don't mind the conversations happening, it seems, I hope I'm welcome back! Thanks for having me. I'm leaving the comment because at the end of your previous video, it had stated that it helped!
You are def welcomed back!
Good interview Gray.
Good on you Gray! Great interview!
I've been told if a child suffers trauma at a young age it's not uncommon for their development to stop at that time. So I'm not surprised he still collects toys and is fascinated with them and playing with them.
Makes sense why he buys all these toys and do these things with maddy
Great interview
Very informative
Collecting semen in bottles? !?!
Yeah if it's not kept at the proper temperature it dies in days. It's also disgusting. I'm a lab tech and had to do semen analysis for OBGYN stuff.
@@melissaheart420I would love to give you a fresh sample of mine ;)
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i knew a guy, now deceased, who collected his pee, and let it concentrate, and would wipe it on girls at grade school. these are sick individuals who need to commit wrong actions because they are demon possessed, or at least just incredibly disturbed.
You're great at tjis Gray. Really like your humour too.
Well that was interesting - peeping Tom in teen years...... Hopefully his DNA goes through CODIS quickly based on the phone charges he is currently being held for. You know what they say... first a peeping Tom, then a r*pist then a murderer..!!
Isn't it true that by the time and/a offender is caught they have abused over 200 times?
@@ajordan1976
Thanks Gray
Lord help us 😔😢 May this Beautiful Precious Baby R.i.P.😢💔😔🙏🏾
So Stephan’s mom is accountable for his bad behaviour, and Maddie’s mom is responsible for letting him around her daughter. When is poor little Stephan responsible for being a child molesting murderer? Why are women responsible for what men do?
So enabling, complicity & protection of the murderer, by these women, is just fine with you?
Nowhere, have I seen anyone say, that Stephan is innocent or not responsible for his actions, as you've implied. That isn't true, at all. You made that shite up in your own head, just to serve your own selfish narrative, so that you could have something to say.🙄
His criminal actions were pulled off easily, with the help of his twisted girlfriend, (the girl's mother who served her little girl on a platter to him).
His mother helped shape him by supply-porn mags & whatever else branched out from there!
Needless to say, the mother cannot be criminally charged in this case but Stephan & Jennifer should be!
Yes, it's called Wrap Around Justice for Madeline and other possible victims.🤍
You’re the one making shite up… the mom hasn’t been proven to have done anything. HE has. Stop speculating and making shite up ffs. He’s the scumbag.
Judging from the constant flow of gifts for the Madeline, he was abusing her sexually for quite some time and she was probably starting to try to stick up for herself or take a stand and he couldn’t allow her to tell so he killed her to silence her. Unfortunately it happens so often. Rest in paradise sweet angel baby. I hope you receive the justice you deserve 💔🙏
Very disturbing
Very informative