3 Disturbing Updates in Teen Maddie Soto's Murder Case

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  • Опубліковано 26 кві 2024
  • It's been a month since Florida teen Maddie Soto disappeared and was later found dead. Her mother's boyfriend, Stephan Sterns, is in jail facing more than 60 child sex crimes charges. Some of those charges involve allegations that Sterns molested Maddie. This week, Kissimmee Police updated the public on the status of the investigation into Maddie's murder. Sterns has been labeled the prime suspect. Law&Crime's Angenette Levy talks with "True Crime with the Sarge" host Joe Giacalone and lawyer Tim Jansen about the new details in this episode of Crime Fix - a daily show that delves into the biggest stories in crime.
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  • @raven5071
    @raven5071 Місяць тому +671

    Please DO NOT refer to that monster as her stepfather. This breaks my heart

  • @jsmum196
    @jsmum196 Місяць тому +121

    "live in boyfriend" That's your first mistake. Putting a man before your kids.

  • @blackparade542
    @blackparade542 Місяць тому +511

    I wouldn't be surprised if the mom's name pops up in the charges. There is no way she didn't know. Her and that man make me physically ill

    • @mariatorres9789
      @mariatorres9789 Місяць тому +9

      She was probably sleeping. She worked the night shift.

    • @janetmosier9182
      @janetmosier9182 Місяць тому +42

      Allegedly the abuse has been going on for over 2 years. There isn't any way the mother didn't know something was going on.

    • @bunnygaffney2765
      @bunnygaffney2765 Місяць тому

      Just the sight of him makes me sick at my stomach .he's just nasty looking

    • @sunnydaytraveler2502
      @sunnydaytraveler2502 Місяць тому

      Unfortunately not all moms should be moms. I was hyper aware of pervs because my mom never considered it. 😢

    • @sunnydaytraveler2502
      @sunnydaytraveler2502 Місяць тому +25

      Not all moms should be moms. I was hyper aware of SA because my mother never considered it. 😢

  • @lokimarie1520
    @lokimarie1520 Місяць тому +605

    The dark circles on her eyes and forced smile in her birthday photo is so heartbreaking every time they show it 😢😔

    • @Ernest-vh1zm
      @Ernest-vh1zm Місяць тому +39

      I thought so, too!!

    • @azureavocado5195
      @azureavocado5195 Місяць тому +62

      That pic sickens me bc she looked pregnant

    • @quiksgroove1483
      @quiksgroove1483 Місяць тому

      @@azureavocado5195 how?!

    • @FullSpectrumDoula
      @FullSpectrumDoula Місяць тому +26

      @@azureavocado5195👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Thank you! Because a couple of days ago…I surely asked, if maddie was pregnant?

    • @DivinityAwakened
      @DivinityAwakened Місяць тому +29

      We need more outreach programs designed to educate children of abuse on the resources they have for getting help. Even then, most of these kids are trained to lie to CPS, so it's such a hard problem to fix..

  • @whipsandchains1
    @whipsandchains1 Місяць тому +331

    I can't imagine not being at my child's birthday. If i had to work and couldn't get out of it, then the birthday party would be on a different day.

    • @papatriot8015
      @papatriot8015 Місяць тому +16

      Facts

    • @Dreamy_m
      @Dreamy_m Місяць тому +13

      Exactly! 💯

    • @gointothedogs4634
      @gointothedogs4634 Місяць тому +15

      You don't know the reasons why maybe a special friend could only come on that day. All these suppositions don't help.

    • @garfield2439
      @garfield2439 Місяць тому +3

      💯👍

    • @julietmavrakis8003
      @julietmavrakis8003 Місяць тому

      @@gointothedogs4634oh plz🙄

  • @rebeccababcock9020
    @rebeccababcock9020 Місяць тому +574

    As a mother, how do you not react when your 13 year old daughter is missing, found dead.

    • @andrebailey6676
      @andrebailey6676 Місяць тому +21

      Everyone acts different

    • @Tammy_26Irwin
      @Tammy_26Irwin Місяць тому +35

      Were you there? None of us know how she reacted when she first realized she was missing and then found out she was murdered. Everyone deals with things and trauma differently

    • @WaryJester
      @WaryJester Місяць тому +34

      ​@@andrebailey6676 that's true. But, it was her boyfriend who did it. She should at the very least show some emotion, or even be furious if she can't be bothered to be sad.

    • @blackparade542
      @blackparade542 Місяць тому +52

      She was just way too calm, took too long to call the police and was so casual during that interview she did before Maddie's body was found

    • @kathleendudek2955
      @kathleendudek2955 Місяць тому +37

      I would be shocked if she is found not to know anything.

  • @nicolemartin914
    @nicolemartin914 Місяць тому +162

    Mom lied and said she saw maddie getting ready for school at 8am. But stephan was throwing away hee stuff at 735 and had her dead in his car at 819. Mom is LYING

    • @Annie497
      @Annie497 Місяць тому +24

      Like many other similar tragedies, the mom is protecting the BF over her own child! She is as guilty as he is. I'll bet she was well aware of what was going on, and either went along because she didn't want to "lose" him, or because her brain fell out of her nose, somewhere along the way. Disgusting people.

    • @annc.3908
      @annc.3908 Місяць тому

      These desperate woman shouldn’t have children

    • @cherychabot6750
      @cherychabot6750 Місяць тому +1

      I heard Maddie told her mom about the abuse and her mom did not believe her. Who shares a bedroom with a daughter and boyfriend. Beyond strange

    • @CBrown86
      @CBrown86 Місяць тому +2

      Exactly!! THE MATH AINT MATHING JENN

    • @zedmak
      @zedmak 27 днів тому

      The mom works nights too, she could have seen Maddie getting ready a presumed that it was 8, she said we all through out that when it was just her. They need more than that.

  • @jillhazlip
    @jillhazlip Місяць тому +271

    Look at the difference in how Mrs. Strain reacted to her 22 year old son disappearing and this mom. The 2 are not the same! 😢

    • @erikaxchristine
      @erikaxchristine Місяць тому +8

      Exactly!

    • @kellyhaney9852
      @kellyhaney9852 Місяць тому +6

      She didn't have her husband being the last person with their son... not even the same situation

    • @lesliemcdowell9426
      @lesliemcdowell9426 Місяць тому +11

      I agree Riley’s poor mother tore at your heart. When she said he is my best friend it just broke my heart 💔

    • @Spacecadet499
      @Spacecadet499 Місяць тому +8

      Dissociative ppl act like Jenn , not saying she’s innocent but a possibility that is exactly what happens for some ppl going through traumatic events .

    • @Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ
      @Redeemed.of.YHVH.thru.Christ Місяць тому +13

      @@Spacecadet499, I know it’s been brought out from her Fß posts that she suffers from mental illness, bi-polar disorder if I remember correctly. So, your statement could be true. I don’t think we should convict her in the court of public opinion until there’s evidence found that shows she bears some guilt in the matter. Her response in the interviews could very well be due to her mental health issues. One thing a behavior analyst pointed out is that even though her response is odd to what we typically think a parent’s response should be, she also isn’t trying to fake emotions in an effort to appear innocent, like Stephan did. Her behavior has been consistent in all her public interviews, which suggests that is her natural reaction. Maybe it’s odd, but it’s GENUINE, and that matters. I wanted to rake her over the coals at first too, but then I had to rethink my initial reaction, because it was based solely on my emotions, and not facts. If the public is going to nail Jen Soto to the wall based solely on her response being different from what they think it should be, without waiting to see the evidence, and learning more about Jen Soto as an individual, then that’s just wrong. We need to stop and put ourselves in her shoes, and think how we would feel if the public was making us out to be involved in such a horrible act without any evidence. I don’t think any of us would like to be convicted in the court of public opinion without any evidence of our guilt. I know I wouldn’t. The truth is very important to me, so I am not going to judge Jen Soto just because she didn’t react the same way I think I would respond, or just because she didn’t respond the way I think she should have. That’s wrong, and I was wrong for doing it initially. It’s so easy for us humans to just react based solely on our emotions, when we should be focused on learning the truth and seeing the evidence before we jump to conclusions.

  • @tiffanyb.7596
    @tiffanyb.7596 Місяць тому +165

    Makes me sick that Madeline‘s mom was consoling that disgusting monster!!! 🤬

    • @sashasorensen5945
      @sashasorensen5945 Місяць тому +1

      I think she was consoling him because SHE took her life and took away his favorite breathing s÷x toy and told him to help cover it up or she'd point the finger at him with the photos and videos proving he was a monster

  • @Mia-tn5th
    @Mia-tn5th Місяць тому +263

    They didn’t celebrate her birthday on the actual date but the mom still wasn’t there. What kind of mom would miss her only child birthday????

    • @karlamiranda6322
      @karlamiranda6322 Місяць тому +34

      That is not a mother, shouldn’t have never been a mother!

    • @mrs.b6545
      @mrs.b6545 Місяць тому +34

      That's exactly what I was thinking if her birthday wasn't going to be celebrated on the actual day, then why the change in the celebration day if you wasn't getting the day off especially for a only child.

    • @karinatrujillo8437
      @karinatrujillo8437 Місяць тому +12

      Exactly.

    • @truecrimesnoopy6834
      @truecrimesnoopy6834 Місяць тому +11

      She was at work being the only bread winner she had to work plain and simple. It's sad but true

    • @magnolia6968
      @magnolia6968 Місяць тому +38

      @@truecrimesnoopy6834Then why not have the party on a day off? The party already wasn’t even on Madeline’s birthday.

  • @JosephGiacalone
    @JosephGiacalone Місяць тому +258

    Thanks Law and Crime for including me on this episode. Justice for Madeline

    • @bradr2142
      @bradr2142 Місяць тому +8

      Your the best joe I'm getting ready to buy into your new UA-cam channel.

    • @JosephGiacalone
      @JosephGiacalone Місяць тому

      @@bradr2142 thanks!

    • @trishab6220
      @trishab6220 Місяць тому

      Aww yeah your famous now smuck.

    • @user-vc5zx5cg1d
      @user-vc5zx5cg1d Місяць тому +2

      Thank you Joe. Yes, Justice for Madeline🤍🤍🤍🤍

    • @JosephGiacalone
      @JosephGiacalone Місяць тому

      @@user-vc5zx5cg1d 🙌🏻👍🏻

  • @jrbracy
    @jrbracy Місяць тому +158

    Theres NO WAY this "mom" didnt know what was going on. NO WAY. This story enrages and deeply saddens me

    • @pnscar3
      @pnscar3 Місяць тому

      Maddie was preggers

    • @IndigoCave28
      @IndigoCave28 Місяць тому +1

      Oh there are ways she didn’t know. You all are crucifying the mom and you honestly don’t know jack

    • @CourtneyTunbridge79
      @CourtneyTunbridge79 Місяць тому

      ​@@pnscar3 "preggers" is the MOST stupidest word, why can't you write "pregnant" it's the EXACT same amount of letters. SMH

    • @shelissemorales3004
      @shelissemorales3004 Місяць тому

      @@IndigoCave28For years??? No. She chose not to believe her suspicions or her daughter. She chose to be a woman before a mother. She’s a poor excuse for a mother. She doesn’t deserve the title. She deserves to be charged and in prison for double the amount of years she endured the abuse. No excuse. I hope she’s suffering. I hope she’s alone.
      Now for that scumbag, I hope they off him after sentencing. Save us taxpayers money.

    • @truthspeaker8863
      @truthspeaker8863 Місяць тому

      i was abused as a young child. my mom ONLY knew because i told her i was in pain. that's it, that's all. It is completely possible for a mom to not know if the kid doesn't say anyting. My mom took all steps after that to keep me safe. Hospital visit, police, no contact with perpetrator etc.

  • @JoTracy
    @JoTracy Місяць тому +203

    Unfortunately, this is way more common than people realise
    Most abusers don't murder their victims, and are never discovered, or held accountable
    Very few victims of CSA ever see any justice
    A lot of survivors out there

    • @kirstenwright3755
      @kirstenwright3755 Місяць тому +14

      I’m a survivor both my parents hurt me. Never got justice sadly. 😢😢

    • @jessiestoss2687
      @jessiestoss2687 Місяць тому +16

      And a lot of victims never tell on their abusers.

    • @watermelonwishes4193
      @watermelonwishes4193 Місяць тому

      @@kirstenwright3755 ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹💝

    • @jillijane9793
      @jillijane9793 Місяць тому +23

      ​@@jessiestoss2687they are full of shame, threatened by the abuser, and when they tell their mother, many mothers don't believe their child and defend their BF which makes me sick. Women need to start putting their children before the "men" in their lives

    • @garfield2439
      @garfield2439 Місяць тому +1

      🙋

  • @illegallyblonde232
    @illegallyblonde232 Місяць тому +230

    Death penalty

    • @tymom9313
      @tymom9313 Місяць тому +14

      General population! Inmates will not be nice to him!

    • @gointothedogs4634
      @gointothedogs4634 Місяць тому +5

      For what? They have to know how and when she died, if he killed her deliberately, if it ws premeditated, or she died during his treatment of her 'accidentally' so they know how to charge him. I agree the death penalty should be on the table, and so should castration.

    • @illegallyblonde232
      @illegallyblonde232 Місяць тому

      @@gointothedogs4634 I'm sure they do know. His phone was his demise.

    • @garfield2439
      @garfield2439 Місяць тому +2

      ​@@tymom9313but you know the prison will protect him

    • @christinehutchins123
      @christinehutchins123 Місяць тому +3

      Hmmmm things happen... Only takes A minute

  • @Bellaslone777
    @Bellaslone777 Місяць тому +16

    The police chief and the host are so spot on: BE THERE FOR YOUR CHILDREN, that’s what you sign up for when you have kids.

  • @Burnside100
    @Burnside100 Місяць тому +104

    I wasn't convinced by the grandmother's reaction either. These people were living a relatively expensive life and not a full time job between them, they all let Madeline down and her mother is just a pathetic lump.

    • @christinehutchins123
      @christinehutchins123 Місяць тому +5

      They were living an expensive life? What are you getting at?

    • @raespencer7983
      @raespencer7983 Місяць тому +12

      Where did the money come from? A 4 bedroom condo with 3 baths in a gated community is rather pricey for a single mom...but I think I heard that it is owned by a family member.

    • @goldenparachute392
      @goldenparachute392 Місяць тому +5

      @@raespencer7983correct. Condo is owned by Jen’s father or stepfather.

    • @CrashBandiscoot
      @CrashBandiscoot Місяць тому +1

      may I ask what you’re suggesting? Because there’s something weird going on in the house of my step-son’s bio mother & bf, and they sound like what you’re describing and I’m scared

    • @mercedesvelasquez8781
      @mercedesvelasquez8781 Місяць тому +4

      Judgemental much a lot single moms are not your stereotpyical trying hard for their lives types some may have some unknown help granted I am not a fan of Jen but her family supprted her by givong her a home which their is nothing is wrong with that.
      I am a single mom and living peacefully but again I have heavy help supprt from my village aka my family whom I live with so no need to pass judgment on a single parents income and lets not forget about the single moms who come from well off households but oh no lets only think about the stereotypical single mom's oh brother..

  • @florenc348
    @florenc348 Місяць тому +43

    As a survivor of long term childhood SA, the last few minutes of this episode really speak to me, not only as I wish I’d had parents who had protected me in one way by encouraging that open dialogue, but also as I think of todays parents, hearing this very valuable warning advice to protect their children, whom hopefully they love enough to be brave enough to do so.

  • @user-zb5vz7hq6r
    @user-zb5vz7hq6r Місяць тому +54

    I talk to my children about predators all the time.

    • @annc.3908
      @annc.3908 Місяць тому +2

      There’s gotta be a fine line between teaching children about this and over doing it and making them scared of life.

    • @user-zb5vz7hq6r
      @user-zb5vz7hq6r Місяць тому +2

      @@annc.3908 absolutely! Not having secrets is a great way to put it.

  • @sandrap.7376
    @sandrap.7376 Місяць тому +44

    This case hurts my heart.

  • @joosyj
    @joosyj Місяць тому +71

    "No one is not a suspect."
    That means everyone is still a suspect

  • @kimbaker3232
    @kimbaker3232 Місяць тому +99

    The mom lawyered up very quickly!

    • @truecrimesnoopy6834
      @truecrimesnoopy6834 Місяць тому +20

      I would have too ... Regardless of what people think there is currently no evidence that links her to the crimes and she has cooperated

    • @SHall-xk1tn
      @SHall-xk1tn Місяць тому +16

      I would have too with social media attacking her and trying to get her arrested solely based off of their Armchair Detective degrees. That must be frightening, especially if she is innocent…having to grieve while getting bullied by everyone must be horrible.

    • @cdelane3335
      @cdelane3335 Місяць тому +9

      ​@truecrimesnoopy6834 yeah I mean they say she is cooperating but if she is involved I hope they get her. I do understand someone getting an attorney though.

    • @garfield2439
      @garfield2439 Місяць тому +14

      ​@@truecrimesnoopy6834she knew. You will NEVER convince me otherwise

    • @basicallyno1722
      @basicallyno1722 Місяць тому +13

      @truecrimesnoopy yeah she’ll need a lawyer after being caught lying about seeing Maddie getting ready for school after her time of death.

  • @PONE8504
    @PONE8504 Місяць тому +99

    This guy will always sleep with one eyed open. And the day he don't expect it. He is going to pay

    • @shereens1463
      @shereens1463 Місяць тому +5

      I hope that he never sleeps...

    • @cujochihuahua5073
      @cujochihuahua5073 20 днів тому +1

      Let's hope so, but look at Chris Watts, still living and breathing and has women writing to him .

    • @PONE8504
      @PONE8504 20 днів тому +1

      @@cujochihuahua5073
      States r totally different it will come. I'm from California. Over here it would of been done already. This is colorado right not sure where he is

  • @soniacolon5479
    @soniacolon5479 Місяць тому +133

    The mother should have protected her. She should be held liable as well.

    • @citrusbloom7504
      @citrusbloom7504 Місяць тому +10

      The photos on his phone go back 5 years. How did the mom not know and why didn’t Madeline feel like her mom was there for her!

    • @soniacolon5479
      @soniacolon5479 Місяць тому +17

      @@citrusbloom7504 In Spanish we say, Mas mujer que Madre, she was more interested in being a girlfriend than a mother. sad very very sad

    • @mandystrong8196
      @mandystrong8196 Місяць тому +1

      So all mothers of abused children should be held liable. Got it.

    • @deannadhunter
      @deannadhunter Місяць тому +12

      ​@mandystrong8196 every mother who knows their child is being abused and failed to protect them should definitely be held liable.

    • @luckybabe4003
      @luckybabe4003 Місяць тому +8

      ​@mandystrong8196 if she was abused for so many years, the mom should have known. Such young child should not be left with a boyfriend.

  • @combs4341
    @combs4341 Місяць тому +41

    I feel so bad for this young girl she deserved a whole life and protection

  • @wispywispy117
    @wispywispy117 Місяць тому +40

    Ppl are so invested in this case because many are child victims of what that poor princess had to endure. ❤❤❤

  • @Psychoposts
    @Psychoposts Місяць тому +95

    Always do your research on people you're interested in. No one is ever who they seem they are these days.

    • @fembot521
      @fembot521 Місяць тому +11

      He had no criminal history so it wouldn’t have helped

    • @lil_debbie
      @lil_debbie Місяць тому +4

      60 counts🤢

    • @u.synlig
      @u.synlig Місяць тому +3

      A woman who [supposedly] dated Stephan Sterns in 2011 called in to a YT-livestream yesterday. The things she had to say about him... 😕

    • @annc.3908
      @annc.3908 Місяць тому

      How about just don’t move so quickly into a relationship cause you’re desperate? Don’t leave child with these men. Boy or girl. I’d have about a 2-3 year period before living together or trusting a man near my child unsupervised. Not because they are men but because you never know. Love your child first not your hormones.

  • @nicolemartin914
    @nicolemartin914 Місяць тому +33

    No murder charges yet bcuz they still havent ruled out the mom. Mom has not been cleared

  • @aurorabas4459
    @aurorabas4459 Місяць тому +90

    It just makes me so sad and angry that this young lady was robbed of a chance to recover from this horror and live a proper life.

  • @rickyclark4870
    @rickyclark4870 Місяць тому +49

    Mom's need to stop bringing step father's into the home's with their daughter's, once you have children the rules change. If you are going to atleast pay attention.

    • @rickyclark4870
      @rickyclark4870 Місяць тому +4

      This mother knows something

    • @lanac7974
      @lanac7974 Місяць тому +2

      She definitely moved him in too soon and he only showed her his representative

    • @Sunset553
      @Sunset553 Місяць тому +2

      she didn’t marry this guy. it’s worse to me that she called him a stepdad

    • @sirrys
      @sirrys Місяць тому

      This is a very strange thing to say, almost seems like a projection.

    • @brandyanon8789
      @brandyanon8789 Місяць тому +2

      The father is as much to blame. Why couldn't his daughter go to him and tell? Where was he? Why did he let another man look after his responsibilities. Men better start protecting their children and stop leaving your kids to the wolves.

  • @tinamarie7568
    @tinamarie7568 Місяць тому +9

    It's only a matter of time before he is fully charged. The real question is WHEN is the MOTHER going to be charged??

  • @lauravasquez3500
    @lauravasquez3500 Місяць тому +31

    Madeline probably didn't feel comfortable confiding in her mom because she either sided with the boyfriend and/or was involved in the abuse herself. 😢

    • @cynthiaconnors183
      @cynthiaconnors183 Місяць тому +4

      Most child victims don't tell anyone. Especially if threats are involved.

    • @justbecause951
      @justbecause951 Місяць тому +5

      The rumor is she told her mom but she didn't believe her.

  • @Dorm777number01
    @Dorm777number01 Місяць тому +17

    I’d rather be alone till the day I die than put my child in anyone else’s hands, men and women alike, keep your babies safe!!!!

  • @fembot521
    @fembot521 Місяць тому +50

    This guys eyes are the creepiest I’ve ever seen

    • @garfield2439
      @garfield2439 Місяць тому +2

      IKR. He just looks like a weirdo

    • @gointothedogs4634
      @gointothedogs4634 Місяць тому +6

      They're dead, like shark eyes. Maybe he really is dead inside. One of his friends was interviewed and said his mother was a horrible person, but of course we don't know why, maybe she knew things about her son.

  • @tshaffer9681
    @tshaffer9681 Місяць тому +28

    Adults are supposed to take care of kids not kill them.

  • @MrMcGeeMVP
    @MrMcGeeMVP Місяць тому +83

    RIP Maddie

  • @I_HaVe_QuEsTiOnS4u
    @I_HaVe_QuEsTiOnS4u Місяць тому +39

    I think 1 of two things set off this series of unfortunate events either Maddy was pregnant and she told mom or she was done with the abuse and told Mom and either way poor Maddy didn't know Mom was aware of the abuse and choose him over her... so sad

    • @gointothedogs4634
      @gointothedogs4634 Місяць тому +1

      I agree with you except the part that she told her mother. There's no indication of that yet, just speculation.

    • @cecilyw150
      @cecilyw150 Місяць тому

      ​@@gointothedogs4634😂😂 everything in that comment is pure speculation

    • @elgordo687
      @elgordo687 Місяць тому +1

      I think mom knew & was jealous. She wanted her baby gone

  • @FromABirdsEye
    @FromABirdsEye Місяць тому +11

    I would not be surprised if if more people come forward. Maddie can’t be the only one. That man is sick.

  • @carolyndee4565
    @carolyndee4565 Місяць тому +19

    The guy makes me sick!! Every time l see his photo, it makes me physically ill knowing what this creep did to poor Madeline. I truly hope there will be justice for Madeline 🙏🙏 Everyone failed this precious girl 😡😡

    • @HappyPlace48
      @HappyPlace48 Місяць тому +3

      Ya there is evil in his eyes….I can’t look either.

  • @Waldemarvonanhalt
    @Waldemarvonanhalt Місяць тому +7

    "Mom's boyfriend". Biggest danger to children out there.

  • @Mothertruckeer96
    @Mothertruckeer96 Місяць тому +28

    So sad to see those dark circles under this young lady's eyes.
    Definitely a unhealthy sign in a person, and she is too young to have that appearance.
    Imagine she was stressed and wanted out of her situation.
    R.I.P. beautiful lil' Sister in Christ 🙏🙏🙏🌹💖

  • @user-cr1pm3rt6i
    @user-cr1pm3rt6i Місяць тому +47

    Yikes- this is horrifying. I am sending prayers for anyone involved in this investigation and those that have to view all the pictures and videos this sicko made. May they uncover Maddie's entire truth and hold those accountable for her torture and abuse and death. May she finally be free and able to rest in peace. So sad 😢💔

  • @bebagia827
    @bebagia827 Місяць тому +29

    The mother was not paying attention to her child. An 8 year old being SA would have physical signs.
    Who bathed her? A child that age needs help to wash her hair. I will never believe this mother did not have a clue.

  • @Genevieve-ni5el
    @Genevieve-ni5el Місяць тому +6

    I love this reporter and the panel guests. Please get this trio together regularly.

  • @heatherocker4067
    @heatherocker4067 Місяць тому +66

    I think she died sometime the night before. You don't think of discarding the backpack and laptop an hour later. That's the kind of thing you think of after you've been mulling over the situation a while. Even if the mother wasn't involved, her first instinct was to back Stephan's story up. I bet that was her first instinct with everything, which is why Maddie couldn't go to her. Either way, mom sucks too.

    • @gointothedogs4634
      @gointothedogs4634 Місяць тому +14

      I agree with you, whether the mom knew or not, and it seems she was coached to cover for him, which is why her story changed.

    • @IndependantMind168
      @IndependantMind168 Місяць тому +1

      There's video of her alive that morning

    • @edrathephoenix
      @edrathephoenix Місяць тому +1

      @@IndependantMind168
      WHERE? Please post the link to the video you’re referring to.

    • @heatherocker4067
      @heatherocker4067 Місяць тому

      @@IndependantMind168 is there, though?

    • @s0lita
      @s0lita Місяць тому +1

      I heard the girl they saw wandering in the church parking lot and going to the school was a different child altogether. They seemed to have accepted the child to help with the missing report. Even Jen said the video was too grainy to tell who it was.

  • @user-hi1et2tb5u
    @user-hi1et2tb5u Місяць тому +114

    Mother is a PoS as well.

  • @aprilrain4296
    @aprilrain4296 Місяць тому +12

    I am grateful for you three discussing this! Poor Maddie, it's so terrible 😢

  • @soniaacevedo2769
    @soniaacevedo2769 Місяць тому +21

    I was touched by my natural father i told the school but it was the 70s quickly me and my brother and sisters wore removed by court

  • @catherinegrace2366
    @catherinegrace2366 Місяць тому +8

    I am a person with delayed reaction to grief. Reality hits me differently than other people. My brain will put a stop on the traumatic information and put it where it belongs. If I need my wits? They’ll show up. If I’m going to cry? It could take me a month. When my father died? It took me a month.
    ALL THAT went out the window when my son died of an accidental overdose. I WAILED AND WAILED! The most haunting cry you will ever hear are the cries of a mother whose child has died.
    ENOUGH of this “everyone reacts differently nonsense”. I’m finished giving the parents who hurt their children and “react differently” to trauma a pass.
    If you see something? SAY SOMETHING!!!

    • @daisybelle1025
      @daisybelle1025 Місяць тому +1

      This!!! I'm the most unemotional person ever, however the one day I lost track of my child in a park for 5 mins....I was frantic

  • @MrsRaulDuke1971
    @MrsRaulDuke1971 Місяць тому +15

    Didn't her mother lie to the police? I don't call that cooperating with them, I call it covering her and her mans guilt. The mother had to know what he was doing,, it makes me sick. 😡

  • @MargaretCook-jh5jp
    @MargaretCook-jh5jp Місяць тому +4

    As the daughter of two lawyers, if someone isn't being cooperative during a criminal case, then they definitely are the person who had committed the crime.

    • @YourSecretIsSafeWithMe
      @YourSecretIsSafeWithMe Місяць тому +1

      I don’t help criminal investigations because I don’t want to be involved. Not because I’m a criminal.

  • @high_maintenance
    @high_maintenance Місяць тому +32

    RIP Maddy❣️

  • @catherinegrace2366
    @catherinegrace2366 Місяць тому +7

    It REALLY outrages me when people refer to Stephen Sterns as Maddie’s “step father”. He wasn’t even her mother’s boyfriend. That was a lie the mother told in the beginning. They were broken up but Stephen couldn’t/wouldn’t stay away from Maddie. I ASSURE you Maddie would NOT want this monster referred to as her step father. PLEASE respect the truth and victim’s memory.

  • @paleandbeyond
    @paleandbeyond Місяць тому +5

    The other thing that's interesting and many seem to have missed, is that Sterns said in the TV interview, after 'dropping her off at school'...that's the last time 'we' saw her.

  • @evilangel8194
    @evilangel8194 Місяць тому +19

    I doubt they are going to charge him until they get the autopsy results find out how she died, even if they don't have enough evidence to charge him the other charges are enough to keep him behind locked up for the rest of his pathetic life, mother that don't protect there kids from pervert boyfriend are just as guilty for not stepping in and stopping the abuse it's horrible when you see mothers that care more about a low life boyfriend than there kids

  • @lesliemcdowell9426
    @lesliemcdowell9426 Місяць тому +9

    I think they are being inundated with request because the community wants to make sure they don’t have a murderer walking their streets.

  • @natcora7189
    @natcora7189 Місяць тому +6

    Well said. Key word "We"

  • @heatherstephens9295
    @heatherstephens9295 Місяць тому +3

    Yes Tim that’s what I would like to know about , the videoing . Thanks everyone for this great input 👍👍

  • @user-mp9rd4hg8b
    @user-mp9rd4hg8b Місяць тому +17

    No man racks up that many charges without having prior behavior, known or unknown, and without adults around him knowing that something is not right.

    • @deborahsunflower939
      @deborahsunflower939 Місяць тому

      One of his former room mates said he knew Stephan had underage photos/videos on his computer. Yet shrugged it off and didn’t tell anyone. Till now….

    • @coxcox7350
      @coxcox7350 Місяць тому

      ​@@deborahsunflower939I heard his mother paid off the room mate not to say anything 😕 😳!! What a disgusting mother and son!!

  • @Godasecond321
    @Godasecond321 Місяць тому +24

    They did come out and say.
    That those who who were responsible would be arrested. Those means more than 1 person. Listen to what she said she answered that question more than 2 times He will.
    Be arrested for that little girl's murder. And so will the mother and she will have additional charges just like him.

    • @gointothedogs4634
      @gointothedogs4634 Місяць тому

      It doesn't mean anything of the sort. They often say that.

  • @yeebby1
    @yeebby1 Місяць тому +13

    We want answers in nyc!!! 😤😤😤

  • @shelissemorales3004
    @shelissemorales3004 Місяць тому +3

    As a mom, how don’t you know something’s going on…for years? She damn well knew. She should get charged as well.

  • @claulopez824
    @claulopez824 26 днів тому

    Please , keep us update , Thank you so much !!!!

  • @natasha83196
    @natasha83196 Місяць тому +4

    I’m starting to think mom not only knew, but she was in on it.

  • @carlotaestrada9869
    @carlotaestrada9869 Місяць тому +19

    I CANNOT LOOK AT THE MONSTERS FACE ,,UGH

  • @marieh1755
    @marieh1755 Місяць тому +6

    Her mom is def guilty and a lousy mom for not payin attention to the signs that poor girl showed

  • @TheBetsy1127
    @TheBetsy1127 Місяць тому +12

    We learned from the news conference that it was an isolated incident, meaning it was all Madeline in those pictures and videos 😢😢

    • @brandishiverdecker8228
      @brandishiverdecker8228 Місяць тому +3

      And in that home

    • @goldenparachute392
      @goldenparachute392 Місяць тому +3

      Over 400 pics and videos 😢

    • @Annie497
      @Annie497 Місяць тому +2

      We don't know that. We don't know that at ALL. They have not said if the photos were all of her or a mix possibly others shared with him. We only know they found a ton of them. They never give details because of the nature of the crimes and the innocent victims involved. These pedophiles rarely get off on violating one child. They need more to relive that sick rush they seek.

    • @TheBetsy1127
      @TheBetsy1127 Місяць тому +4

      @Annie497 Cheif Betty Holland said it is isolated which means it was Madeline in all those pictures and videos on Sterns phone. Look up the world " isolated "

    • @brandishiverdecker8228
      @brandishiverdecker8228 Місяць тому

      @@Annie497 it was all Maddy and in the home.

  • @shaleniramsahai5782
    @shaleniramsahai5782 Місяць тому +10

    *YES PARENTS SHOULD TALK TO THEIR KIDS ABOUT MOLESTATION BUT IN MANY CASES A PARENT IS AWARE AND STILL DOES NOTHING. THEY PREFER TO TURN A BLIND EYE JUST TO KEEP THE PARTNER. HOW REGRETTABLE SOME PARENTS CHOOSE A STRANGER OVER THEIR FLESH AND BLOOD*😤🤬😢

    • @user-pm5dy2nc4r
      @user-pm5dy2nc4r Місяць тому

      Yes, this is the issue for MANY children and I would venture to guess is the case here.

    • @Saudade16
      @Saudade16 Місяць тому

      I strongly believe she knows. Maybe that's their break up reason but in the end she still chose him over her daughter. I can't fathom this kind of parent when there's are people who can't have children of their own. All children deserve a parent but not all parents deserve a child. It makes my blood boil.

  • @LiciaBe
    @LiciaBe Місяць тому +4

    I helped hand out flyers around the town when this girl went missing. I texted the family and offered to help further but never heard back. Such a tragic outcome!

  • @Tee-cl6dc
    @Tee-cl6dc Місяць тому +8

    JUSTICE FOR MADDY !! R.I.P. 😢 ❤ 🙏

  • @nannajaysadventures
    @nannajaysadventures Місяць тому +5

    the problem is the most likely predators are known to the children

  • @loribee1234
    @loribee1234 Місяць тому +2

    Well said Tim Jenson 👋

  • @jpljthestelladoro
    @jpljthestelladoro Місяць тому +13

    Not a stepfather!!! he was a boyfriend or ex-boyfriend never a father. Only a monster that was deviant and vile. In my opinion mom knew about her boyfriend being a creeper freak. She's the one that has a relationship with him and knows his repulsive Behavior

    • @ZoeBay-vn1hc
      @ZoeBay-vn1hc Місяць тому

      They found she was married before with no record of a divorce. Could it have been him?

  • @kristy4619
    @kristy4619 Місяць тому +9

    I think she was pregnant and they're waiting on a dna from the father (Sterns).

  • @drgunsmith4099
    @drgunsmith4099 Місяць тому +6

    Monsters really do walk amongst us, poor little girl 🙏

  • @Laurie504yall
    @Laurie504yall Місяць тому +1

    Love to see Tim Jensen! BestGuests in true crime!

  • @shayneleee5260
    @shayneleee5260 Місяць тому +5

    I am not one to rush to judgement but I cannot help but to place myself in the mother’s shoes. How would I feel if it was my 13 yo daughter? How would I react at 1, 5, 24 hrs missing? I would be insane. There’s absolutely no way the mother didn’t know. I have a bad feeling about this case that she won’t be charged. I’m sick for Maddie.

  • @allencupsie6560
    @allencupsie6560 Місяць тому +14

    Where is the father in all this

    • @garfield2439
      @garfield2439 Місяць тому +1

      Idk

    • @angienichols1248
      @angienichols1248 Місяць тому +1

      Exactly!!!

    • @pokerpegg1623
      @pokerpegg1623 Місяць тому +1

      A UA-cam person said they were not married! Do they know if Maddy knew her father?

    • @Jpfinn3408
      @Jpfinn3408 Місяць тому +1

      Yes really sad when the real dad is not in the picture and she has that passive woman as a mother ..

  • @cheribee968
    @cheribee968 Місяць тому +2

    Poor girl is no longer here to tell her story
    This man will never get out of prison

  • @robinp13946
    @robinp13946 Місяць тому +12

    Why is the mom not arrested???

    • @gointothedogs4634
      @gointothedogs4634 Місяць тому +1

      They said she's not a suspect. That could mean yet.

    • @lissam956
      @lissam956 Місяць тому

      They can’t haste it because if they press charges and there is not enough evidence for both of them they could have a mistrial or declare innocent and walk free just like Casey Anthony.

  • @Dtella55
    @Dtella55 Місяць тому +3

    My heart breaks for Maddie and the violent abuse she experienced...may she SIP...😢😢🙏🙏🙏

  • @deniseeugene1852
    @deniseeugene1852 Місяць тому +50

    Maddie looks pregnant in those birthday photos. They need motive for her death. Pregnancy could’ve been one motive.

    • @astrea4020
      @astrea4020 Місяць тому +21

      Let’s not criticize the body of a DEAD 13 year old because if she turns out to not have been pregnant you just body shamed a murdered child for no reason. I don’t know why you thought this was ok to comment.

    • @petuniab.222
      @petuniab.222 Місяць тому +3

      I don't agree. She looks a bit older than just turning 13 though

    • @deniseeugene1852
      @deniseeugene1852 Місяць тому

      @@petuniab.222 look at the birthday photos .

    • @jlovesj3335
      @jlovesj3335 Місяць тому

      Many people are speculating this. Dont be emotional ​@@astrea4020

    • @Annie497
      @Annie497 Місяць тому

      Please don't start and feed into rumors. Until the medical examiners reports are released, nothing has indicated that was the truth. And she absolutely does NOT look pregnant! She has the figure of a young 13 yr old just beginning to blossom.

  • @pinkskincanthandlethesunlight
    @pinkskincanthandlethesunlight Місяць тому +30

    In this episode of "The Usual Suspect"

  • @pamridley8120
    @pamridley8120 Місяць тому +2

    Thank you, for updates, what I don't understand is why some call him a step-dad, he is not a step-dad to the young lady, He is the Mother's boyfriend. He is a monster that went after her, the mother's daughter. This is very wrong.

  • @thisishannah_
    @thisishannah_ Місяць тому +5

    How did the mother not know what was going on?

  • @rocksteady20101
    @rocksteady20101 Місяць тому

    SO VERY SAD!!!

  • @maryowens8763
    @maryowens8763 Місяць тому +1

    I think it’s a shame that it’s been this long and yet no one has been charged.

  • @Genevieve-ni5el
    @Genevieve-ni5el Місяць тому +4

    This mom will also be catching charges. Nothing she said or how she behaved was that of an unknowing mother. The police see this type of spouse/parent all the time, sadly.

  • @jillijane9793
    @jillijane9793 Місяць тому +5

    Only "some of these involved Maddie" so who else has he been abusing?
    When my son passed away, we didn't get the autopsy results for 6 months. I don't know why the toxicology results take so long, but 6 mo is a long time to try and grieve, while not having any definitive answers

    • @Clare_no_dramatic_nonsense_pls
      @Clare_no_dramatic_nonsense_pls Місяць тому

      They said "at least some" involved Maddie - they could all be her or there may be others too. Nothing has been released to indicate either way yet.

  • @sheilaspence1250
    @sheilaspence1250 Місяць тому +2

    How does a child have an open conversation with a parent when the parent(s) are complicit? This sets the child up to not trust any adult.

  • @rnrpeg1
    @rnrpeg1 Місяць тому

    Joe's the best.
    What a horrible crime. 😭

  • @Anthny1
    @Anthny1 Місяць тому +5

    Single mothers with daughters need to stop trading their selfish desires for "finding love"

  • @rlizabethcastillo5541
    @rlizabethcastillo5541 Місяць тому +7

    Stop calling him a stepfather. The mother was not married to him. That label belongs to married couples and the step parent is a contractor. He is a monster. I will like to know how he contributed to this girl upbringing. Other than causing her a lot of pain.

    • @angstbeforebeauty
      @angstbeforebeauty Місяць тому

      I know it's terrible, but he refers to Maddie as his stepdaughter himself many times in his reddit posts and whatever ridiculously childish Tamagotchi forum posts he made. We've seen them.

  • @720reddog
    @720reddog Місяць тому +1

    Ernest Hemingway said the "World is a fine place and worth fighting for" I agree with the last part

  • @rlizabethcastillo5541
    @rlizabethcastillo5541 Місяць тому +15

    I heard a serial killer say in an interview “ The wider the smile on a woman the easier it is to get her to comply.” Jen smile shows a lot of teeth and gum.

    • @knn.klmlkklkknnnmmn
      @knn.klmlkklkknnnmmn Місяць тому

      Linked to autism?

    • @gailg31
      @gailg31 Місяць тому +1

      What does that mean?

    • @raespencer7983
      @raespencer7983 Місяць тому +1

      One of Jenn Soto's former friends said that she is bi-polar and on some powerful medication. That could be a big factor in how she behaves.

    • @The-Oneness11
      @The-Oneness11 Місяць тому

      Why? Did he give an explanation?

  • @bizzithegamermom
    @bizzithegamermom Місяць тому +4

    Listening to this report, something new crossed my mind...
    What if mom came home from work and caught Stephan abusing Maddie, BUT she immediately thought that her daughter was trying to seduce her long time boyfriend, thus snapping and ended up killing her. After the fact, Stephen just helped Mom cover it up, but never told her the truth. Just thinking outside the box.

  • @Mayhamm
    @Mayhamm Місяць тому +3

    The mother found out what he was doing to the little girl and chose the boyfriend. The mother killed her and the boyfriend moved the body.

  • @Michele-tt2tr
    @Michele-tt2tr Місяць тому +14

    🙏🙏🙏🙏JUSTICE

  • @user-hx4xp6je1p
    @user-hx4xp6je1p Місяць тому +1

    Beautiful little girl, how could anyone be so horrible to do what has been done to this innocent child , hope and pray that justice will be served in this case. , she deserves justice ,

  • @janahertzberg6485
    @janahertzberg6485 Місяць тому +2

    Tim Janson is 100 percent correct!

  • @BrendaDawson56
    @BrendaDawson56 Місяць тому +3

    I agree with what one of the gentlemen said about the mom being so lacksadaisy about looking for Maddie. One day my son didn’t get off the bus as expected and I FREAKED! My heart dropped into my stomach and I was on the phone immediately to the school while on the way to the school! Luckily, he just missed the bus. But I swear if they didn’t lay eyes on him, I would have been on the phone with the police immediately! Something is fishy.