Stephan Sterns Police Interview: Madeline Soto Murder

"She was asleep in the car most of the time," #StephanSterns told authorities during a police interview. Plus, new court documents outline a timeline of the investigation into the murder of #MadelineSoto.
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[@frankh.3849]

If they didn't have a warrant for the contents of that phone this POS child murder/predator might have a fighting chance. Be kinda messed up if a bunch of people gotta go track this guy down if the courts fail.

[@BrenThen4367]

THE PICTURE OF MADDIE WITH PURPLE BACKGROUND LOOKS LIKE SHE WAS ON DRUGS .. HER PUPILS LIKE UFO

[@nyd2021]

Can we please give some serious credit to the lady cop/investigator! 👏 She was ON TO HIM and was not letting go. Thank you for caring about your job and understanding the importance!!

[@jendee1260]

agreed! now she needs to turn her energy towards the mom.

[@Annii_Oakley_]

Mind if I check your settings? Mind if I check your Google? Is this the phone you use for directions? Do you use this phone for anything? Oh you factory reset it? What time was that? Truly. Leave your phone and keys, we'll let you know when we're done. No bullshit. No apologies. So much respect for her.

[@slaws2279]

Oh yes. I could definitely tell she was on to him, too.

[@soniaborges5156]

Chek mom celular what she have?

[@Kay091-ew3qi]

Yes! She was.

[@Truecrimeandwinecouple]

I do not know any teenager who would forget their phone or didn’t want McDonald’s. He is a lying POS.

[@JP-qf8io]

💯 🎯 I'll bet she threatened to call LE on him and that's when all hell broke loose!! That's why the phone was left there! 🤔🧐🕵️

[@suebradley9251]

Jennifer soto doesn't not deserve to be called a mom that is sick she made her sleep with him lock her sorry butt up

[@Grammichal]

A 13 year old girl got up at 7:15 am & was out the door by 7:30-7:45 “ish?” “We made amazingly good time.”

[@JP-qf8io]

Right Exactly no 13 yr old girl would be ready to leave out the house in only 15 or 30 minutes!!! My grandson is 12 and he can't even get ready to leave the house for school that fast!!!

[@aye7916]

@@Grammichal he also said later when he forgot his phone it was because he was rushing to get her out the door on time. How are you simultaneously making good time and rushing?

[@carolynjonas4727]

Jen just offered up her child to what happen to her. She needs to be held accountable. As a mother myself NO man related or not should sleep in your daughters bed. This is all so disturbing and tragic

[@NaturalDivaBeauty]

The way she just went along with him in the interviews they gave …. It’s sickening, it’s giving severe neglect

[@tymom9313]

Probably lawyered up

[@vha3742171]

I hope her mother gets jail time. How in the hell would you let your boyfriend sleep with your child.

[@cc-terfay]

@@NaturalDivaBeautyI wonder if he raped her and got her pregnant which is why he killed her

[@daisybelle1025]

When you have to elaborate, you're lying. Mom needs charging too....this whole case is sick. Sleep well maddie 💓 💖

[@NunyaBizness2.0]

I seriously almost vomiting when he said “she brings a lot of joy. She’s a very good girl. It doesn’t feel the same when she’s not here” Knowing what we know makes that comment even more sick

[@rollergirl808]

Right? He’s disgusting.

[@barneyronnie]

Madeline was far more intelligent than this perverted, filthy freak. Mama knew what was going on and was party to the homicide. Mama was under the power of the 'cock.'

[@Annii_Oakley_]

And when he said “she’s really dependent on us she wouldn’t know what to do if she ran away…” 🧐 what a weird effing way to frame it… disgustingly self consumed…

[@BeaBelfastVideos]

He also said "she knows nothing but love in this house". Revolting.

[@thesecretaryofcommonsense3851]

​@@BeaBelfastVideosI'm reading & responding to your comment before I've 👂that part... I doubt if I'll "be prepared" when that comes up.... That's UNBELIEVABLE AND TRULY SICK af... "Sick,sick,sick Love"🤦‍♀️🤢🤮😩

[@lolAnnMarie182]

His whiny voice is cringe. He sounds like he’s trying to make himself sound like he’s helpless or something. Doesn’t sound like a real man, that’s for sure.

[@jesclifford88]

Just like the pastor guy 🤢

[@lolAnnMarie182]

@@jesclifford88 exactly!

[@JP-qf8io]

Well actually he is helpless NOW!!! 😂😂😂 BUT what's worse and more sickening is the language he uses like he thinks he's a young teenager trying to be cool, ( she 86'd that , I made a uey, she poo poo'd the idea ) what an idiot he is!!! I can't stand it he acts like he is 13 and with all that grey hair 🤮

[@lealovesthesea]

💯

[@kathryngandal2228]

He isn't a real man!

[@l.c.7507]

Her Mom is guilty too…. Smh

[@reemagee4828]

Absolutely! Child neglect, child endangerment, child sacrifice, whatever you want to call it, charge her ass!

[@jdibi8423]

@@reemagee4828PERIOD!!!!

[@Bird5861tr4]

She made her preteen daughter sleep with her creepy boyfriend. Worse than I thought.

[@carsonc6659]

​@@Bird5861tr4 me😡

[@lealovesthesea]

@@Bird5861tr4and then comforts him after he unalives her.

[@Loarnold]

I could tell he was lying in the first 10 seconds of his story

[@pinkpugginz]

That fake baby tiny voice 😮‍💨

[@heather3383]

@@pinkpugginz💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯☝️

[@redds7777]

The detectives knew from the minute he opened his perverted mouth…

[@mistrjt9213]

At this very moment, do we know if Stephan Sterns is aware that the world knows of his disgusting habits-from the murder of Madeline, to him splooging 💦 in all sorts of stuff, to how everyone hates Jennifer just as much..? Does he have access to the news and interwebs we do? I want to know if he knows that he and Jennifer Soto are the most hated people in the world right night.

[@PhillypaGrl]

As soon as I heard him talking about McDonald's, I knew it was all bull.

[@notsorryyouretriggered]

Just his voice really creeps me out. Poor sweet Madeline. 💔

[@glorial8448]

Used that voice to convince Mom, Dad, Jennifer, Madeline etc. to be sympathetic and empathetic towards him..I feel ! He appears to be selfishly focused on 'his' needs

[@KimmySemak]

Yes!!! I said same thing!! His voice is creepy asf and he sounds like such a pansy

[@monicaastruskas5162]

Yes his voice is so awful and how he wants to sound sweet, P.O.S......

[@stephaniefisher1585]

Knowing more and more details about this predator make his voice even more disgusting and disturbing. I am so sorry Madeline had to go through this since she was 8 years old (that we know of). 😢

[@lealovesthesea]

Me too, turns my stomach.

[@marthawoodworth]

Turning 13, he was addicted to abusing her, and afraid she would become pregnant. He's a monster, and the mother is morally responsible for allowing it to go on.

[@cheryll747]

Rumors are she was pregnant & why she was murdered!!

[@jomac8101]

She looks pregnant in that one photo to me.

[@Cruel.summer13]

@@cheryll747 no way! Oh my 😪

[@bigbird4203]

If she was pregnant would there be a murder charge for the baby ?

[@ThulsaDoom-s5z]

Mamas always let this crap happen

[@RDGZ0810]

CHARGE JEN SOTO ALREADY!!! They'll take care of her and sterns in prison!

[@sassyfrass4295]

1700 Files! Yes, arrest Jenn!

[@danellzaabani5923]

They’re taking their time for a valid reason!! Remember when everybody knew SS had murdered Maddy & how long it took them to charge him with her murder? Have some patience.

[@IonaPlumly-kl9sl]

Jenn knew what was going on. She is guilty. What mother doesn't go to her own daughter's 13th birthday. Give her the perp walk.

[@Loarnold]

If they don’t charge her I’ll need to meet her

[@PJTYLER]

@@Loarnold You won't be alone on that day

[@KT31422]

She wasn’t interested in McDonald’s anymore? She’s was dead. And the cops said they saw him driving with her dead in the car. So why is this still a question? Arrest the mom already!

[@JP-qf8io]

I wonder if she actually got to eat that so called raspberry and cream danish or did he eat it

[@SonyaHollowell]

I agree with your statement so true

[@slaws2279]

I hate his voice. It’s tough to even listen to him.

[@cosmokramer5055]

@@JP-qf8iothat’s exactly what I’d like to know too! You know they know what’s in her stomach so I’d be interested to learn of if that statement was even true from this sick individual

[@mollyh8410]

They want to have concrete evidence of his lies. That's why

[@purplelilac1387]

I hope jail justice gets this mofo! Her mom smiling while giving a news interview begging for Maddies return tells me she is GUILTY too! Poor Maddie

[@crysn315]

That was very creepy. She gave it the same seriousness as if it was her neighbors dog that was missing..devoid of any real worry. It seemed as if she was trying to act worried at first, but when that recording started playing randomly, she dropped the facade real quick. Just disgusting. I'm sure she will eventually be charged. I find myself opening up the news daily wondering if today's the day.

[@Tara-LouiseHolloway]

Mums involved. She saw her getting dressed at 8. Well thats strange seeing as she was already dead!!!!

[@MM-ik7cs]

Sherriff Mina said quote, "we BELIEVE she was already dead" in the 1st press conference. The Sterns murder arrest affidavit says quote about when she passed "on or between the 25th day of February 2024 and the 27th of February 2024".

[@Grammichal]

A 13 year old girl got up at 7:15 am & was out the door by 7:30-7:45 “ish?” “We made amazingly good time.”

[@Platinum907]

@@Grammichal this stands out to me too.

[@leogoddess1785]

Jenn Soto is a sorry excuse for a mother...plain and simple

[@jenninbeerse3889]

Absolutely. .

[@ashleyandrews6377]

💯 agree. Seeing her in the interview something didn’t seem right she looked guilty of something to me. Her job was to protect her daughter not hand her to a monster 😡

[@roseserna4034]

I hate how both him and jenn bash the heck out of maddie every chance they get 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@actual_doge3221]

She was only one child. She couldn't have been that difficult. Any emotional probs she had were because of them, especially his abuse.

[@nationsimmonds4510]

As a mother to a daughter myself, I find it despicable to let your child sleep in the same bed as a male at that age, to allow or encourage as it seems jenn did, just no! its not right I find it very hard to belive she didn't know what was happening 😢 justice for maddie ❤

[@hardwired8084]

And not even that the child was in the bed with them which is just as bad, but in a bedroom, door closed, the child and the man, imagine that scenario and the feeling of the child, helpless and alone. I cannot stand it, my heart is breaking, sorry Maddie!!!😥

[@jodielang2846]

No! It's so very, very wrong! Poor Maddie..her own mom put her in this situation!! All for a whiny, loser boyfriend! I'm just so angry over this! That poor little girl!

[@carsonc6659]

I feel 😡😡😡😡 as one can be.

[@danellzaabani5923]

It’s well known that Jenn was into kinky sex, how into it idk. Makes me wonder did she involve Madeline after hearing all of this!?

[@MelissaDaniels997]

I don't think any child should be in a bed with anyone of the opposite sex beyond 3 yrs old. I never allowed my children, boy and girls, to sleep in the same room let alone the same bed after the age of 3. I have never allowed my children to even take a bath together; the girls bathed together up until the age of 5 and my son by himself.

[@warflair1312]

He’d killed her less than 24 hrs before this! Evil beyond belief.

[@sassyfrass4295]

i wanna know what time did he leave the grandma's with Maddie after the party. what time they got home. what time did Jenn leave work and arrive home. essentially all the hours until he is seen on video the first time with Maddie slumped in the car.

[@CATMACTV]

he tells cops he was not at her bday and arrived at 8/830 Sunday and she was dead before 8am that morning. He came in town to tie up loose ends. Jenn had to know. Why would he need to ask her 5x in the interview what her answer would be because he didn't want to say the wrong thing

[@prisilahernandez9620]

He said he had gotten there that weekend (Friday) to “help with her” so that means he killed her in the second day he was there? I think he probably tried to assault her and she fought back so he in anger killed her.

[@Danwsz44]

@@prisilahernandez9620he got there Sunday at 8:30pm after the party.

[@Noah4evaa]

How was she killed and has she been found?

[@evilangel8194]

The whole love you thing struck me as weird and creepy

[@Chantel8910]

Check out Peter Hyatt statement analysis. He talks all the time about what it means when a parent describes their last words to their children as saying “I love you”. Your intuition is on point there.

[@TheNarcissistHunter]

Word salad, gaslighting..... I have never heard of a kid sleeping in the morning on the way to school...liar.

[@Grammichal]

A 13 year old girl got up at 7:15 am & was out the door by 7:30-7:45 “ish?” “We made amazingly good time.”

[@bonniejosavland3227]

@@Grammichalright?!

[@stephaniehumphries5431]

My dad used to drive me 30 min to school everyday in middle school (I was 12-13) and I fell asleep every morning... Despite trying my darndest not to. Maybe I was a weird kid though.... That being said, almost everything out of his mouth sounds like a load of you know what!

[@ThulsaDoom-s5z]

Children are abused and mistreated in several different ways, all of which are abhorrent to God. The Bible prohibits child abuse in its warnings against improper anger. Too many children are the victims of angry beatings and other physical abuse as their parents take out their own anger and frustration on their children. Though some forms of physical discipline may be biblically acceptable, such discipline should never be administered in anger.

[@moonlaughs26]

My skin crawls everytime he says “I said I love you and she said I love you too” 😡 that sick MFPOFS

[@carsonc6659]

😡😡😡😡😡😡 same

[@TinyRanter]

Every word he speaks is the exact opposite of the truth.

[@notsorryyouretriggered]

Omg me too. The sob just wanted to relive a vision

[@TwistedSister1234]

My skin crawls too! He rewrites history to flatter himself. He's a fantasist and a creep.

[@kiddfresh3673]

Sick MFPOFS is absolutely accurate

[@dlvox5222]

No kid forgets their phone. They will forget their backpack before forgetting the phone.

[@amber13000]

My kid has forgotten it a few times, but he has always realized it after we are in the car and driving to school already.

[@blondien6072]

Exactly 💯💯so true

[@Hvrtjff]

No kid, especially a 13 year old, decides not to get McDonald’s after waking up extra early specifically to get it.

[@gailbrown2887]

The day after her birthday 🤬 Who was she supposed to reach her friends

[@MM-ik7cs]

EVERYONE forgets their phones sometimes. I realize the was not the case here, but to say no kid ever forgets their phone is just not accurate. My kid has!

[@HeatherHall-fg9vi]

Thank you, Vinnie, for staying on this case! I want to see everyone who is responsible for Maddie's death and abuse held accountable.

[@q-chi-connoisseur]

Yeah Nancy G. Moved on months ago

[@wildmountainthyme4123]

I do too. I appreciate Vinnie's coverage. Poor Madeline. She had all that life ahead of her, and this monster took it away. :( Justice for Madeline.

[@agentbagreviews]

Loved how the female detective was like “you ain’t getting your phone back” 😂

[@Yo_LBC13]

That “as long as it takes” in a sassy voice did it for me 😂

[@OneStepAhead94]

“Yeah they can call Jan’s phone”” 😂😂

[@elainerivera4592]

@@Yo_LBC13😅

[@elainerivera4592]

@@OneStepAhead94yup she knew!!

[@Annii_Oakley_]

@@OneStepAhead94 The way his pu&$y a$$ backed down *IMMEDIATELY* when she said that. “ok.” Shows what a spineless coward he is… just gross…

[@michellek1759]

Death penalty for Stephen and Jen...this is absolutely sickening.

[@Splattervision-qh1sd]

💉

[@JNB520]

🔫

[@AbbyCavapoo24]

Definitely for Stephen. Not for Jen.

[@MsJonessss]

@@AbbyCavapoo24she can go too. She could end up in this situation again.

[@sandie1214]

Omg this animal called “Mother” needs to pay her daughter’s suffering!!!!!

[@PrincessAndTheChi]

Don’t give animals a bad name!

[@sandie1214]

@@PrincessAndTheChi it’s a figure of speech 😏

[@PrincessAndTheChi]

@@sandie1214 I know lol, and stand behind my original response. Animals wouldn’t do what he did

[@SweetUniverse]

Now I know why Jen was so nervous during her 1st interview with the police when she reported Maddie as missing- everything was going to come out- EVERYTHING, and what she did was going to come out to the world.

[@MM-ik7cs]

I do not think that is what she was experiencing. She very openly said they all slept together. She did not try to keep that hidden.

[@CaelumCaeruleum]

Jennifer Soto Never reported Maddie missing the calls to 911 was a female ,but not Jennifer S , and everything around This MOTHER ( Jen ) is very questionable . 🚩🙏🏻⚖️

[@danellzaabani5923]

@@CaelumCaeruleum Amen!

[@MM-ik7cs]

@@CaelumCaeruleum OK? How is this going with what is said in this thread?

[@indytherottweiler9002]

Why is this poor excuse of a "mother" not charged yet? She was complicate in the abuse. She knew. No way she didnt. Even if not right in her face, she knew something. We know when our men cheat. And whats the first thing we do? We go through the phone!!!! She didnt want to lose his trashy self and her daughter was the lamb sent to slaughter. Just disgusting! Poor baby being abused and now shes gone. Lock that women up already!

[@leiighslivelylens]

Anytime you’re giving extra details without prompting.. you’re guilty. “Mom” needs to be arrested. I wanted to hear her interview.

[@sinead187]

What a total creep.

[@ruthmartinez5796]

When he said she is a good girl ! The nerves !

[@lisaasad6652]

Hate him

[@Annii_Oakley_]

Creepiest voice I’ve ever heard in my ears…

[@DJSOTO07]

The mother needs to be put under the jail immediately

[@anniet2713]

As a victim of paedophiles myself, but much younger, this young girl would have developed feelings for him deeper than a standard stepfather relationship as she became pubescent. I wonder if this little girl was menstruating and became a liability/risk to him. From my brief experience the use of "good girl" and "special" from a male makes my skin crawl.

[@flickingbollocks5542]

Her friend said she was 2 weeks late for her menstruation.

[@JacobMedly]

Omg

[@jeanablake2302]

Yes, "good girl" constantly from his mouth given the context makes my skin crawl. Also, I heard a friend said Maddie was late with her period. So, either she was pregnant, or there was some possibility of that, or she threatened to tell...

[@tartnouveau3652]

Mom was abusive just by allowing her on and off boyfriend to sleep in the same bed as her daughter. I think she was willfully ignorant because she was checked out

[@Annii_Oakley_]

It’s probably how she kept a boyfriend. She may have even gotten off on it… no way in hell she didn’t know what was happening to the child… no way…

[@MsJonessss]

@@Annii_Oakley_yup. Sadists.

[@Julia-uh4li]

I agree with you. I'm not completely convinced she 'knew' he was using her daughter, yet. Willfully ignorant is different from "being checked out." Had she honestly not known, she would have to have been totally checked out with her surroundings, deeply, but it can & has happened that way. We don't know the state of mind she had during those times. Maybe he was a master gaslighter as well as a master manipulator. Every abuser is a master manipulator, especially to their child victim. I'd imagine the sick eff went as far as showing Maddy the videos or pictures he had of her to completely control her through sheer terror of being exposed. That right there fucks up every child victim. I've seen that first hand as a young child myself, sadly. I wish so badly now that I'd told someone, anyone, what I'd seen happen to my best friend in 5th grade, her perp absolutely would have been given a very, very long prison sentence.

[@grannyvroomvroom2523]

Notice the more he talks the more he discloses. Fool can;t keep his mouth shut!

[@shrikeofterven6006]

That is why even innocent people should be careful when talking to police. You say you put groceries away, then fed the cat and then got the mail to one cop. The next day, you tell another cop you put the groceries away, then got the mail and then fed the cat. You have made inconsistent statements. Probably never an issue most of us will ever face, but lawyers have good reasons for warning people to shut up until they have legal representation.

[@Grammichal]

@@shrikeofterven6006Do you watch Peter Tragos the Lawyer You Know? Excellent legal analysis with a great law need community.

[@sunnymorningday6537]

First time I ever heard his voice. How bizarre! Had to go vape, high on Ativan…..what a looser! Poor Maddy..

[@FicklePickleJar]

Vape Shopping. Comic Shops. Gaming Shops. This tells you everything you need to know about this man's mentality.

[@toithomas4560]

Jen Soto needs to be LOCKED up! They do NOT need her help! Her CHILD DID THO! She obviously knew bc she allowed it to happen. Sickening!!! LE has everything they need they do NOT need her so called mother...

[@Lifewithpersians]

When will we hear the mom? This is insane!

[@tymom9313]

I think she got a lawyer!

[@Elaine14199]

sleeping on the way to school and not interested in McDonalds ... yeah right

[@poodie3287]

This predator has a nerve to try to throw autism in the spectrum around as if that may have played a part in her disappearance despicable, and that mother needs to be held accountable there’s no way she didn’t know she let that man have his way and she turned the other way. I hope every time she close her eyes she sees that little girl and I hope that she never has a day of peace ever 🗣️💯

[@chilo8187]

They specifically asked him if Maddie had anything aside from ADHD

[@dollface2917]

He has the deadest eyes I’ve ever seen, he must have creeped people around him out.

[@dianac1411]

They reminded me of Diddy eyes😳

[@tammi908]

He looks so dam creepy amd cringey ! I hate him with a passion

[@notsorryyouretriggered]

He creeps me out and im almost 3 times the age Madeline was and can look away from him. Baby girl was trapped with this monster😢

[@Splattervision-qh1sd]

The Japanese have a term for it (I don’t remember it) where the whites of the eyes are visible below the colored part. That’s what makes his eyes so creepy.

[@mangographics225]

He uses that "sad victim voice" - also his injury was from fixing his tire?!

[@darrellhicks360]

You can fake the voice (no tears needed). He sounds like he’s sharing a cookie recipe… no connection. Glad he got his rec drugs 😳😳😳

[@danellzaabani5923]

@@darrellhicks360 He won’t get no Ativan in prison!

[@darrellhicks360]

@@danellzaabani5923 I would not be surprised if he is an addict.

[@EliseDFENS]

Omg! Him saying he was on so many tranquilizers to keep him stable because he was so upset. “I was a wreck” yeah I bet you were after murdering that little girl. His voice, the way he talks makes me absolutely nauseous. What the hell did that woman even see in that man? Everything about him screams creep and loser. He uses way too much detail in his answers and trying so hard to sound so soft spoken like he’s a good guy. That cop knew he was lying. God this case is so damn infuriating.

[@mjinzer6881]

That wicked woman needs to be charged! She knew he was sexually abusing her and it pathetic!

[@susanne3232]

💜💜💜 JUSTICE FOR MADDIE 💜💜💜

[@hollyjolly2066]

YES. 💯❤

[@scroogemcduckrich9705]

they are gonna use him as a cue ball in prison

[@JP-qf8io]

🍆🍑

[@ogadlogadl490]

I hope jail justice is served!

[@scroogemcduckrich9705]

@@ogadlogadl490 for 24 hrs a day.

[@keepitreal665]

im english'''it took me a minute to get the graphics...thanks babe

[@flickingbollocks5542]

They need to play 1700 times

[@ralphmajor1947]

The mother was complicit IMO 😢❤!

[@letjenncook7]

I just know he was shitting bricks when they said they were going to hold his phone

[@Jaybro9908]

He thought he was smarter than them and couldn’t believe he was a suspect. He thought he acted it all out so well!! Distressed step father. Mmhm we knew right away sir.

[@ThulsaDoom-s5z]

Children have to go to school out of homes full of pain and suffering. You never know what a child is dealing with by the time they get to school.

[@user-nj9db2tg9w]

Another reason why teachers should be paid way more. They are mental health clinicians as well.

[@MaileyMcAslan]

7:29 CPTSD not autism. Chronic, complex post traumatic stress disorder. I’d bet.

[@ragnabloodfallen5232]

The mother knew, it's the only reasons why she didn't do anything and that's her daughter being abused and she didn't even bat an eye. They abused her together and had a thrill off of it cause no one stays for 5 years silent and not knowing there's something happening between your daughter and the boyfriend

[@hardwired8084]

Its possible mom is a deviant too and sometimes, all it takes is a similarly dark partner to trigger their own dark behaviour.

[@MM-ik7cs]

Please share your evidence backing that she absolutely knew what Sterns was doing.

[@starjazmyn2094]

@@MM-ik7csit’s her responsibility to protect her daughter!!!

[@danellzaabani5923]

@@MM-ik7cs Several people have spoke about how Jenn was into kinky sex.

[@MM-ik7cs]

@@elizabethchase6528 Because you sleep in the same bed does not equal automatic sex. It was happening, but my question to you was about the evidence that Jennifer knew what was happening.

[@amandachrist387]

So he had been out of the picture for awhile and came back and went straight to her party and took her to school. How uncomfortable she must have felt, no wonder what happened, she probably expressed that.

[@sisvswann1897]

Has been said quite a few times that they were off/on for the past 2-3yrs.

[@darrellhicks360]

We listen now knowing that everything he says is a lie. 😢

[@Stina6266]

Dang that woman officer was on her game!!! Raise for that lady!

[@Heather-Kayrug]

That interview is actually 40 minutes long. If u want to hear the whole thing go to grizzly true crime,

[@hollyjolly2066]

Or DutyRon. 👍👍👍

[@starjazmyn2094]

@@hollyjolly2066duty Ron sucks.

[@ruthmartinez5796]

@@starjazmyn2094I think Grizzly is blah lol

[@marsargoxmiso1695]

This is Florida give him the damn death penalty and charge Jen already she clearly knew what was going on!

[@tymom9313]

💯💯

[@asenath7766]

Yes, it seems that because she got her menses, she was too old for him, so he disposed of her, bc she risks getting pregnant.

[@kjs7275]

Or maybe he got her pregnant you never know that could be the motive ...sick

[@elainerivera4592]

@@kjs7275 I’m with you on this! IMO she might had been & Maddie was about to throw the bomb shell! Maybe she wanted to keep it & he disagreed & moms also knew so they both made a plan!

[@dhunter3719]

I knew something was off from the first moment this child was reported missing. Madeline's mother didn't look upset that her daughter was missing.

[@tiffanyswann4349]

She looked zanyed out

[@elainerivera4592]

She sure didn’t l!!

[@melissaannkelly]

I truly believe Maddie was pregnant , Jenn noticed and contacted Sterns ....being the timeline of Sterns(evil incarnate) is that he had just came home to Jenn's that weekend to discuss the problem. Then devising a plan to get rid of the this beautiful angel's problem...PERMANENTLY! Jenn is just as responsible. She sacrificed Maddie to him on an evil platter ....in return for her to get rest from anxiety & to have a man(I mean sick, evil, lying, manipulative pos)!!!!! Rest in peace precious Maddie🕊 🤍 🙏 Sending blessings to all 🙏🕊🤍.

[@Julia-uh4li]

Wow, that's quite the stretch of your imagination, my dear. I can't see that as something that happened. But, hopefully, if it did happen, it will come out by trial.

[@lorifaires2848]

How did Jen see her at 8 if they left about 7:37-7:45? And I hadn't heard the McDonald's story.

[@MM-ik7cs]

Either she got the time wrong, which is not far out there, or she did not really see her. NONE of us know the definitive answer to that. It is speculation.

[@crownviclx2000]

Apparently she didn’t hear the McDonald’s story either

[@Grammichal]

A 13 year old girl got up at 7:15 am & was out the door by 7:30-7:45 “ish?” “We made amazingly good time.”

[@Jacqueline_Resin_Crafter]

And he says “ how long u gonna need my phone “ 🤣🤣🤣 “ my daddy might call my phone “ officer says “ he can call JS phone hahahahha😂

[@jer333able]

“Beware your SIN will find you out!”

[@usakiwi1986]

Hearing Stephan say Madeline had started her period makes me worry he got her pregnant!

[@melindaurbiina1854]

Deflecting from the truth

[@elainerivera4592]

Did he say that in this interview? Omg he’s a monster!! I don’t hear him say that here. Not that it wasn’t said but i honestly missed him saying it. He’s the worst!!

[@Grammichal]

Many males STOP abusing the girls at puberty- it’s all ghastly but most don’t murder.

[@TwistedSister1234]

The murder charge doesn't include the unlawful termination of a foetus so no, reports infer she was not pregnant.

[@XXX-cq9uj]

​@@TwistedSister1234would they be keeping that quiet for some reason? Can they charge him later for that or does it have to be charged at same time? This whole thing is sickening.

[@JuliePlott]

Only real question I have is, when they declare him guilty at trial, how many years will he be in jail before they fry him?

[@AustinD1993]

Ugh listening to Sterns lie is so infuriating... 😤😤😤 I really hope someone gets ahold of this guy in prison & gives Him what he deserves.

[@JP-qf8io]

Am I the only one that noticed how SS says he went to Mc Donald's twice went to the vape shop twice, target twice and he went to the apartment at least twice if not more, WTAF?? 😵

[@jessseg4100]

Yeah. I think he was trying to come up with reasons for why he was driving all around and back and forth. I’m assuming he was either panicking and/or trying to figure out where to put poor maddy 😔

[@ruthmartinez5796]

Yes. All I get the place.

[@athenavan2242]

He was trying to account for all that time, he l3ft to take her to school 2 hours before it started, he had to make it sound believable not only to police but to Jenn as well. And he had to account for driving 17 minutes away to dump her body

[@JP-qf8io]

@@athenavan2242 he must have thought they were going to check the mileage then 😂😂😂 Dumb A**!

[@davidjames7382]

To add, he was very hesitant about the Detectives keeping his phone (he knew what they would find). "My dad gets a hold of me on that phone". He knew what SA pics and videos were on the phone. He knew he was sunk once they obtained his phone and forensically would look into his cell.

[@robinlynn1319]

He did an "accidental " factory reset on his phone..and they still found all the photos!

[@davidjames7382]

@robinlynn1319 he isn't the brightess POS ...IMO. He and Jen colluded a story. I served for over 18+ years in Law Enforcement and as a Detective ( in Florida). Jen story is "locked in". She admitted under a sworn affidavit she had last seen Madeline getting dressed at or around 0800. POS was observed around 0735 dumping her pack and laptop in the dumpster. It is unbelievable she would permit her daughter to sleep in another bed, with a adult male. Her two news interviews were disturbing. She shows no empathy for Madeline. She can't remember the first lies told during her first media interview. She's not out actively looking for her daughter. She speaks of Madeline "in the past tense", before she was ever found. Her body language shows deception. There isn't tears running down her face. It's feigned emotion. She shakes during one interview, which shows she is definitely nervous, scared, if the truth comes out. A gofundme is set up for Madeline. It mysteriously is "paused" when it hits $16K. Jen Soto goes into hiding. And allegedly, she retains an attorney. Madeline's real father was notified. He and his wife drive 14hrs from Texas, only stopping for gas. He and his wife showed real emotion. Court documents show he was fighting to obtain custody of Madeline for years and Jen was fighting it every step of the way. I think we all know why. Jen knew POS was SA'ing her daughter. Served her up like a piece of meat " so she wouldn't be alone" ( without a man). Since POS been doing this to Madeline since she was 8 yrs old. He groomed her Mom permitted it. And usually these bastards just don't stop with one child. What happened when he wasn't living with Jen? Are there other victims? Or did he profit by selling the material? Jen right now, has to be scared s***less. It was also reported that the homicide occurred INSIDE the condo. One early report stated Madeline suffered from asphyxiation and blunt force trauma. I have a gut instinct. Madeline fought back. She was not protected in her home. Another disturbing incident with Jen....she didn't attend funeral services for Madeline, she wouldn't meet with Madeline's father to turn over her ashes to him. Why? Because Jen knew she couldn't look him in the eye and face him, knowing what POS and her did to Madeline. I also believe why the homicide occurred...Madeline was going to "spill the beans" what POS and Jen were doing inside the condo. I have a feeling she was going to go to either to her SRO ( school resource Officer) or someone in a position of authority and report what was going on. POS and Jen panicked. There possibly was an argument after Madeline returned home after her birthday party. In a fit of rage and fear, they committed the homicide. They had to silence her. They both knew she could bring both of them down. I could only imagine all the forensic evidence which has been obtained ( besides the 1700 files ) of the material gathered from his phone, his car, her car, and the condo. I hope a day of reckoning will be soon. That poor child suffered for so many years. She wasn't protected by her mother. The truth will definitely come out. I pray for Madeline and hope she obtains justice. She needs to be at peace, where the monsters will no longer hurt her.

[@maryettamoore4765]

Thank U for saying that!!!!

[@Thecreativelotuslab]

Stephan was already referring to Maddie in the past tense in that interview.

[@MultiMurfi]

How did we arrive at this point as a society ? What’s in the water ? How damaged are we deep inside ? I am disgusted angry and ashamed . The female ( not calling her the “parent”) should feel every inch of the trauma , Shame fear that Maddie felt . She should be haunted by her own demons . Human justice is not enough . I hope she lives . In jail. alone and frightened. I’m sure the monster will get its own share of … in prison .

[@TinyRanter]

We’ve always been here. Humans are animals.

[@MultiMurfi]

@@TinyRanter worst . Animals don’t kill for fun . Animals are far better beings that we are . We are vulgar arrogant and trivial . A disgrace for this beautiful planet .

[@glorial8448]

He said that he told her that he loved her.. said she said "Thanks love you too" why would she say "Thanks" and not simply "Love you too"

[@CaliCarolyn]

He’s making it all up as he goes about the interview and trying to act distraught at the same time. Epic Fail!!!!

[@barbarajones2283]

Everytime I've heard him say that,I thought Liar!

[@lorraineyanez4301]

You know that part stuck put to me too. I guess because this sorry excuse for a human was forcing Maddie to do things, his twisted mind sees it as love.

[@danellzaabani5923]

Exactly and he used “loved” in the past tense. That says it all!

[@Mjan-81]

She could have said thanks to him saying “have a good day”. I mean we know that’s not what really happened but IJS she could have been thanking him for wishing her a good day!!!! Which sounds so disgusting knowing what we know now!! Sicko and mom ain’t right either!!

[@slaws2279]

She potentially had massive head drama? Horrific. Poor girl.

[@slaws2279]

@therealz360z7 I know that now. My comment was three weeks ago.

[@akadieliskowich9339]

I agree, she knew and needs to be charged…ASAP.

[@brettlaw9984]

That poor darling girl my heart goes out to her. Throw the keys away on those two sickening people so discussing.

[@evanelias9937]

How come the mom not in trouble yet ???

[@MegNotTheStallion]

No one knows if she had anything to do with it. Being an irresponsible mom doesn't mean she was in on murder. If she had anything to do with it her bf likely would've given her up to take the death penalty off of the table for him. I think she just made a lot of bad choices and was desperate for companionship. Not a good mom

[@tiffanyswann4349]

So 😆 you think that she never went through the phone

[@MM-ik7cs]

@@MegNotTheStallion True.

[@MM-ik7cs]

@@tiffanyswann4349 I never went though husband phone. It was up in the cloud and he could have hidden that. Chris Watts hid things in his phone from his wife.

[@evanelias9937]

I just hope they will put her on under a lot of pressure so she might will come clean about the whole thing poor lil angel didn’t deserve none of this Rip Madeline Soto Harmony Montgomery Bella and Celeste watts So sad we’re witnessing all these lil girls getting killed left and right

[@glorial8448]

He stated that he arrived that night (the day of her birthday party Yet... he 'supposedly was at her birthday party at her grandmother's home?'

[@hardwired8084]

Better yet, HTF is mom not at the birthday of her child turning 13 which is a milestone, but a man that is only mom's bf, not family, not a step-father, nothing, is there front and centre? Were they on a date or something? Did mom agree not to go for some reason? Did Maddie finally protest the abuse and threaten to tell? Was she pregnant? Charge those 2 and let the punishment be the harshest possible.

[@vl1637]

Most of these s a cases seems autopsy are really questionable results,listen to some of these cases horrible,even hospital cover up

[@danellzaabani5923]

I caught that too😂

[@standuser9696]

What if he was abusing her when all three of them were in bed which gave jen the "anxiety". Sent them to the other room so she can try and pretend nothing was happening

[@glorial8448]

Wanted to go live in a woods no matter how was possibly being controlled.. had a realization that she was being abused hurt and disrespected Age 13 is age no longer wanted to be used .. what's called 'ages out?!'

[@PJTYLER]

When she said that she wanted to go live in the woods, Do you notice that she didn't say that she wanted mom to come along? Maddie was well aware that Jen knew what Stephen was doing to her. It is just so sad that Maddie never got the chance to tell on them.

[@MM-ik7cs]

I told my parents I wanted to live in a bunker and begged them to buy one. Kids say a lot and it doesn't always have some sinister reason.

[@Grammichal]

@@MM-ik7csWhy bother writing?

[@TwistedSister1234]

@@elizabethchase6528 So true. Aileen Wournos gave birth at 13 and actually DID live in the woods instead of her home as a teen. There are unsettling parallels with Madeline Soto. How many other girls are out there right now, thinking that living in the woods would spare them from their home lives.

[@michelletorres9502]

Liar... liar... who leaves At 730 and not wanting McDonald's... dude liar !

[@ruthmartinez5796]

You're right, we leave by 5:30 am, everyday , and my 3-year-old toddler always points at McDonald's, even when he's half asleep, clutching his bottle in one hand and a hash brown in the other hand.

[@Grammichal]

@@ruthmartinez5796McDonald’s every day? 3 year olds don’t need bottles let alone hash browns..

[@ruthmartinez5796]

@@Grammichal Are you paying my mortgage and bills? If not, mind your own business and don't worry about how I raise my child. Stay in your lane! People like you just want to stir up trouble and make snide comments to boost your own ego. Congratulations, you've managed to do just that. 👏🏼

[@Rubi-b-M]

Sick I can’t this is awful poor baby and how did the mom not know

[@John-qt4si]

Oh she's absolutely to blame for this. There's no way she didn't know about the abuse.

[@erihor86]

wonder if maybe she started resisting him and being "difficult", and that's why he did away with her.

[@TammySullivan-jc5el]

He knew bout her monthly cycles too.. my guess she got pregnant 🤰..

[@irinabelan9836]

From what I read mum has a bipolar disorder and takes heavy sedation. This type of sick predators looking for single mums like Jenn who are gullible and easily manipulated. RIP little Maddie❤️

[@Dee-dee744]

Thank you !!

[@nicoleb81]

Bipolar disorder doesn’t explain why Jenn would allow Maddie to sleep in the same bed as her boyfriend. Many people have this disorder and don’t allow their child to be abused.

[@PhillypaGrl]

​@@nicoleb81Exactly what kind of sick person would allow that.

[@chefartiebucco22]

She knew! She kicked him out. He promised never to do it again and did it again. Out. Back. Out. Back

[@chefartiebucco22]

$50 says Jenn made them leave when she needed a "good night's sleep " is ACTUALLY I kicked them out when he started to get frisky and she couldn't pretend to sleep through it...IMO

[@artsiedesigns3274]

Therapist here. Often, women (and men) who are abused as a child will ignore red flags in their partner because they weren't taught them as a child. It's safer to be with the enemy you know. Mom's statement that Stephan and Madeline often slept in the same bed makes me think that she really had no clue that this was inappropriate. I'd place money that mom was sexually abused as well growing up.

[@blahblahblah1579]

Maybe, but she’d still culpable

[@KimmySemak]

Interesting I never thought of it like that.

[@tootsie1435]

Bs no matter what you grow up and know what wrong and right. Stop making excuses for this pos . It's disgusting

[@hardwired8084]

Therapist here, totally opposite view, people who are abused as children, see red flags before others, because they have been through it, they know the terror of it and that they DO NOT want their own children to go through it, it acts as a trigger thereafter, thereby causing them to be twice as protective and aware. In this case mom allowed that man access to her child due to underlying problems that we don't yet know, maybe even jealousy!!

[@tiffanyswann4349]

So was I.... And I have made sure that it would never happen to my baby girl

[@Mercyseed1160]

The mother knew, in his statement he said that the mother and Madeline was always fighting, and after the fight that Madeline went to him, and there was a lot of Love in the home.He is such a big creep awful 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@MM-ik7cs]

How does that equal that she knew he was s8xually abusing her daughter?

[@MM-ik7cs]

@@elizabethchase6528 I had a dream upbringing and I told my parents I wanted to live underground in a bunker, I begged them to buy or build one. It passed. Kids say a lot of stuff.

[@tammi908]

I think she died tge night of her bday ! He took her home and tried forcing himself on her and she was brave enough to say NO ! She probably threatened him , she knows how wrong it is now and what a monster he is. I have little girls this age and i just have a feeling she finally had the nerve to say no and stand up for herself. I can't get passed Maddie not telling her mom that he did this when she was younger. We are moms , we are our kids safe place to land. We are home ! There is no way Jennifer didnt know about this. She was allowing him to groom this baby all this time.

[@tiffanyswann4349]

Same

[@jesclifford88]

She was too self absorbed in her own ‘mental health’ issues to the point she let her baby girl sleep with a fully grown man of no relation to her 🤢🤦🏼‍♀️ horrible excuse for a mother and she needs to be charged for neglect and endangering her child at the very least!

[@redds7777]

This just gets worse … poor Maddie, so much life to live…. This man is true evil walking.

[@tashasolis5407]

So so sad!!! Poor baby!!! I hope he rots in jail. I will never understand what a grown man see’s in a child to make them do this. It’s just so sick!!!!

[@jendee1260]

the only solstice in this is she knows no more pain. she will never again know pain. monsters sometimes live just a door down the hallway. 💔

[@leiighslivelylens]

As a former child myself, I can confirm that no parent is going to feed you anything, much less a danish, if you’re getting ready to go to McDonalds or any other food place.

[@laraec4930]

I thought the exact same thing and hello your going to McDonald’s because you missed breakfast most likely and what teenager says no to McDonald’s

[@justme-qd4uv]

We have raised 3 children… all adults now. Husband and I NEVER allowed the children to sleep with us. Yes biological father and mother. Your bed is sacred… it’s clearly not just for sleeping… why do people think that’s ok? Let alone a boyfriend, step father ect. That’s just not ok… FOR ME!!!!

[@carsonc6659]

Exactly.

[@ruthmartinez5796]

This !

[@shrikeofterven6006]

After a certain age, letting the kids share the bed should stop. Kids need to keep learning about proper boundaries and personal space as they grow up.

[@NotSoNormal1987]

For my family, my kids know they can always come to us in the night. Our youngest has epilepsy, and if it wakes her, she will run to our bed to sleep next to us. Because it helps her feel safe. She is 7 years old. Our other 2 kids are 9 and 11. And if either one of them is having a hard time during the night, they also are welcome to come to us for comfort. But we are both the biological parents. It has just always been important to me to help my kids if something is bothering them. And to not withold that help just because it is night. But I grew up often sharing a sleeping space with other female family members, including my mom. Often done out of necessity due to housing situations.

[@gloriouspurposee]

The ORIGINAL red flag to me was him saying she was asleep ON THE WAY to school . What kid goes to sleep otw to school ? Much less a 13 yr old 🚩🚩🚩

[@LisaMarieLove1]

This mother definitely knew all about this. She needs to be in JAIL. ASAP! I pray more evidence comes in so Jen can be wearing a pair of those silver bracelets !! She deserves them! IMO She sickens me to my core!! JUSTICE FOR MADDIE💜

[@mrcory1999]

I had my children when I was 14 and 15 years old so for a lot of their young years I wasn’t even an adult yet. How did I have the sense to not let my daughter sit on even my boyfriend‘s lap are women so freaking desperate that they will let these people abuse their children I do not understand, he’s not with you. He’s not in a relationship because he wants your child. That’s gross. It’s horrible. She needs to be persecuted, not prosecuted.

[@DeSilva02]

Did they confiscate/check out Jens phone as well?

[@crownviclx2000]

Factory reset his phone. The same day. 👀

[@gretamatses3815]

He keeps talking about Madeleine in past tense. The word “was” is used repeatedly. This is so sickening.

[@westbrook3371]

What a monster... absolutely disgusting to abuse a child even worse a disabled child

[@bigbird4203]

I ask her if she still wanted it ? She said no !!! Whats he really talking about Madeline rejected him !!!! He had time to kill so he did.I told her I loved Her she said Thanks !!! She rejected him . He came to town to assault Madeline she rejected him

[@MM-ik7cs]

Where are you pulling this from?? She rejected McDonalds!!

[@bigbird4203]

@@MM-ik7cs just pulling phrases out of his interview thats all

[@jessicaZep]

Very astute observation.

[@MM-ik7cs]

@bigbird4203 I listened to this again with earphones so I could get ever word. I heard NOTHING about if Maddie still wanted "it" (s8x). Not even a hint. This is your imagination. He said she rejected McDonalds, not him!!! Let's stick with facts here, not flights of imagination.

[@MM-ik7cs]

@@jessicaZep It is pure imagination!! 🙄🤥

[@catH727]

He has a birthmark on his member that makes him identifiable

[@lillianrice3779]

Definitely gross what he made Madeline do to his member. I guess the police had to look at that too and look at his member. I didn't know he had a birthmark on it this is the first time I heard about that. I know they were saying that something different was about it. I Didn't know it was a birthmark Sick f***

[@saraortiz7818]

The mom identified it.. yet she didn’t want to believe the sexual abuse photos..