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Stephan Sterns pleaded no contest to murder and guilty to sexual battery against 13-year-old Madeline Soto on Monday.

Stephan Sterns, who was the boyfriend of Madeline Soto's mother, pleaded guilty to 20 counts of sexual abuse and no contest ...

Stephen Sterns, the man charged in the death of Florida teenager Madeline Soto, is expected to plead guilty to murder and ...

Prosecutors say Sterns killed his girlfriend’s daughter, 13-year-old Madeline Soto, in February 2024. They allege he raped ...

I can’t grasp the selfishness of you, the deplorability of your actions,” Madeline’s father Tyler Wallace told her killer.

Stephan Sterns, the man accused of raping and murdering 13-year-old Madeline Soto, is expected to change his plea during a ...

The Florida Department of Corrections has released a new mugshot of Stephan Sterns after he was booked into the Central Florida Reception Center. Sterns will spend the rest of his life in a state ...

More than a year before Stephan Sterns pleaded guilty to raping Madeline Soto and no contest to murdering her,  Sterns drastically changed his story about the 13-year-old’s disappearance and death.

Sterns pleaded guilty to sex crimes and no contest to murder. The judge accepted both pleas. State attorney Monique Worrell ...

Madeline Soto disappeared on Feb. 26, 2024, and was found dead days later. Here's everything to know about what happened to ...

Stephan Sterns was found guilty of first-degree murder and sexual battery, among other charges, in the death of 13-year-old ...