Stephan Sterns was sentenced to multiple life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole in the sexual assault and ...

Stephan Sterns will avoid possible execution after entering a guilty plea to charges of murder and sexual battery.

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

The Florida Department of Corrections has released a new mugshot of Stephan Sterns after he was booked into the Central ...

A Central Florida man was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his girlfriend's 13-year-old daughter, who went missing ...

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

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 ...

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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.

A man accused of raping and murdering his girlfriend’s 13-year-old daughter in central Florida last year has reached a plea deal in the horrific crime.

Stephan Sterns pleaded no contest to murdering Madeline Soto and guilty to 20 sex crimes where she was the victim.