In the early morning hours of December 3rd 2016 a 911 call was placed reporting an abandoned 1994 Grey Oldsmobile car left on the Belmar, NJ Route 35 Bridge above the Shark River. Responding officers ran the license plate in their system and find that the belongs to a Michael Stern, so they give him a call. He answers, but he’s all the way in Florida. Police wanted to know then who had been driving the car.  He responded, my daughter, referring to his 19 year old daughter, Sarah Stern. This is her story. 

Sarah Lee Stern Scholarship Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sarahleesternscholarship

Resources:
Paula Zahn Season S19 E3

Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/sarahleesternscholarship

911 Call:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vycddxXD3WI

Confession: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejpQN3TguhM

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199270566/carla-stern

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194800782/sarah-lee-stern

https://www.app.com/story/news/local/people/2019/12/13/sarah-stern-murder-scholarship-fundraiser-concert-keeps-sarah-alive/4408324002/

https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2017/02/hold_--_pair_charged_with_killing_sarah_stern_appe.html

https://twitter.com/Sarah_Lee_Stern

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Strangled+%26+thrown+off+a+bridge+-+all+for+a+shoebox+full+of+money%3B...-a0595400776 

https://www.nj.com/monmouth/2017/02/teen_went_with_sarah_stern_to_bank_before_he_stran.html

https://www.app.com/story/news/local/courts/2022/02/17/sarah-stern-murder-preston-taylor-loses-appeal-reduced-sentence/6838886001/

https://www.njcourts.gov/attorneys/assets/opinions/appellate/unpublished/a2155-19.pdf?c=hHI

https://abcnews.go.com/US/liam-mcatasney-sentenced-life-parole-murdering-friend-sarah/story?id=63869375

Music Used:
Walking with the Dead by Maia Wynne
Link: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Maiah_Wynne/Live_at_KBOO_for_A_Popcalypse_11012017
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Monkeys Spinning Monkeys by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4071-monkeys-spinning-monkeys
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Lobby Time by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3986-lobby-time
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

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