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<h6 id="ra-headline"><span style="color:#140202;"><strong>Two men charged in missing New Jersey woman&#8217;s strangling death, robbery</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#140202;"><strong>Liam McAtasney, 19, and Preston Taylor, 19, both of Neptune City, charged in the murder of 19-year-old Sarah Stern</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#140202;"><strong>Liam McAtasney allegedly, strangled Stern during a robbery at her home in Neptune City, New jersey on Dec 2, 2016</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#140202;"><strong>Taylor allegedly helped MacAtasney get rid of the victim, throwing her over the Route 25 Bridge in Belmar, NJ </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#140202;"><strong>McAtasney is charged with first-degree felony murder, first-degree robbery</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#140202;"><strong>Taylor is charged with second-degree desecration of human remains, second-degree conspiracy</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="ra-caption"><img class="alignnone wp-image-135881" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sarah-stern2.jpg" alt="Sarah stern2.jpg" width="637" height="552" />Sarah Stern went missing from her home in early December. Her car has been recovered but her body has not been found. Two men have been arrested in connection with he alleged death</h6>
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<article id="ra-body">The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office announced that a pair of 19-year-old men have been arrested in the courts of investigating the death of a 19-year-old New Jersey woman who went missing from her home in early December, 2016.<br />
Liam McAtasney, 19, and Preston Taylor, 19, both of Neptune City,have been charged in connection with the murder of after a two-month investigation had revealed 19-year-old Sarah Stern had been killed during a robbery at her home on Dec. 2.<br />
The arrest warrant states that Liam McAtasney strangled Stern and Taylor allegedly helped him get rid of her body by throwing her over the Route 25 Bridge in Belmar, New Jersey, prosecutors said.<br />
McAtasney was charged with first-degree felony murder, first-degree robbery, among other charges. Taylor was charged with second-degree desecration of human remains, second-degree conspiracy, and other charges.</p>
<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-135806" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/liam-mcatasney1.jpg" alt="Liam McAtasney1.jpg" width="615" height="820" /><br />
<strong>19-year-old Liam McAtasney prime suspect in the disappearance of Sarah Stern, allegedly murdered the 19-year-old woman during a robbery.Faces charges of first-degree felony murder and first-degree robbery</strong></h6>
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<strong>Preston Taylor Neptune City, have been charged in connection with the disappearance of Sarah Stern after helping his pal dispose of their victim. He&#8217;s been charged with second-degree desecration of human remains and second-degree conspiracy</strong></h6>
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<div class="ra-splitter captioned">Police launched an investigation after Stern’s fully operational 1994 silver Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight Royale was found abandoned on the southbound lanes of the bridge on Dec. 3, last year.</div>
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<p>The Belmar Water Rescue Team, the U.S. Coast Guard and other law enforcement stepped in to search Shark River for evidence of Stern’s body, which has not been found.</p>
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<h6 class="ra-caption"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135813" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sarah-stern-with-preston-taylor-in-nov.jpg" alt="Sarah Stern with Preston Taylor in Nov.jpg" width="1200" height="1485" />Sarah Stern is seen with Preston Taylor, one of the men charged in her death back in Nov. 2014</h6>
</figcaption><h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-135887" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/route-25-bridge-in-belmar-nj2.jpg" alt="Route 25 Bridge in Belmar, NJ2.jpg" width="800" height="534" /><strong>Authorities said Stern&#8217;s car was found unoccupied, working properly, with the keys inside on the Route 25 Bridge in Belmar, NJ. An extensive search of the Shark River was conducted by local and county search teams.</strong></h6>
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<p>Relationships between the victim and suspects were not immediately clear.<br />
Her father Michael Stern told <a href="http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2016/12/neptune_teen_still_missing_after_4_week_search.html">NJ.com</a>, the holidays were difficult since his daughter’s disappearance: &#8220;It&#8217;s a gut-wrenching experience that no parent should have to go through,&#8221; he said.<br />
&#8220;I love my daughter, and I just wish she would come home.&#8221;<br />
Sarah Stern who attended Neptune High School played softball and was a member of the swimming team. Michael Stern said his daughter started on the varsity softball team as a freshman. But she was also very interested in art and photography and has a keen interest in digital media, specifically YouTube videos. She studied art and TV production at Brookdale Community College for two semesters.</p>
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Liam McAtasney and Preston Taylor charged in strangling death, robbery of missing New Jersey woman Sarah Stern

