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

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

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

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

Stephan Sterns was the boyfriend of the mother of the 13-year-old who went missing in Florida in 2024 and was found dead in a ...

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

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

Our live coverage of Stephan Sterns plea hearing has concluded. Scroll down to view highlights from Monday's court hearing.

On Monday, Stephan Sterns took a plea deal to avoid the death penalty in the case of the rape and killing of 13-year-old ...

Stephan Sterns pleaded no contest to the murder of 13-year-old Madeline Soto and pleaded guilty to sexual battery during a ...

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

Stephan Sterns, the man accused of sexually abusing and killing 13-year-old Madeline Soto, was in court on Monday for a ...