Orange County Sheriff’s office confirmed Florida’s missing girl Madline Soto’s body found in a wild area Friday afternoon, a few hours after that the department said she believed the 13-year-old girl had died.
Sheriff John Meena said at a correspondent conference in the day that her mother’s lover had doubts of shaking her body and the case is being murdered. Madeline’s body met around four and a half o’clock in the evening.
Orange County Sheriff Office said in an update, in a wild area near Hickory Tree Road by searching teams of Osceola County Sheriff Office. Sheriff’s office said, “Madeline’s family has been informed. We don’t have any additional information to release at this time.
Kissimmee PD is the major agency in investigation of this murder. This work continues. ” Sheriff’s office had previously said that Madeline was last seen Monday morning when her mother’s lover, 37-year-old Stephen Stern, left her some blocks away from the Hunter Creek Middle School in Orlando. Meena said at Friday’s press conference, now the evidence shows that she was never left near her school that morning.
Stern, who the officer calls the chief suspicious in this case, was arrested on Wednesday night in different charges of keeping sexual assault and child sexual abuse materials, when spies got disqualified images and videos that were of criminal and sexual nature.
During his phone’s forensic investigation. Meena said, it is believed that Madeline was killed at Kissimmee where his family lived in an apartment, and Stern moved his body on Monday morning. Sheriff said, “We have evidence that shows Stephen was returning to the Stern Complex and Madeline was appearing in that vehicle. We believe she’d already died at that time.
Officers didn’t tell how time that footage was captured. In the video evidence recovered by the authorities, Stern was shown to throw goods in a dustbin at the inhabitant campus at 7:35 am on Monday 26 February. Spies later recovered the backpack of Madaline from the Dumpster and the laptops released by his school. Spies informed Madaline’s mother about her suspicious death on Thursday night.
He is not considered doubtful in the investigation. Kissimmee Police Department will now take the case into its hands as it has changed to a murder investigation. The km police chief Betty Holland had asked the public to come forward with suggestion as the child continued to be searching.
Stern was seen running Silver 2010 MKZ between 1 and 2:30 pm on Monday. In the area of State Road 192 and Old Hickory Tree and Nulty roads. It is believed that his tyre was punctured and it may have been seen changing tires in this area. Meena said Sterns hasn’t spoken to anyone in connection with the case. He has been transferred to Osceola County Jail where he is being charged with sexual assault filed by Kissimmee Police.
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