OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — The Ninth Judicial Circuit State Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday morning that it has filed sixty new charges against Stephan Sterns.
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According to Action News Jax’s sister station WFTV, Sterns is considered the prime suspect in the disappearance of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, whose body was discovered March 1 in a wooded area in rural Osceola County.
Sterns now faces the following charges:
- 8 counts of sexual battery on a child under 12
- 5 counts of sexual battery with a child 12-18 (familial/custodial authority)
- 7 counts of lewd or lascivious molestation
- 40 counts of unlawful possession of materials depicting sexual performance by a child (10 or more images)
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