Boyfriend of Missing 13-Year-Old’s Mom Faces Life in Prison

The prime suspect in the disappearance and death of a 13-year-old girl was charged with 60 criminal counts on Tuesday.

Stephan Sterns is charged with 8 counts of sexual battery on a child aged under 12 years, 5 counts of sexual battery with a child aged between 12-18, 7 counts of molestation, and 40 counts of possession of child pornography, according to a press release from the office of State’s Attorney Andrew Bain.

Sterns told police he’d dropped off Madeline Soto, the daughter of his girlfriend, at school on Monday, Feb. 26. She had been reported missing after school officials said she never arrived.

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