vacation in florida, sarah did go to the bank to get some of that money. while she was there, preston testified, he got a message from liam. he was with sara. they were at the bank and this is the chance he knew exactly what that meant. he had somehow convinced her to take the money out of the safety deposit box and the plan would move forward that night. okay. did you say anything back? i said to wait until it got daca. preston was strangely emotionalism on the stand as he described the murder of his friend. it happened late that afternoon, he said. liam strangled sir. prosecutors showed the surveillance video of liam leaving the house with a backpack which he said contained some of serious money. and, another video of him arriving at work at that steak house not long afterwards. but liam didn t stay long, a few minutes later, he left. president told the jurors, he was leaving for liam at the house they shared. liam comes to the door and
prove that crime against other. do you know what that cooperation really requires to do? complete honesty. complete honesty, is that what you said? yes. is that what he said? absolutely. and now, in exchange for a reduced sentence, he was about to tell the world what he and liam did to sara stern. president delivered his horrifying story in a cool steady voice. did you know her? i did. were you friends with her? yes, we were friends throughout high school. it started months before she went missing, he said. after sarah told liam about what she found in the family second home it was a shull box full of money. did you ask any questions about the money when you first learned about it? i asked how much it was, i was told that it was a range of about $100,000. preston testified that liam said $100,000 was the kind of money somebody would kill for. it started off as plans to either burglarize her house or
in the mysterious differ parents of sarah stern where big news for the jersey shore to new york city. stunning developments for the search for a missing 19 year old girl, the charges to teens now face mike stern was in the county courthouse when they brought him the teens accused of killing his sarah. both pleaded not guilty to murder and six other charges. stern s family being escorted out of the courthouse, asking for privacy less than 24 hours and finding out she was dead. sara s family and her friend appeared composed in public, but weren t we re in a private hill. they couldn t believe these two could ve done this. neither of them had a criminal record. preston taylor, sarah s junior prom date was a quiet 19 year old. his roommate and co-defender, was also, told a liam mcatasney
ramrod start in the courtroom, still, silent. as the detectives and the prosecutors and his own roommate accused him of murdering his friend, sarah stern. sat there while his attorney kept scorn on the story told by his friend, turned prosecution witness preston taylor. preston taylor is being he is lying, but how would the defense explain him? the prosecution star witness wasn t preston taylor who flipped accomplice, but anthony curry who was about to premier the biggest film of his short career. anthony took the stand, nerves, all but bursting through a skin. did you want to be here today? no. shifting around in his seat,
could convince jurors that sarah had a secret urgent plan to get away from her father and moved to canada, then he was on his way to creating reasonable doubt. but, how would he deal with the powerful testimony of preston taylor. the answer, was simple and an emphatic preston is alive. his testimony is untruthful, it s false. it s imagined and incredible. and, just how would the defense attorney backup that claim? preston made it easy for him. but you don t always tell the truth, isn t that correct? i haven t in the past. hoping for leniency after he was arrested, preston told police unlatched and disturbing story about one of his own relatives. you made an accusation against somebody, said that he you were sexually assaulted by that person. right. and all those details that you gave, they were all false. they were all false, weren t they?