Childhood Friend Turns Into Gruesome Murderer

Murder Files Unsealed · Sep 23, 2026 · 40m · transcript

This episode recounts the chilling 2016 murder of Sarah Stern, a 19-year-old from New Jersey whose abandoned vehicle was discovered on a bridge. Although the scene initially suggested a suicide, investigators eventually uncovered a sinister plot orchestrated by her childhood friend, Liam McAtasney, and his accomplice, Preston Taylor. The pair strangled Stern to steal an inheritance they believed was worth a fortune, only to walk away with a fraction of that amount. The case was cracked open when another friend secretly recorded McAtasney confessing to the details of the crime during a sting…