Accused Killer's Chilling Words As Sarah Stern Case Goes To Trial

A video has been released revealing the chilling words of an accused killer in the death of a woman whose body was apparently thrown off the Belmar bridge in 2016.

In an Asbury Park Press video, Liam McAtasney said: "If she did jump off the bridge, what are the odds that she's not somewhere all the way out in the ocean by now?" (see video below).

"If she had told me that she was going to jump off the bridge, there would have been no way I would have gone to work that night," he said in the video, referring to the disappearance of Sarah Stern, 19, of Neptune City.

Jurors are expected to be selected this week in McAtasney's trial. Prosecutors have said they believe Liam McAtasney, with Preston Taylor's help, threw Stern's body into the Shark River off the Route 35 bridge in Belmar more two years ago.

This happened after McAtasney strangled her, prosecutors said. McAtasney allegedly strangled his former classmate for $7,000 or more that he removed from her home. Taylor was accused of helping conceal Stern's body.

Taylor has pleaded guilty to seven charges, including robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery, for his part in Stern's murder. Taylor also agreed to testify against McAtasney.

McAtasney, Taylor and Stern were all longtime friends who grew up together, according to News12, and Taylor and Stern went to their junior prom together as dates.

Here is The Asbury Park Press video:

YouTube photo of Stern