JUST IN: New Jersey man accused of strangling Sarah Stern, his childhood friend, and throwing her body off a bridge has been found guilty of murder.
\n\nA New Jersey man accused of strangling his childhood friend and throwing her body off a bridge was found guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday.\n
\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t Sarah Stern, of Neptune County, N.J., disappeared on Dec. 2, 2016, at the age of 19.\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\nProsecutors argued that McAtasney killed Stern for the thousands of dollars that had once belonged to her mother, who died of cancer in 2013.
\nTaylor, who testified against McAtasney, said McAtasney told him Stern had the 'type of money somebody would kill for' and that he planned to get her drunk and take the money left by her mother.\n \nCurry testified at trial that McAtasney allegedly told him in November 2016 of his plan to strangle Stern and steal the money.\n
\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tLiam McAtasney is currently standing trial for the 2016 murder of 19-year-old Sarah Stern, his friend whom prosecutors allege he killed to obtain a lock-box believed to be stuffed with cash.
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