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Police: N.J. Man Strangled Missing Girl, Threw Her Body Off Bridge

FREEHOLD, N.J. (KDKA) -- A New Jersey man is accused of strangling a young woman during a robbery and throwing her dead body off of a bridge.

According to CBS News, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni announced Thursday that 19-year-old Liam McAtasney, of Neptune City, was charged with murder in the death of 19-year-old Sarah Stern.

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Stern had been missing since early December, when her car was found with the keys in the ignition on a bridge over a river.

19-year-old Preston Taylor, also of Neptune City, was charged with desecration of human remains after they say he helped dump Stern's body.

Stern's body has not yet been found.

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