By Associated Press - Thursday, February 23, 2017

FREEHOLD, N.J. (AP) - Prosecutors say a plot to kill a New Jersey woman during a robbery was over $7,000.

The Monmouth County prosecutor’s office released affidavits Thursday that say Liam McAtasney admitted to plotting Sarah Stern’s death after taking her to a bank to withdraw the money.

McAtasney has been charged with killing Stern and Preston Taylor has been charged with helping him to dump her body over a bridge into a river.



McAtasney’s attorney has denied the charges.

The men were both longtime friends of Stern’s and Taylor was her junior prom date.

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