Why would he want to kill her?
Plan for 6 months?
Why?
Not entirely sure, but I'm starting to think that perhaps money was only secondary to something much more nefarious.
When these monsters were first arrested but before additional details came out, I theorized LM erroneously believed Sarah was still in FL, went over to her house thinking it was empty, was surprised when he realized she was home and killed her to eliminate the witness.
Now the above scenario is least likely ("Doyle said McAtasney
planned the attack on Stern for at least six months"; "'I'm at the bank. I'm going to do it now.
I'm going to take her out'" -BBM-). While it could be argued LM needed Sarah in order to gain access to her bank account and/or safe deposit boxes, multiple reports indicate the boxes were stolen from the home. If the only thing he was after was cash and other valuable, he could have easily gotten his hands on those things without having to murder a lifelong friend.
From "helping" with the search for Sarah to the video in which he attempts to kiss a young boy and then tells him to take his clothes off before pushing him down (this seriously made me nauseous), I get a really creepy vibe from LM. There is something very wrong with this dude.
I think LM's main objective that day was to kill, which probably was something he had long fantasized about. Sarah was easily accessible, and sure, money would be a nice bonus, too.
Now as to the location of Sarah's body, LM's attorney has said, "It does create a problem, if they don't have a body, if she shows up in three weeks and says this is all part of a joke.'' PT very well could have been aware of this prior to confessing, so it is reasonable to at least suspect he might have lied about where she can be found in order to protect himself as well as LM. As suggested by others, I, too, believe it is possible that they did something to her or her body that they are not willing to admit to because that would be too humiliating to them. Further, if there was any sort of sexual contact between Sarah and either one or both of them, they wouldn't want any evidence of that found as that would lead to additional charges; for PT, especially, I think this would be of utmost importance, as his current position is he was only an accessory after the fact. I think it's quite possible Sarah is in the water, but because of the reasons above, as well as certain peculiarities about their behavior (e.g., burying the safes), I'm not quite convinced.
I applaud the investigators in this case for getting these two in custody in a timely manner -relatively speaking; I'm sure it has seemed like an eternity to Mr. Stern-, and for gathering enough evidence in order to do so.
I think the prosecutors are going to be very careful about possibly offering PT a plea deal as I believe his role in the crime may be much more significant. I think they are very aware of this and thus doing a great job of keeping everything close to their vests, while also realizing that there is much more to be uncovered.
Quotes found at:
http://www.nj.com/monmouth/index.ssf/2017/02/preston_taylor_appears_in_court.html
http://www.app.com/story/news/local...rah-stern-missing-suspects-in-court/97390470/
