Comments by "Glamdolly" (@glamdolly30) on "Look Inside Madeline Soto's Home: Vinnie Politan Investigates" video.
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Madeline had just turned 13 years old. She had recently started her period, and in sync, her body was developing. She was a vulnerable minor, going through puberty!
This unique, transitional time between childhood and adulthood, is when more privacy is craved by girls and boys, and that should not only be respected by the adults around them, but encouraged.
Seeking privacy is normal and healthy behaviour by growing teens, and part of their natural, developing independence.
But we know poor Madeline wasn't allowed to have privacy in that house. Her feelings and needs counted for nothing, they were always a low priority, and came far below her mother's paedophile's boyfriend's demands.
With her mother Jennifer's full approval, paedophile predator Stephan Sterns was locking her daughter into a bedroom with him every night, to rape, sexually abuse and photograph her whenever he liked. I suspect we may learn he was selling those pornographic photographs online, to other paedophiles.
It's sinister and very telling that both Sterns and Jennifer give the same story, and tell detectives Madeline was clingy, insecure, and hated to be alone. Stern's mention of 'snuggling' with her, is vomit-inducing. A grown man with a greying beard, who never held down a job and collects 'Star Wars' and other childish memorabilia, sitting there in a backwards-facing baseball cap like a school boy. And he's explaining why he felt it was appropriate to share a bed with his girlfriend's daughter, from the age of six to 13.
Little wonder poor Madeline hated Sterns, the man her mother moved into her home without consulting her. A jobless bum who contributed nothing to their lives, or the smooth running of that home. Madeline never reported his serious sexual assaults on her to anyone, unfortunately. It could have saved her life. That she didn't confide in anyone, only confirms how low her self-esteem was, after years of horrible abuse. She must have had no hope at all that anyone would believe her, care, or stop the abuse.
She once told a counsellor she was glad Sterns was moving out (to move back in with his long-suffering parents - though Jen soon moved him back in, because she clearly thinks any man, however pathetic, is better than no man). Madeline said she hated sharing a home with the slovenly Sterns, who was a drain on the family resources and 'ate all their food'.
His parents have since revealed he frequently stole cash and jewellery from them, including his late grandfather's Rolex watch. It was of great sentimental value to Sterns' mother. When she confronted him, he denied all knowledge of it. But she and his father Chris believe he sold it. They recently told an interviewer their son is a compulsive liar, as well as a thief, who would gas-light them when denying his many thefts. What a pitiful man-baby. Why the hell did Jennifer Soto want such a man in her life? Bad enough he was a loser, but he was in reality, far worse - a paedophile who no doubt targeted her to access her child.
Jennifer's police interview paints a picture of a failed and sexless partnership. She and Sterns sound like ships in the night, who share her address but spend little time together. And when she got home from work, tired, she would send her 37-year-old boyfriend upstairs to share not only a bedroom with her soon to be 13-year-old daughter, but a bed. She had to know what was going on in that bed. I believe she made a sexual sacrifice of poor Maddie, in order to keep Sterns. She obviously didn't want to have sex with him herself, so Madeline was enlisted as a sexual surrogate.
We'll probably never know why Sterns murdered Madeline that night, as her mother slept soundly, nearby in the house. Perhaps he feared she was pregnant. Maybe he was concerned she might report his rapes. Was he angry she'd recently shown romantic interest in a boy at her school? Or it could be as simple and callous as Madeline's physical development no longer pleasing his paedophile tastes.
Whatever twisted reason he had for strangling her to death and stealing her entire, promising life from her, Stephan Sterns will be removed from society. But many people who could have protected her from him, did not, and failed her terribly. Chief among them is Madeline's mother Jennifer. She didn't just just fail her daughter - she betrayed her, and actively enabled both her chronic sexual abuse and her murder. Like Sterns, she deserves to die in prison.
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@EclecticG A huge and hugely sincere THANK YOU to YOU and every other wonderful, courageous and decent person who has written positively in response to my consistently honest, good faith online posts.
To be clear - I am grateful to every response under my original post here, supporting truth and integrity, in the face of appalling, cynical and self-serving LIES.
We, the honest and truthful witnesses, know most people, are good people, who oppose every fake, disingenuous, post you typically see here.
In closing, I must stress: Please value and share, the TRUTH. So many important, honest and profound outcomes depend on your courage and honesty. Go for it!
God bless you, my friend. XXX
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@Court TV A heartfelt plea - Can you PLEASE stop your producers from adding annoying, loud and totally unnecessary background music to every piece of video you show?
It happens so often now - notably last week, when you played-in the tape of reporter Nate Eaton giving a guided tour of the soon to be demolished home of serial killer Chad Daybell. The pointless, repetitive background music you added throughout, was horribly distracting, and made it really hard to hear what Nate was saying.
In this episode about the murder of Madeline Soto, the same gratuitous, annoyingly repetitive music has been laid over the interrogation video of suspect Stephan Sterns. As a true crime channel, you are well aware it's already hard to hear police interrogation videos, as the audio is generally poor. So please don't make it even more incomprehensible for your viewers, by playing music over the top! It's madness and doesn't make your content look more slick, as intended, it only looks amateurish.
I hope you'll address this issue, as it's marring an otherwise excellent channel with superior true crime coverage.
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