The Florida Department of Corrections has released a new mugshot of Stephan Sterns after he was booked into the Central Florida Reception Center. Sterns will spend the rest of his life in a state prison.

Prosecutors say Sterns killed his girlfriend’s daughter, 13-year-old Madeline Soto, in February 2024. They allege he raped her repeatedly before her death. On Monday, Sterns pleaded guilty to pleaded guilty to the sex crimes and no contest to murder. The plea came one day before he was going to face a jury in the sex crimes trial.

I can’t grasp the selfishness of you, the deplorability of your actions,” Madeline’s father Tyler Wallace told her killer.