Stephan Sterns trial: Plea hearing scheduled for next week

Days before Stephan Sterns was set to go to trial in one of two cases connected to the disappearance and death of 13-year-old Madeline Soto, an unanticipated plea hearing has been scheduled for early next week.

Madeline Soto case: Stephan Sterns allowed to wear suit at sex crimes trial

Stephan Sterns, the man accused of sexually abusing and killing 13-year-old Madeline Soto, was in court on Monday for a pre-trial hearing. He is charged with some 60 counts of sexual abuse involving Soto. That sex abuse trial is expected to start next week. His trial on the murder charge is not scheduled until the fall.