While her daughter is still missing, Maddie Soto’s mother sits down with investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.

They show her evidence proving Maddie is not alive. They also show her photos from Stephan Stern's phone, removing all doubt about what has been going on between her 38-year-old boyfriend and her 13-year-old daughter.

During the interview, investigators ask the mother about the motive—why would Sterns kill Maddie? Both investigators and the mother wonder: Is it possible Maddie was pregnant?

Joining Nancy Grace Today:  
Philip Dubé  - Court-Appointed Counsel, Los Angeles County Public Defenders: Criminal & Constitutional Law; Forensics & Mental Health Advocacy
Dr. Bethany Marshall – Psychoanalyst, Author – “Deal Breaker,”  featured in hit show: “Paris in Love” on Peacock;, Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive
Robin Dreeke – Behavior Expert & Retired FBI Special Agent / Chief of the FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program; Author: “Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agents Manual for Behavior Prediction;” X: @rdreekeke
Dr. Eric Eason – Board-certified Forensic Pathologist, Consultant; Instagram: @eric_a_eason, Facebook: Eric August Eason, LinkedIn: Eric Eason, MD
Hannah Mackenzie  - Anchor / Reporter Fox 35 Orlando website: t & IG: @Hannahh_Mackk 

While her daughter is still missing, Maddie Soto’s mother sits down with investigators from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office.
They show her evidence proving Maddie is not alive. They also show her photos from Stephan Stern's phone, removing all doubt about what has been going on between her 38-year-old boyfriend and her 13-year-old daughter.
During the interview, investigators ask the mother about the motive—why would Sterns kill Maddie? Both investigators and the mother wonder: Is it possible Maddie was pregnant?
Joining Nancy Grace Today:  
<ul>
<li>Philip Dubé  - Court-Appointed Counsel, Los Angeles County Public Defenders: Criminal &amp; Constitutional Law; Forensics &amp; Mental Health Advocacy</li>
<li><a href="https://www.drbethanymarshall.com/">Dr. Bethany Marshall </a>– Psychoanalyst, Author – “Deal Breaker,”  featured in hit show: “Paris in Love” on Peacock;, Instagram &amp; TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive</li>
<li><a href="http://peopleformula.com/">Robin Dreeke</a> – Behavior Expert &amp; Retired FBI Special Agent / Chief of the FBI Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program; Author: “Sizing People Up: A Veteran FBI Agents Manual for Behavior Prediction;” X: @rdreekeke</li>
<li>Dr. Eric Eason – Board-certified Forensic Pathologist, Consultant; Instagram: @eric_a_eason, Facebook: Eric August Eason, LinkedIn: Eric Eason, MD</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fox35orlando.com/">Hannah Mackenzie</a>  - Anchor / Reporter Fox 35 Orlando website: t &amp; IG: @Hannahh_Mackk </li>
</ul>

Nancy Grace dives deep into the day’s most shocking crimes and asks the tough questions in her new daily podcast – Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor and used her TV show to find missing people, fugitives on the run and unseen clues. Now, she will use the power of her huge social media following and the immediacy of the internet to deliver daily bombshells!

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Nancy Grace dives deep into the day’s most shocking crimes and asks the tough questions in her new daily podcast – Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor and used her TV show to find missing people, fugitives on the run and unseen clues. Now, she will use the power of her huge social media following and the immediacy of the internet to deliver daily bombshells!

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MADDIE SOTO, 13, BODY FOUND: WAS HOME PREGNANCY TEST MISSING?

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Fourteen-year-old Emily Pike vanishes after sneaking away from a Mesa, Arizona, group home, where she lives.

When she does not return, Mesa police are contacted, and she is reported missing.

Her mother is not informed until Pike has been missing for a week. Police say the group home must notify her case manager, who would then contact her family or tribe.

Authorities post her picture on social media, print flyers, and alert the media that Emily Pike is missing and may have run away.

Nearly a month after Pike disappears, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office reports that searchers found the remains of an unidentified female in a wooded area near U.S. 60, about 20 miles northeast of Globe, Arizona. The remains are difficult to identify but appear to belong to a missing Native American girl.

Within 24 hours, authorities confirm the remains are those of 14-year-old Emily Pike.

The Gila County Sheriff’s Office reports that detectives found the head and torso in large contractor trash bags, while the legs were in separate bags.

Investigators search the area but do not find the arms and hands. This information, intended for law enforcement only, is inadvertently shared with friends and family without warning.

A preliminary autopsy report notes visible trauma to Pike’s face and head. Authorities do not find clothing, jewelry, or identification with the remains. Investigators believe someone killed Pike elsewhere before dumping her dismembered remains. Her arms and hands remain missing.

The sheriff’s office says investigators recovered surveillance footage from Mesa, where Emily was last seen alive, but have not found footage from the rural area where her remains were discovered. Officials urge anyone with information to come forward.

A $200,000 reward is available for information leading to Pike’s killer.

Joining Nancy Grace today: 
Allred Pike Jr.  -  Uncle to Emily 
Mary Kim Titla  - Executive Director of UNITY (United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc.), Native American Youth advocate for over 30 years, Former TV News Broadcaster and First Native American TV Journalist in Arizona; Instagram @marykimtitla, X @MKTitla
Dr. John Delatorre -  Licensed Psychologist and Mediator (specializing in forensic psychology); Psychological Consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons; X, IG, and TikTok - @drjohndelatorre
Jon Buehler - Former Detective for Modesto Police Department, California; Lead Detective in the Scott Peterson Case
Dr. Kendall Crowns - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue”, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)
Susan Hendricks - Journalist, Author: “Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi;" IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks 
Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'

Fourteen-year-old Emily Pike vanishes after sneaking away from a Mesa, Arizona, group home, where she lives.
When she does not return, Mesa police are contacted, and she is reported missing.
Her mother is not informed until Pike has been missing for a week. Police say the group home must notify her case manager, who would then contact her family or tribe.
Authorities post her picture on social media, print flyers, and alert the media that Emily Pike is missing and may have run away.
Nearly a month after Pike disappears, the Gila County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office reports that searchers found the remains of an unidentified female in a wooded area near U.S. 60, about 20 miles northeast of Globe, Arizona. The remains are difficult to identify but appear to belong to a missing Native American girl.
Within 24 hours, authorities confirm the remains are those of 14-year-old Emily Pike.
The Gila County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office reports that detectives found the head and torso in large contractor trash bags, while the legs were in separate bags.
Investigators search the area but do not find the arms and hands. This information, intended for law enforcement only, is inadvertently shared with friends and family without warning.
A preliminary autopsy report notes visible trauma to Pike&rsquo;s face and head. Authorities do not find clothing, jewelry, or identification with the remains. Investigators believe someone killed Pike elsewhere before dumping her dismembered remains. Her arms and hands remain missing.
The sheriff&rsquo;s office says investigators recovered surveillance footage from Mesa, where Emily was last seen alive, but have not found footage from the rural area where her remains were discovered. Officials urge anyone with information to come forward.
A $200,000 reward is available for information leading to Pike&rsquo;s killer.
Joining Nancy Grace today:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Allred Pike Jr.&nbsp; -&nbsp; Uncle to Emily&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="http://unityinc.org">Mary Kim Titla</a>&nbsp; - Executive Director of UNITY (United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc.), Native American Youth advocate for over 30 years, Former TV News Broadcaster and First Native American TV Journalist in Arizona; Instagram @marykimtitla, X @MKTitla</li>
<li>Dr. John Delatorre -&nbsp; Licensed Psychologist and Mediator (specializing in forensic psychology); Psychological Consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons; X, IG, and TikTok - @drjohndelatorre</li>
<li>Jon Buehler - Former Detective for Modesto Police Department, California; Lead Detective in the Scott Peterson Case</li>
<li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mayhem-in-the-morgue-with-dr-kendall-crowns/id1832515666">Dr. Kendall Crowns</a> - Chief Medical Examiner Tarrant County (Ft Worth), Host of Podcast "Mayhem in the Morgue&rdquo;, Lecturer: Burnett School of Medicine at TCU (Texas Christian University)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/susan_hendricks/">Susan Hendricks</a> - Journalist, Author: &ldquo;Down the Hill: My Descent into the Double Murder in Delphi;" IG @susan_hendricks X @SusanHendicks&nbsp;</li>
<li>Dave Mack - Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'</li>
</ul>

Emily Pike, 14, Body Found Dismembered Off US 60, Killer Still on the Loose

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A Hello Kitty sticker helps police track down a Tucson man now accused of opening fire during a road rage incident that left two teenage girls wounded.

A two-month-old baby is dead and her mother is fighting for her life after a private ambulance crash in Philadelphia that police say may involve a family member driving under the influence.

A massive international crackdown in Thailand is exposing industrial-scale scam centers that use thousands of phones to target Americans for fraud.

Drew Nelson reports.

A Hello Kitty sticker helps police track down a Tucson man now accused of opening fire during a road rage incident that left two teenage girls wounded.
A two-month-old baby is dead and her mother is fighting for her life after a private ambulance crash in Philadelphia that police say may involve a family member driving under the influence.
A massive international crackdown in Thailand is exposing industrial-scale scam centers that use thousands of phones to target Americans for fraud.
Drew Nelson reports.

Hello Kitty Leads Police to Accused Shooter of Two Teen Girls | Crime Alert 6AM 03.18.26

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State authorities are searching a ranch once owned by Jeffrey Epstein, looking for the bodies of two young girls.

Allegations have been made that Epstein may have used Zorro ranch for sexual abuse and sex trafficking of young women. Ten individuals, women, and young girls have come forward saying they were groomed at the ranch, and despite those allegations, the property was never searched while Epstein was alive.

A 2019 email reportedly written by an anonymous "former Zorro ranch staffer," forwarded to the FBI, claims at least two victims were buried on the property, accidentally killed while strangled during “rough, fetish” sex.

Also, as part of the "truth commission," authorities are investigating claims of medical experimentation on Zorro Ranch. Victims say they were “drugged” and woke up around medical equipment, and told “sex organs and sperm” were “harvested from their bodies.”

Epstein is said to have been obsessed with "transhumanism," the science of improving the human population with genetic engineering.

Some claim Epstein openly discussed plans to produce his own enhanced bloodline, using the 7,500-acre ranch as a base to inseminate women.

Joining Nancy Grace today: 
Dr. Bethany Marshall -  Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," and featured in hit show "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram & TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive
Lynn Shaw - Founder and Executive Director of Lynn's Warriors (an organization committed to ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation), Host of Lynn's Warriors on YouTube;  X: @lynns_warriors, YouTube: @LynnsWarriors
Dr. DeWayne Hendrix  -  Former Warden at the MDC in Brooklyn (also served as a warden in Sheridan, Oregon), Former Senior Warden with the US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Founder and President of A New Daylight Foundation, Author: "Who Are You? See it Say it and Seize it;" @anewdaylight (IG)  @drdewaynehendrix (LinkedIn)  @anewdaylight (X-Twitter) 
Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", Instagram @JoScottForensic
Dave Mack  -  Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'

State authorities are searching a ranch once owned by Jeffrey Epstein, looking for the bodies of two young girls.
Allegations have been made that Epstein may have used Zorro ranch for sexual abuse and sex trafficking of young women. Ten individuals, women, and young girls have come forward saying they were groomed at the ranch, and despite those allegations, the property was never searched while Epstein was alive.
A 2019 email reportedly written by an anonymous "former Zorro ranch staffer," forwarded to the FBI, claims at least two victims were buried on the property, accidentally killed while strangled during &ldquo;rough, fetish&rdquo; sex.
Also, as part of the "truth commission," authorities are investigating claims of medical experimentation on Zorro Ranch. Victims say they were &ldquo;drugged&rdquo; and woke up around medical equipment, and told &ldquo;sex organs and sperm&rdquo; were &ldquo;harvested from their bodies.&rdquo;
Epstein is said to have been obsessed with "transhumanism," the science of improving the human population with genetic engineering.
Some claim Epstein openly discussed plans to produce his own enhanced bloodline, using the 7,500-acre ranch as a base to inseminate women.
Joining Nancy Grace today:&nbsp;
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.drbethanymarshall.com">Dr. Bethany Marshall</a> -&nbsp; Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker," and featured in hit show "Paris in Love" on Peacock; Instagram &amp; TikTok: drbethanymarshall, X: @DrBethanyLive</li>
<li><a href="http://lynnswarrior.org">Lynn Shaw</a> - Founder and Executive Director of Lynn's Warriors (an organization committed to ending human trafficking and sexual exploitation), Host of Lynn's Warriors on YouTube;  X: @lynns_warriors, YouTube: @LynnsWarriors</li>
<li><a href="http://newdaylightfoundation.com">Dr. DeWayne Hendrix</a>&nbsp; -&nbsp; Former Warden at the MDC in Brooklyn (also served as a warden in Sheridan, Oregon), Former Senior Warden with the US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Founder and President of A New Daylight Foundation, Author: "Who Are You? See it Say it and Seize it;" @anewdaylight (IG) &nbsp;@drdewaynehendrix (LinkedIn)&nbsp;&nbsp;@anewdaylight (X-Twitter)&nbsp;</li>
<li>Joseph Scott Morgan - Professor of Forensics: Jacksonville State University, Author, "Blood Beneath My Feet", Host: "Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan", Instagram @JoScottForensic</li>
<li>Dave Mack&nbsp; -&nbsp; Investigative Reporter, 'Crime Stories'</li>
</ul>

EPSTEIN BABY? SEARCH FOR BODIES 

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MADDIE SOTO, 13, BODY FOUND: WAS HOME PREGNANCY TEST MISSING?

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