Holiday Show Held For Sarah Stern Memorial Scholarship Foundation

NEPTUNE CITY – "We want to keep Sarah’s memory alive," Michael Stern said Sunday. "We want to promote art (and) media, so we can help other promising artists out there."

Stern was speaking to The Asbury Park Press about the holiday show that was held at the Headliner on Sunday to benefit the Sarah Stern Memorial Scholarship Foundation, named after his daughter.

At the event, singer Karen Bové-Quick was recovering from laryngitis, but still planned to perform her piece, "A Song for Sarah Stern," according to The Press. Bové-Quick said the idea for the song came to her after dreaming of Sarah being cared for by angels in the Shark River.

Matt Stragazzi, who manages the Belmar-based Pat Roddy Band, also performed at the holiday show at the Headliner.

A jury found the accused killer in the Sarah Stern murder trial guilty earlier this year, convicting the main suspect in the Monmouth County case who had already confessed on video to strangling and throwing the 19-year-old off a Belmar bridge.

Liam McAtasney, 21, of Neptune City was found guilty on all counts of murder, robbery, desecration of human remains, conspiracy to desecrate human remains and hindering apprehension, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutors Office. Read more: Video Shows When Verdict Reached In Sarah Stern Murder Trial

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