Debra Roberts

The moment came and went.

Anthony said the pair moved on to playing Xbox, and Anthony crashed at Liam's place that night.

A week passed and Anthony never gave Liam's movie pitch a second thought.

Until he saw a bunch of posts pop up on his social media feed.

They all said, Sarah Stern, missing.

Car last seen on the Route 35 bridge.

Whereabouts unknown.

Anthony's mind started to race.

He told police he was shocked and somewhat in denial.

There was no way his friend could have actually killed someone.

Liam was drunk.

They were just messing around.

His funny, lighthearted friend wasn't capable of something so evil, right?

According to investigators, Anthony realized this crazy movie idea might have been some kind of plan when he got a chilling Snapchat message from Liam.

Liam asked him, did you talk to the police?

From ABC Audio and 2020, I'm Juju Chang, and this is Bridge of Lies.

Episode 4, The Sting.

Anthony told police that Liam messaged him on Snapchat in January 2017, almost two months after Sarah disappeared, asking if cops had talked to him.

Anthony told him no.

Liam replied by saying, quote, Word.