Monroe County police announced the arrest of a suspect in the brutal murder of a family of 4 near Rochester, New York.
Julio cesar Pimentel Soriano, 34, from the Dominican Republic, was arrested Saturday, Sept. 7, according to reports. He is charged with breaking into a house in Irondequiot, murdering a family of 4, and setting the house on fire.
The murders occurred on August 31. Police identified the victims as 30-year-old Fraime Ubaldo, 26-year-old Marangely Moreno-Santiago, 4-year-old Evangeline Ubaldo-Moreno, and Sebastian Ubaldo-Moreno, 2.
Police discovered the bodies in the basement after firefighters responded to a house fire on Knapp Avenue.
All four family members were stabbed multiple times in the chest and neck. Police said Moreno-Santiago fought to save her babies.
“This was a horrific scene. In almost 32 years of doing this job, I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Police Chief Scott Peters at a press briefing on Friday.
Soriano is charged with 4 counts of murder. Police are searching for other suspects who might have been involved.
Soriano is wanted for murder in 2019 in his home country, police said. Soriano first entered Puerto Rico illegally. Then he obtained a fraudulent New York ID to travel to the United States.
Police are withholding more information about the case as the investigation continues.
