Johnny and Melissa Soto.Photo:GofundmeA pair of California parents vanished days before Christmas, and police recently announced they are investigating a murder-suicide that’s possibly connected to the case.Melissa and Johnny Soto had not been seen since Dec. 20, according to the pair’s children,NBC7reported. The siblings of the pair, who lived in the San Diego neighborhood of San Ysidro, told the station they had separated in July. A missing persons posterthat circulated onlinesaid Johnny Soto was 52 and Melissa Soto was 45.On Wednesday, San Diego police announced in a release that officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol had located a car in Campo “associated with the missing persons case from San Ysidro” with a deceased male and female inside. Police believe the pair died in a murder-suicide, with the man fatally shooting the woman before taking his own life.The release did not name the deceased people, pending family notifications, but it said they “were a married couple living separately.” According to the release, the male suspect was a 52-year-old Hispanic man, and the female was a 45-year-old Filipina female.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.“Her death is being investigated as a homicide with her husband as the lone suspect in what appears to be a tragic case of domestic violence,” the release states.Prior to the discovery, Alexia Soto, 23, the eldest daughter of the pair, told NBC7, “We all had high hopes that they would at least come back for Christmas.“Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call the Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
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A pair of California parents vanished days before Christmas, and police recently announced they are investigating a murder-suicide that’s possibly connected to the case.Melissa and Johnny Soto had not been seen since Dec. 20, according to the pair’s children,NBC7reported. The siblings of the pair, who lived in the San Diego neighborhood of San Ysidro, told the station they had separated in July. A missing persons posterthat circulated onlinesaid Johnny Soto was 52 and Melissa Soto was 45.On Wednesday, San Diego police announced in a release that officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol had located a car in Campo “associated with the missing persons case from San Ysidro” with a deceased male and female inside. Police believe the pair died in a murder-suicide, with the man fatally shooting the woman before taking his own life.The release did not name the deceased people, pending family notifications, but it said they “were a married couple living separately.” According to the release, the male suspect was a 52-year-old Hispanic man, and the female was a 45-year-old Filipina female.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.“Her death is being investigated as a homicide with her husband as the lone suspect in what appears to be a tragic case of domestic violence,” the release states.Prior to the discovery, Alexia Soto, 23, the eldest daughter of the pair, told NBC7, “We all had high hopes that they would at least come back for Christmas.“Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call the Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
A pair of California parents vanished days before Christmas, and police recently announced they are investigating a murder-suicide that’s possibly connected to the case.
Melissa and Johnny Soto had not been seen since Dec. 20, according to the pair’s children,NBC7reported. The siblings of the pair, who lived in the San Diego neighborhood of San Ysidro, told the station they had separated in July. A missing persons posterthat circulated onlinesaid Johnny Soto was 52 and Melissa Soto was 45.
On Wednesday, San Diego police announced in a release that officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol had located a car in Campo “associated with the missing persons case from San Ysidro” with a deceased male and female inside. Police believe the pair died in a murder-suicide, with the man fatally shooting the woman before taking his own life.
The release did not name the deceased people, pending family notifications, but it said they “were a married couple living separately.” According to the release, the male suspect was a 52-year-old Hispanic man, and the female was a 45-year-old Filipina female.
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
“Her death is being investigated as a homicide with her husband as the lone suspect in what appears to be a tragic case of domestic violence,” the release states.
Prior to the discovery, Alexia Soto, 23, the eldest daughter of the pair, told NBC7, “We all had high hopes that they would at least come back for Christmas.”
Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to call the Homicide Unit at (619) 531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go tothehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
source: people.com
