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Dual juries convicted the Soriano brothers in the Irondequoit family killings.
On Tuesday, Sept. 22, dual juries in Monroe County convicted Julio Cesar Pimentel-Soriano, 36, and Luis Francisco Soriano, 33, of murder, arson, kidnapping, and burglary on Knapp Avenue in Irondequoit. Sentencing is set for Nov. 16 and Nov. 23, and the verdict is not the sentence.
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A guilty verdict ends the guilt phase on the counts tried. It is not the sentence. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026, dual juries in Monroe County found Julio Cesar Pimentel-Soriano, now 36, and Luis Francisco Soriano, now 33, guilty of murder, arson, kidnapping, and burglary in the Aug. 31, 2024 killings of an Irondequoit family of four on Knapp Avenue. Sentencing for Luis is set for Nov. 16, 2026, and for Julio on Nov. 23, 2026 — and neither date is a judgment entered today.
Reporting by 13WHAM said prosecutors alleged a dispute over missing drugs led the brothers to kill their cousin, Fraime Ubaldo, his girlfriend, Marangely Moreno-Santiago, and the couple's two young children after the family was found dead Aug. 31, 2024, when first responders answered a fire at the Knapp Avenue home. Prosecutors said the brothers set eight fires in the home after the killings. The brothers were tried together with separate juries after three weeks of testimony. Julio's verdict came down around 10:55 a.m. Tuesday; Luis's about three hours later.
Spectrum News reported that Julio was found guilty of all counts of first- and second-degree murder, arson, burglary, and kidnapping, that Julio was arrested shortly after the killings, and that Luis fled the country and was later found in the Dominican Republic before extradition. Defense lawyers for each brother said they respected the process while pointing to short deliberations or other possible actors; those are defense statements, not findings. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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