A Dominican Republic national in the US illegally has been charged with the brutal murders of a family of four in Irondequoit, New York. The deaths were discovered after the home was torched and the bodies of the four victims were found inside.
34-year-old Julio Cesar Pimentel-Soriano is accused of fatally stabbing Fraime Ubaldo, 30, Marangely Moreno-Santiago, 26, and their two children, Evangeline Ubaldo-Moreno, 4, and Sebastian Ubaldo-Moreno, 2, in their home on August 31.
“Obviously, the allegations are troubling,” Assistant District Attorney Perry Duckles told WHAM. “They are difficult to deal with. They are difficult to see.”
“It seems like this family was very well-liked and very active in their community, so obviously my condolences go out to their family, friends, and neighbors who had to suffer through this,” he added.
The horrific scene was discovered when firefighters responded to multiple fires near the family’s home on August 31. Authorities said it was “readily apparent” the deaths were homicides. Irondequoit Police Chief Scott Peters described it as a “horrific scene,” saying that in his 32 years of doing his job, he had “never seen anything like it.”
