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Miguel Angel
SOTO
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics:
Revenge
Number of victims: 2
Date of murders:
June 29,
1999
Date of birth: July
5,
1972
Victims profile: Armott and Edna Porter(his former in-laws)
Method of murder:
Shooting
Location: Oldham County, Kentucky, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on August 17, 2000
SOTO, MIGUEL ANGEL,
DOB 7-5-72, was sentenced to death Aug. 17, 2000 in Oldham County.
On 6-29-99 Miguel SOTO shot and
killed 2 individuals; Armott and Edna Porter. They were his ex-in-laws.
He then shot and wounded his ex-wife, Armotta Porter, who had been
living with her parents. He also shot in the direction of his three-year
old daughter, Brianna Porter.
He was armed with a .38 cal.
revolver and a .45 cal. semi-automatic pistol. He used the .38 on Mr.
Porter but it does not state which weapon he used to kill Mrs. Porter.
SOTO was charged with Capital Murder,
2 counts, Death on both charges; Attempted Murder, 20 years; Burglary
I, 20 years; Wanton Endangerment I, 5 years and Tampering with
physical Evidence, 5 years. Each count runs consecutive with one
another for a total of Death + 50 years.
Miguel Angel Soto shot and killed Armott and Edna Porter, his ex-in-laws in
Oldham County in 1999. Soto also shot and wounded his ex-wife,
Armotta Porter, who had been living with her parents. He also shot in
the direction of his three-year old daughter. He was armed with a .38
cal. revolver and a .45 cal. semi-automatic pistol. He used the .38
to kill Mr. Porter.
Victims:
Armott Porter
Edna Porter
Miguel Soto Becomes 41st Condemned Killer On
Kentucky's Death Row
Judge says killer a threat
not only to public but also to prison staff and inmates
Louisville Courier-Journal
August 18, 2000
LaGrange, KY. On Thursday, August 17, 2000, Oldham Circuit Judge
Dennis Fritz followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Miguel
Angel Soto to death for the 1999 murder of his former in-laws, Armott
and Edna Porter.
Judge Fritz called Soto a "threat not only to
public but prison staff and other inmates." In sentencing Soto, Fritz
also said, "I have an obligation to offer some protection" to society.
"Society has a right to protect itself from violent criminals. And in
my opinion, Miguel Soto is a violent criminal. This violence will
continue...against anybody else he gets upset with."
Soto admitted shooting Armott Porter in a shed
behind the Porter home, then entering the house and shooting Edna
Porter. According to prosecutors, he then lay in wait for his ex-wife,
Armotta Porter, to arrive.
She testified that Soto shot her in the back as she
ran away from him. She sought refuge in a laundry room. As she
struggled to lock the door, Soto fired through the door, hitting her
in the knee.
Soto becomes the 41st person on
Kentucky’s Death Row.
He will be sent to the Kentucky State Penitentiary
in Eddyville, where all but one of the death row inmates are housed.
One, a woman, is at the Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women in
Pee Wee Valley
