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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

 
 


Miguel Angel Soto

 

 

 
 
 
 
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