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Javier Soto

Case from San Antonio, TX dated Aug 21, 2016

Victim Details

Javier Soto

March 28, 2022

Male

Hispanic / Latino

San Antonio

TX

2016-08-21

43

Javier

Soto

Yes

07/06/2026


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On August 21, 2016, Javier Soto, a 43-year-old from San Antonio, was brutally murdered. His decapitated body was found on fire in a trash bin near an apartment complex on Goliad Road. Soto was last seen in Houston a day before his body was discovered. The crime was particularly gruesome, involving both decapitation and setting the body on fire.

Jorge Rivera was eventually arrested and charged in connection to Soto's murder. Rivera confessed during questioning, and his arrest occurred af ...
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