Robert A Soto

Murdered

Robert A. Soto, aged 49, was fatally shot on August 13, 2008, during an apparent attempted robbery on Chicago's West Side. Soto, an off-duty Chicago Police detective and a veteran of the force with 23 years of service, was sitting in a parked vehicle with his companion, Kathryn Romberg, when the attack occurred. They were in the 3000 block of Franklin Boulevard, an area that had seen incidents of violence in the past. The assailants approached the vehicle, and both Soto and Romberg were shot dur ...Read More