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Alamo murder suspect in custody

Alamo murder suspect in custody
1 year 4 months 1 week ago Friday, November 10 2023 Nov 10, 2023 November 10, 2023 12:02 PM November 10, 2023 in News - Local
Christopher Lee Soto. Photo credit: Hidalgo County jail records

A 41-year-old Donna man was booked into the Hidalgo County jail Thursday after he was released from the hospital following the death of a woman police say he was living with.

Christopher Lee Soto was charged with murder in connection with the death of Brittany Kay Ireland, who was found dead with lacerations to her neck in a mobile home at the Acacia RV & MH Park — located at 89 East Bus. 83 in Alamo — on Monday, Oct. 30.

Soto had been hospitalized after police found him unresponsive with blood in his clothing in the same mobile home Ireland's body was found in.

READ MORE: Criminal complaint reveals Alamo murder victim previously stated she was afraid of her accused killer  

Alamo police Chief Richard Ozuna confirmed to Channel 5 News that Soto was released from the hospital on Thursday and taken into custody that same day.

According to a criminal complaint obtained by Channel 5 News, Ireland’s body was found with a “large open wound” in her neck.

A bloody knife was also recovered at the scene, the complaint stated.

Police interviewed Ireland’s mother, who said her daughter told her in a FaceTime call days before Ireland’s body was found that she “feared” Soto, according to the complaint.

Bond information for Soto was not available. 

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