A first-rate suspect within the horrifying torture and slaying of Bronx girl Princesa Encarnacion-Soto remains to be on the free one week after cops arrested his mom for serving to him clear up the grisly scene — and on Thursday night time, police launched his image within the hope that the general public may help monitor him down.
Robert Strother allegedly tortured and killed his girlfriend Encarnacion-Soto, whose physique was riddled with bruises from hammer strikes, deep cuts and stab wounds, and even had the bottoms of her toes minimize open, prosecutors mentioned on the arraignment of his mom, Naida Jorge, 54.
On July 22, Encarnacion-Soto, 21, was discovered lifeless within the stairwell of the constructing on Grand Concourse in Fordham the place Strother lived along with his mom. Cops arrested Jorge two days later. She is charged with homicide, manslaughter, concealment of a human corpse, tampering with proof and hindering prosecution for allegedly serving to Strother clear up the bloody scene and stage the physique.
Jorge initially informed police she discovered the physique on the steps exterior the house. She had a neighbor name police and claimed at first she didn’t know who Soto was.
“We believe that she was tied down to the bed, based on the blood that was on the bed,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny mentioned at a briefing on the case. “The wounds themselves were inflicted for pain, not to kill.”
Strother is roughly 6’2″ and weighs about 245 kilos. He has a darkish complexion, and was final seen sporting a pink baseball cap, black and pink sweater, pink sweatpants and white and gray sneakers.
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Initially Revealed: July 31, 2025 at 9:21 PM EDT
