PUTNAM COUNTY, OH (WLIO) - The murder case against Travis Soto is back in Putnam County after years of being passed among higher courts. Our Katie Honigford has the latest.
Soto had a pretrial hearing Thursday morning in Putnam County. His lawyers asked that his bond be reduced from half a million dollars. Soto has been in the Putnam County Jail since 2016 when he was indicted for the 2006 murder of his son. Judge Keith Schierloh kept the bond the same. This murder case has been going on for nearly 8 years.
Soto served five years in prison for child endangerment after saying his 2-year-old son died in an ATV accident. Years after serving his time, Soto admitted to law enforcement he staged the accident and beat his son to death. Soto was indicted again, this time for aggravated murder and four other charges.
The case has been passed around higher courts because his lawyers argue that he can not be charged again for the same incident that he has already served time. A federal appeals court ruled that Soto can face murder and other charges for the 2006 incident and the case has returned to Putnam County. His next pretrial is set for April.
