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Orphaned children missing

CHICAGO, April 3 (UPI) - The FBI is assisting police in a search for
the missing children of a slain couple found stabbed to death in their
basement apartment on the Northwest Side.

Investigators say the whereabouts of the three-year-old boy and his
two-month-old sister may hold the key to the death of their parents, who
were found dead late Wednesday.

The bodies of Mariano and Jacinita Soto were discovered after a niece
did not hear from them for nearly a week. However, the children,
Santiago, who is autistic and 2-month-old Maria, were not in the
apartment when police arrived.

Detectives are investigating the slayings as a double murder. But
Grand Central Area Cmdr. Philip Cline says it is possible that killings
were a murder-suicide.

A kitchen knife was found beneath the husband's body and there was no
sign of forced entry to the apartment. A neighbor said he overheard the
couple arguing last Saturday.

Cline told the Chicago Sun-Times, ``It's possible someone could have
come to the scene, found them dead and became concerned for the kids'
safety. Not realizing what the rules and regulations are in Chicago,
they may have taken the kids.''

Mariano Soto worked in maintenance at a Franklin Park tool
manufacturing plant for more than a decade. Four years ago, he returned
to Mexico and married Jacinita.
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