India, Sept. 2 -- Proceedings in the high-stakes quadruple murder trial of brothers Julio Cesar Pimentel-Soriano and Luis Francisco Soriano took a dramatic turn on Tuesday as investigators revealed the emergence of a third person of interest during the third day of testimony.

The defendants stand accused of the brutal 2024 killings of Fraime Ubaldo, his partner Marangely Moreno-Santiago, and their two young children inside a residence on Knapp Avenue in the town of Irondequoit, before allegedly setting the property ablaze to conceal the crime.

Taking the stand during the ongoing double-jury proceedings, an Irondequoit police sergeant detailed analytical reviews of mobile phone communications retrieved from the victims. According to law ...