Jason Austin's mother, Ruthie Austin, is comforted by investigator Tom Romano after Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges against her son. (Tribune photo by Terrence Antonio James / September 10, 2008)
Cook County prosecutors dropped all charges Wednesday against a Chicago man in the murder and robbery last month of off-duty Chicago Police Detective Robert Soto and his friend, Kathryn Romberg.
Jason Austin, 26, is expected to be released from custody later Wednesday afternoon.
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