A father and son have been arrested within the capturing deaths of a pregnant Texas teen and her boyfriend, San Antonio police introduced late Wednesday.
Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and her boyfriend, Matthew Guerra, 22, had been reported lacking in late December earlier than they had been discovered useless in Guerra’s automobile a number of days later. The couple disappeared a day earlier than Soto, who was 9 months pregnant, was scheduled to be induced to present delivery. Each Soto and Guerra had been discovered with gunshot wounds.
Police say they charged Christopher Preciado, 19, with capital homicide and Ramon Preciado, 53, with abuse of a corpse for allegedly serving to Christopher transfer the our bodies after the killings.
San Antonio Police Division
Police Sgt. Washington Moscoso advised reporters Ramon did not take part in murders, which occurred on Dec. 21, simply earlier than midnight.
Moscoso stated the 2 had been the one suspects being sought. Extra costs are doable with respect to the unborn child, he added.
Moscoso stated a botched drug deal was apparently concerned.
A key piece of proof, Moscoso identified, was Savanah Soto’s cellphone, whose knowledge the U.S. Secret Service helped analyze.
When police confirmed up at Ramon’s house, Moscoso famous, Ramon knew why they had been there and, after Ramon and Christopher had been interrogated, police had sufficient data to hunt an arrest warrant.
San Antonio Police Division
Police launched video final week displaying what they described as two individuals of curiosity. One particular person was seen driving a darkish Chevy Silverado with a mattress cowl, and one other was seen driving Guerra’s Kia Optima. San Antonio Police Division Chief Invoice McManus stated final week the video was recorded ”very near” the place the our bodies had been discovered and some days earlier than they had been found.
He stated on the time he did not know if the 2 folks within the video had any connection to the victims. He stated police do not consider the particular person seen driving the Optima was Guerra or Soto.
Two GoFundMe pages arrange for the couple had raised over $23,000 as of Thursday morning.