A 3rd arrest has been made within the capturing loss of life of a Texas teen and her boyfriend, San Antonio police mentioned.
Myrta Romanos, 47, was charged with three felonies, together with altering, destroying, or concealing a human corpse, abuse of a corpse and tampering with proof, police introduced Wednesday.
Her arrest comes one week after police charged Christopher Preciado, 19, with capital homicide and Ramon Preciado, 53, with abuse of a corpse. Ramon Preciado’s cost stems from allegedly serving to Christopher Preciado transfer the our bodies after they had been killed.
San Antonio Police Division Lt. Michelle Ramos mentioned at a information convention Wednesday that Romanos is ”possibly a stepmother” to Christopher Preciado, and all three suspects lived collectively.
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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 automotive a number of days later. The couple disappeared a day earlier than Soto, who was 9 months pregnant, was scheduled to be induced to provide start. Each Soto and Guerra had been discovered with gunshot wounds.
Police mentioned surveillance footage was a key think about all three arrests. Romanos was seen leaving and returning to her house in a truck with Christopher and Ramon Preciado on the night time of the homicide, in response to police.
The gun used within the killings belonged to Romanos, police mentioned.
Detectives had been conscious early within the investigation {that a} third individual was concerned however there was not sufficient proof on the time to verify it was Romanos, in response to Ramos.
Shortly after the murders, police launched a video displaying what they described as two individuals of curiosity. One individual 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 mentioned the video was recorded ”very near” the place the our bodies had been discovered and some days earlier than they had been found.
”Loads of info on social media that there was a 3rd particular person concerned, and our murder detectives had been conscious of that, nonetheless, we had been in search of sufficient possible trigger to make that arrest,” Ramos mentioned Wednesday
Ramos mentioned San Antonio police are assured there aren’t any extra suspects within the killings.