Posted on 01/04/2024 9:49:35 AM PST by Red Badger
A father and son have been arrested in the shooting deaths of a pregnant Texas teen and her boyfriend, San Antonio police announced late Wednesday.
Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and her boyfriend, Matthew Guerra, 22, were reported missing in late December before they were found dead in Guerra's car several days later. The couple disappeared a day before Soto, who was 9 months pregnant, was scheduled to be induced to give birth. Both Soto and Guerra were found with gunshot wounds.
Police say they charged Christopher Preciado, 19, with capital murder and Ramon Preciado, 53, with abuse of a corpse for allegedly helping Christopher move the bodies after the killings.
San Antonio police released photos of Christopher Precaido, left, and Ramon Precaido, arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of Savanah Nicole Soto and Matthew Guerra. SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police Sgt. Washington Moscoso told reporters Ramon didn't participate in murders, which happened on Dec. 21, just before midnight.
Moscoso said the two were the only suspects being sought. More charges are possible with respect to the unborn baby, he added.
Moscoso said a botched drug deal was apparently involved.
A key piece of evidence, Moscoso pointed out, was Savanah Soto's cellphone, whose data the U.S. Secret Service helped analyze.
When police showed up at Ramon's home, Moscoso noted, Ramon knew why they were there and, after Ramon and Christopher were interrogated, police had enough information to seek an arrest warrant
Soto's family praised the arrests. Her mother posted on Facebook that the arrests were "justice" for her daughter, unborn grandchild, and Guerra.
"God is great!!! Great work SAPD," her aunt, Lara Cordova, texted CBS News. "Justice will be served for my Niece Savanah & Baby Fabian & Matthew"
Police released video last week showing what they described as two persons of interest. One person was seen driving a dark Chevy Silverado with a bed cover, and another was seen driving Guerra's Kia Optima. San Antonio Police Department Chief Bill McManus said last week the video was recorded "very close to" where the bodies were found and a few days before they were discovered.
He said at the time he didn't know if the two people in the video had any connection to the victims. He said police don't believe the person seen driving the Optima was Guerra or Soto.
Two GoFundMe pages set up for the couple had raised over $23,000 as of Thursday morning.
Man does he look bad for 22. Looks like 52. And she just looks plain bad.
They are both males...........
When illegals come over, they have no ID.
Whatever age they claim, that day, is what we reference later, updated, as their current age.
I would like to know if his was an illegal.
a father and son have been arrested? He looks lile a she in the photo.
The one on the left is 19 and the one on the right is 53.
Androgyny is scary.
The poor girl was ONE DAY away from giving birth.
Senseless. Totally Senseless.
That's as bad as misgendering they / them, which is a capital crime!
Off to reeducation for you/ sarc
Um, the story sure is light on details of this major assertion.
Fry them both.
I wonder who the seller was?
This article has more details. Guerra was selling drugs; it doesn’t say why Soto was there also. https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2024/01/04/san-antonio-police-make-arrest-in-savanah-soto-matthew-guerra-case/
Christopher looks like a girly man. Pops has not missed any meals lately.
.....”she”.....? Christopher is a member of the male persuasion, I believe....or maybe not, given today’s American society....
Why take your pregnant girl friend with you to a drug deal?
His only excuse is the stupidity of youth.
Oh, common Jonny, what could go wrong?
We’re just buying some weed.
I think the boyfriend was dealing, not the murderer...............
The boyfriend................
Except the reporter cannot read an arrest affidavit. The reporter wrote:
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Guerra had gone to Preciado’s home to sell him marijuana on the night of Dec. 21.
Christopher Preciado said that Guerra pointed a gun at him when Preciado “manipulated the weapon,” resulting in Soto being shot, the affidavit said.
Moments later, Guerra once again pointed the gun at Christopher Preciado, who told detectives that he “manipulated the weapon again,” resulting in Guerra being shot, the affidavit said.
The affidavit clearly says the Christopher provided a version of the event that was inconsistent with evidence collected at the scene (Chris’s home) and from the victim’s recovered vehicle.
The affidavit does not describe what police actually think happened at the house.
He shot them both a point blank range. Apparently, Savanah in the car and Michael outside the car.
The affidavit also notes two strange things. Although he had been reported missing earlier, police to not have Michael’s Instagram acct info until after the car was found about 5 days later. I would think that would be front and center in this day and age.
It appears that they were not working very hard on the missing person case.
The Detective recognized Savanah from a previous murder case and was able to identify her at the scene.
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