Man who murdered pregnant woman days away from giving birth and her boyfriend, then allegedly got his dad to help get rid of their bodies, is headed to prison

A Texas antheral volition walk the remainder of his beingness down bars for murdering a large pistillate who was conscionable days distant from giving birth and her fellow successful a botched cause woody earlier having his parents ditch the bodies.

Christopher Preciado was convicted of superior murder successful the deaths of 18-year-old Savanah Soto and 22-year-old Matthew Guerra, on with their unborn babe who was to beryllium named Fabian, the Bexar County District Attorney's Office said.

In December 2023, Preciado and the victims were acceptable to conscionable for a cause woody astatine a San Antonio apartment. But Preciado blew the victims distant arsenic they sat successful their car.

Preciado past enlisted the assistance his parents to ditch the bodies astatine a adjacent flat complex.

"The result of this lawsuit reflects a agelong and hard travel for everyone involved, and we are profoundly grateful to the assemblage for their relation successful achieving this conviction," Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzalez said successful a statement. "While nary condemnation tin undo the calamity faced by the loved ones of Matthew and Savanah, it honors their representation and ensures the suspect is held accountable for his actions."

As Law&Crime previously reported, Preciado's father, 55-year-old Ramon Preciado, was charged with maltreatment of a corpse successful transportation with the couple's murders. He is acceptable to spell connected proceedings aboriginal this year. Ramon Preciado's spouse Myrta Romanos faced charges of maltreatment of a corpse, tampering of evidence, and altering/destroying/concealing a quality corpse, but those charges person since been dropped.

The San Antonio Police Department says it was Romanos' weapon that Christopher Preciado utilized to execution Soto and Guerra. According to the probable origin affidavit posted connected San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT's website, surveillance showed Romanos accompanied the Preciados arsenic they drove Soto and Guerra's car to different determination and ditched it. Cops accidental Soto and Guerra were already dormant wrong the car.

Soto's household reported her missing connected Dec. 23, 2023 aft she missed an assignment wherever she was scheduled to beryllium induced for her gestation and they could not get ahold of her. Guerra's household besides could not scope him.

After a statement of the car was sent retired to the media, a nonmigratory contacted the household connected Dec. 26, 2023. to accidental they saw the conveyance down a gathering successful the 5900 artifact of Danny Kaye Drive. Soto and Guerra were dormant inside, suffering from gunshot wounds to the head. While Soto was successful the beforehand seat, Guerra was successful the backmost spot and it appeared helium had been changeable archetypal and past dragged into the vehicle, the affidavit said.

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Surveillance video from the country showed a Chevrolet Silverado with its lights turned disconnected propulsion up connected the artifact soon earlier midnight connected Dec. 21, 2023, followed by the victim's vehicle. A man, who constabulary aboriginal identified arsenic Ramon Preciado, got retired of the Silverado and walked up to the victim's car and started talking to the driver, believed to beryllium his son. Romanos allegedly threw a towel to Ramon Preciado truthful helium could hitch down the driver's broadside doorway of the victim's vehicle.

Christopher Preciado past drove the victim's conveyance down the gathering and near with his begetter and Romanos successful the Silverado, the affidavit said.

Detectives aboriginal learned Guerra sold drugs and posted pictures connected societal media of him with drugs and currency which made him a imaginable robbery people and helium had reportedly been changeable astatine before. The affidavit said a reappraisal of 1 of the victim's cellphones — the affidavit did not specify whether it was Soto's oregon Guerra's — showed 1 of them searched for Charlie Chan Drive. The unfortunate conveyance besides pinged to that location, which is not acold from wherever it was recovered.

Investigators recovered the Silverado astatine a location connected Charlie Chan Drive and Ramon Preciado reportedly came retired to accidental helium knew wherefore they were determination and that they should speech to his son. Cops transported the Preciados to the San Antonio Police Department office for interviews. Ramon Preciado allegedly admitted to helping his lad get escaped of the bodies.

Christopher Preciado allegedly told detectives that Soto and Guerra came to his location to merchantability him marijuana. He allegedly claimed Guerra pointed a weapon astatine him and helium "manipulated the limb resulting in" Soto being shot. He allegedly said Guerra pointed the weapon astatine him and helium again "manipulated" the limb and changeable the victim. Police accidental the grounds does not enactment Christopher Preciado's claims.

Romanos claimed she was sleeping the nighttime of the murders but video showed her entering and aboriginal exiting the Silverado successful her driveway with Ramon Preciado.

Police said they inactive judge the victims were killed astatine a antithetic determination earlier being dumped successful the car and near wherever they were aboriginal found.