Photo: San Antonio Police Department
Authorities in Texas have arrested a father and son in connection with the deaths of a pregnant teenager and her boyfriend. Christopher Preciado, 19, was charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of 18-year-old Savanah Soto, 18, and her boyfriend, 22-year-old Matthew Guerra.
Preciado's father, 53-year-old Ramon Preciado, was charged with abuse of a corpse for allegedly helping his son move the bodies.
"Last night, the San Antonio Police Department arrested 2 people, a father and his teenage son, in connection with the murders of Savanah Soto and Matthew Guerra. GREAT investigative work done by SAPD homicide detectives!!!," San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus wrote on X.
Soto was nine months pregnant and was reported missing on December 22, one day before she was due to give birth. Four days later, the bodies of Guerra and Soto were found in a car in an apartment complex parking lot in San Antonio.
Police said they were both killed on December 21.
San Antonio Police Sgt. Washington Moscoso told reporters shootings appeared "to be a narcotic-related deal that went bad," and that additional charges could be filed against Preciado and his father.