The San Antonio Police Department has made a third arrest in the chilling double slaying of Savanah Soto and Matthew Guerra, a case that has San Antonio on edge. Police apprehended Myrta Romanos, the stepmother of previously charged suspect Christopher Preciado, on Wednesday, as confirmed by Express News. Romanos is now among the suspects in the murder of 18-year-old Soto, her boyfriend Guerra, 22, and their unborn child.
As the city braces to once again face a punishing winter freeze, attention remains doggedly focused on the high-profile case with chilling new details emerging. Police took Romanos into custody alongside her stepson and husband, Ramon Preciado, who have been charged in connection to the brutal killings. The case has only thickened since it came to light that an unknown vigilante has been to steadily capture developments on a TikTok account, keeping a rapt online audience in the loop.
In a recent press briefing, San Antonio Police Chief William McManus detailed additional charges brought against Christopher Preciado, including the abuse of a corpse and evidence tampering. "On Thursday, additional charges were filed,” said Chief McManus. “Christopher Preciado was charged with abuse of a corpse, altering, destroying, or concealing evidence of a human corpse. Ramon Preciado was also charged with altering, destroying concealing evidence, a human corpse,” as reported by CW39. Authorities also announced the recovery of the gun believed to have been the murder weapon from the Preciados' residence, with McManus stating that ballistic information was still under analysis.
Meanwhile, the Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzalez addressed whether capital punishment could be on the table. “It’s too early to tell. We will to cross that bridge when we get to it, as in every other case, where we have a defendant who is that death penalty eligible, we have a Capital Crimes Committee that will meet. We will hear a presentation from the lead prosecutor in the court where this case ends up,” Gonzalez told reporters according to CW39's coverage of the press conference.
