Family of Missing Pregnant Teen Found Dead in Vehicle Speak Out
The family of Savanah Nicole Soto, a pregnant 18-year-old who was missing for several days before she and her boyfriend were found dead in a vehicle in San Antonio, Texas, is speaking out about the teen’s death.
Soto was last seen at her apartment on Friday, Dec. 22, just one day before she was scheduled to be induced to give birth, a week past her due date. She lived in the apartment with her boyfriend, Matthew Guerra, who was also reported missing.
On Tuesday, a searcher found the bodies of a woman and man in a vehicle and contacted Soto’s family, who then called the police. The woman was pregnant, police said, and the unborn child was also dead.
In a statement Wednesday, police said the victims, an 18-year-old woman and 22-year-old man, each had a gunshot wound. CBS affiliate KENS reports the investigation is a capital murder case.
San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus called it a “very, very perplexing crime scene” and said investigators were looking into the possibility of homicide.
“We believe it was the missing woman and her boyfriend but we can’t confirm that,” McManus said.
Savannah’s mother and aunt revealed a history of abuse in her relationship with Guerra.
“He used to abuse her,” Soto’s mother said. “And I told her to get out of the relationship, but she — she was hard-headed, she wouldn’t listen. But I think this time she was going to leave him already.”
Soto’s relatives expressed shock and grief at the loss of the teenager and her baby. They revealed a past history of trauma, losing another child within the family last year—Soto’s brother, Ethan, and also expressed how excited Soto was to be a mother.
