The pregnant Texas teenager who vanished before her scheduled induction is believed to have been found dead alongside her boyfriend Tuesday in what police called a “possible murder.”
Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, are likely the two people who were found dead inside the latter’s Kia Optima outside the Colinas at Medical Apartments in San Antonio, according to Police Chief Bill McManus.
“What we’re looking at right now is a very, very perplexing crime scene … Detectives right now are looking at this as a possible murder,” McManus said at a press conference as Soto’s grieving family wailed.
“We believe that is the missing woman and her boyfriend but we can’t confirm that right now officially until the medical examiner takes a look at the bodies and makes that determination as to their identity.”
McManus offered few details about the deaths — including how the two died or whether Soto’s fully-developed fetus survived, though the expectant mother was last seen alive Friday.
A family member was the first to discover the car Tuesday afternoon and notified San Antonio police.
The couple appears to have been dead inside the car for three or four days, according to the police chief.
The nine-month-pregnant Soto had been missing since Friday, the day before she was scheduled to go to the hospital for an induction.
A CLEAR Alert was issued for Soto by the Texas Department of Transportation on Monday morning stating that the teen might be in danger.
Guerra, who was living with Soto at the time of her disappearance, had also gone off the grid.
Soto’s family accused Guerra of being “abusive” toward the young mom-to-be, who was reportedly ecstatic to welcome her first child, on social media.
“I won’t allow you to be one of those statistics of what happens when u have an abusive boyfriend,” Soto’s sister-in-law wrote on Facebook alongside several photos of her.
“I won’t allow this to be your story. this isn’t where this ends. your baby is supposed to be ur [sic] beginning mama. your realization to leave for the safety of you and your baby boy. come home vanah just find your way home,” the worried relative wrote.
Guerra’s mother, however, shared her own since-deleted post that read, “i know my son and he wouldn’t do anything to hurt her.”
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
