SAN ANTONIO – It has been more than a year since Savanah Soto and her boyfriend, Matthew Guerra, were found fatally shot in a vehicle at an apartment complex on the Northwest Side.
The crime was committed just before Christmas in 2023.
The defense attorneys on the case are now asking for updates from the prosecutors as no movement has been made for over a year.
Soto’s family first reported her missing when she didn’t show up at the hospital to be induced.
However, on Dec. 26, 2023, Soto and Guerra’s bodies were found in a car at an apartment complex in the 5900 block of Danny Kaye.
Days earlier, San Antonio police said the couple was shot and killed after a drug deal went bad.
Christopher Preciado is charged with capital murder, and his parents — Ramon Preciado and Myrta Romanos — are also facing charges for allegedly helping him cover up the crime.
Since being indicted in this case, not much movement has happened.
Ramon Preciado and Myrta Romanos have had bond hearings, but Christoper Preciado has not made a court appearance since his arrest.
On Monday, a docket hearing was to take place in the case, but nothing happened when the prosecutor wasn’t available. The judge told the defense she wanted everybody back Friday morning to figure out what was happening.
In court, Ramon Preciado was brought out and looked drastically different from when he was arrested.
He has had some health problems since his arrest, which he had reported discussing to the court during a bond hearing last year.
The other two defendants were not brought out.
The judge asked the attorneys for an update, and the defense attorneys said they may still need to complete some discovery on the case.
A schedule of when the cases would go to trial was also expected on Friday, but it couldn’t be made because not all discovery had been turned over.
Judge Jennifer Peña ordered they return for a hearing in April to have it all sorted out by then.
Christopher Preciado could face the death penalty, but as of yet, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office has not announced a decision on the case.
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