SAN ANTONIO — One of the suspects accused of helping Savanah Soto and Matthew Guerra's alleged killer saw her total bonds drop from $1.1 million to $600,000 after requesting a reduction.
Myrta Romanos faces three charges in connection with the high-profile case – altering or destroying a corpse; abuse of a corpse; and tampering with evidence – after she was arrested on Jan. 10, two weeks after police found the bodies of Guerra and Soto, who was pregnant at the time authorities believe she was killed.
Officials with the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) previously said video surveillance showed Romanos at her home right after the December murders, leaving in a black truck and eventually returning to her residence with the other two suspects, Christopher and Ramon Preciado. Police say she was also involved in getting rid of evidence, and a gun believed to have been used in the crime belonged to her.
According to online court records, requests to reduce Romanos' bonds on two of her three charges were approved Friday. A request for the third charge of abuse of corpse was denied, keeping that bond amount at $100,000.
"I filed the bond reduction motion because the amounts were too high and overly oppressive," her attorney, Charles Bunk, told KENS 5.
A CLEAR Alert was issued for Soto on Christmas after she missed an appointment to give birth. Hours after police also declared her boyfriend, Guerra, a missing person on Dec. 26, both their bodies were found in a car sitting in a Medical Center parking lot.
Christopher Preciado, who police say pulled the trigger on Dec. 21 before calling his father, Ramon, for help in disposing of the bodies, remains jailed on bonds totaling $1 million. Ramon Preciado, meanwhile, has also requested to have his bond reduced. On Monday Feb. 12 Ramon's total bonds were reduced from $600,000 to $450,000.
Romanos is next due in court on April 16.