SAN ANTONIO — On Monday, a Bexar County judge denied a bond reduction request for one of the suspects accused in the Savannah Soto and Matthew Guerra murder case.
Ramon Preciado is accused of helping his son, Christopher Preciado, hide the bodies of the couple. Christopher is accused of killing the pregnant teen and her boyfriend last year.
A CLEAR Alert for Soto, 18, was initially issued on Christmas, two days after she never showed up for a scheduled appointment to be induced. On Dec. 26, police said 22-year-old Guerra was also considered a missing person. Hours later, their bodies would be found and a search for the suspects would spark.
Christopher and his father, Ramon, were taken into custody Jan. 3. The murder suspect's stepmother, Myrta Romanos, was arrested a week later; she's accused of helping the pair to get rid of evidence.
Ramon faces charges of abuse of a corpse and altering, concealing or destroying a human corpse, with Myrta facing the same charges in addition to one charge of tampering with evidence.
Ramon was originally booked on bonds totaling $600,000, but a motion to reduce those bonds was approved in February for one charge of altering/concealing a human corpse, lowering his total bonds to $450,000.
On Monday, a judge denied a motion to reduce the bond for the count of abuse of a corpse.
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