Police Ask for Public’s Help ID’ing ‘Persons of Interest’ in Death of Pregnant Woman
"It was a heinous act, it was unspeakable, the tragedy of it," San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said of the crime
Leon Valley Police Department; San Antonio Police Department
Savanah Soto and her apparent partner were found dead on Tuesday.Police are asking for help identifying persons of interest in the case of an 18-year-old pregnant woman and a 22-year-old man who were found dead in a vehicle in San Antonio, Texas, on Tuesday, Dec. 26.
The San Antonio police department released footage Thursday on Instagram that was taken "from a nearby location" where the bodies of Savanah Soto and her apparent partner Matthew Guerra were found.
"In the video, are two persons of interest, one driving a dark colored pickup truck, the other driving the victims’ Silver Kia Optima," the police department's caption of the video read.
Leon Valley Police Department; San Antonio Police Department
Per a press conference released to Facebook by the San Antonio Police Department on Thursday night, they are currently investigating the case as capital murder.
Soto and Guerra were reported missing on Dec. 23 and were last seen in Leon Valley.
The couple are thought to have been deceased days before their bodies were found. The footage released by the SAPD was taken days before the police discovered the bodies on Tuesday.
Guerra was found with a gunshot wound to the head in the Kia Optima, though his manner of death is still pending. Soto hasn't officially been identified by the medical examiner, but the police said they were "confident" it was her.
According to a police statement released early in the investigation, Soto's pregnancy was full-term. CBS Austin reported that she was scheduled to have an induced labor last weekend.
Leon Valley Police Department
Soto with Matthew Guerra.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases
"It was a heinous act, it was unspeakable, the tragedy of it," San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said at the press conference.
Soto's family has raised over $13,000 at the time of publication for her funeral and the funeral of the baby, who was to be named Fabian, via Go Fund Me.
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