State of Texas In the Magistrate Court County of Bexar Number: CM i 16242 Affidavit for Arrest Warrant ‘The undersigned Affiant, Detective Jeremy Goodwin #2322, being a Peace Officer under the laws of the State of Texas and being duly sworn, on oath, makes the following statements and accusations: ‘+ Avictim in this case has been identified as Savanah Nicole Soto. date of birth August. 22, 2005 _, hereinafter referred toas Victim 1 ‘= Avictim in this case has been identified as Matthew Gabriel Guerra , date of birth October 26 , 2007, hereinafter referred to as Vietim 2. ‘+ Anactor in this case has been identified as Myrta Romanos , date of birth August 7th , 1976 , hereinafter referred to as the Defendant. Said Defendant s further identified in SAPD computer files under SID # 563871 ‘tis the belief of your Affiant that the offense of P.C. 37.09 Tampering with Evidence - Alter/Destroy/Conceal Human Corpse. was committed on or about the 21st day of December , 2023 ,in Bexar County, Texas. + Your Affiant has probable cause for said belief by reason of the following fact ‘On December 23rd, 2023, Leon Valley Police received a cal for a missing person report (2023-LVPD-004618), Family of the missing person stated she was supposed to he incluced for her pregnancy and did not show up {for appointment. The family advised they had not been able to get ahold of the female and stated she was not answering her phone. A check ofthe hospitals was conducted by the family, and it was found that the female ‘was not at any of the hospitals. It vas found that the female lived with her boyfriend; however, the family of the boyfriend advised they were not able to getin touch with him as well, The female was entered as a missing person by Leon Valley. Further investigation found that the female and her boyfriend were not responding to any phone calls and their whereabouts were unknown, Media broadcast on the news the story of the missing female and her boyfriend. In the media. The boyfriend's car description was broadcast in the media and was said to be a 2013 Gray Kia Optima, On December 26th, 2023, a resident of 5903 Danny Kaye Dr, messaged the family of the female and advised ‘them that they believed the vehicle was parked at $903 Danny Kaye Dr. The family contacted Leon Valley and drove to the location, Upon Leon Valley Police arrival to the location, Leon Valley Police observed the vehicle. Inside of the vehicle was a deceased pregnant female in the front seat and a deceased male in the backseat of the vehicle. San GR.4250-02-a Page 1 Rev.2011-6 02/10/21COM 1162428 Antonio Police were contacted, and Your Affiant made the location. Upon atval othe location, Your Affant observed the vehicle. The vehicle was a 2013 Kia Optima with a Texas license plate of TRC-9447. Your Aint checked the VIN number and the VIN number was the same VIN number that was broadcast on the news for the missing couple. check of the information through NCIC/TCIC showed the vehicle belonged tothe boytiend ofthe female Your Affiant observed the front right passenger side of the vehicle. Your Affiant observed a deceased pregnant female inside ofthe front right passenger seat. Que to Your Affiant knowledge of the female on a previous ‘Murder case from 2022 (SAPD22103639), Your Affiant recognized the female to be that of the missing fernae. ‘The female appeared to have trauma to her head. Your Affiant then observed the back seat of the vehicle, Your Affant observed a deceased male in the backseat ofthe vehicle. The deceased male resembled the boyfriend to the female, The male had an apparent gunshot ‘wound to his head, It appeared the male had been dragged into the vehicle. Your Affiant did not observe any ‘weapon near the male. ‘A search warrant was requested so entry into the vehicle could be conducted. While waiting for the search warrant, Your Affiant spoke to the families of the female and the male, It was ound that the boyfriend to the female sold narcotics and would use his phone, through cellular ‘communication as well as social media, to sell narcotics. It was also advised that the boyfriend would post ‘money and narcotics on Instagram. It was stated that people wanted to rob the boyfriend and it was stated that the boyfriend had been shot at before. The family provided Your Affiant with the phone number of the female. The family ofthe male provided Your Affiant with his phone number as well as his Instagram, When the search warrant arrived at the location, a search of the vehicle was conducted. The search found spent shell casing in the vehicle; however, there was no weapon recovered in the vehicle. There was apparent blood transfer on the outside of the vehicle that was not consistent with the boyfriend causing harm to the fernale. oth the female and male had gunshots wounds to the head and the male also had apparent drag marks on his bback. It was believed that the female and male were killed at a different location and the vehicle was driven to the recovered location, During further investigation Your Affiant found video surveillance video at $903 Danny Kaye, The video surveillance found that on December 21st, 2023 around 2359 hours, a Chevrolet Silverado, Gray, driving with its lights off from the vehicle recovered location. The Silverado pulled in the middle ofthe back parking lot and parked the vehicle. The victim's vehicle could be seen approaching the Chevrolet Silverado, The victim's vehicle parked next to the Silverado. A heavy-set male exited the Silverado and the driver side door ofthe victim's vehicle opened. The heavy-set male approached the driver of the victim's vehicle and appeared to speak to the driver. The heavy-set male then got a towel from his vehicle and appears to wipe down the outside of the victim’s vehicle door where he had touched the vehicle, Survelllance video appeared to show a third person throw the towel to the heavy-set male, which led police to believe that a second person was inside of the Chevrolet Silverado, The driver ofthe victims vehicle exited the vehicle fora brief moment and sat back in the: diver's seat. The driver did not match the description ofthe female victim or the male victim. The Hispanic ‘male got back into his vehicle. The victim's vehicle drove behind the building where the vehicle was found on December 26th, 2023, The Silverado followed the victim's vehicle, Approximately three minutes late, the Silverado was observed leaving from behind the building where the victim's vehicle was found. The victim's vehicle did not leave the location. It was believed that the victims were already deceased in the vehicle atthe time of the video observed. It is believed the unknown driver and heavy-set male observed parked the victim's vehicle atthe location inan effort to hide the vehicle, (On January 2nd, 2024, Your Affiant provided one of the victims cell phones to Det. Knox atthe Technical Investigations unit. On January 3rd, 2024, Your Afflant received the phone download from Det. Knox. Your GR.4250-02-8 Page 2 Rev.2011-6 02/10/11mM 146242 {Affiant found that the victim had recently searched the street of “Charlie Chan Dr’. Due to Your Affiant's knowledge of the crime scene area, Your Affiant was aware that "Charlie Chan Dr." was a couple of blocks ewey from the victim vehicle recovery location. Your Affiant was able to discover that the victim's vehicle pinged near “Charlie Chan Dr.” and Cary Grant Or ‘around 2350 hours on the night they went missing. The vehicle did not start moving again until around 2354 hours. The vehicle then traveled to 5903 Danny Kaye Dr. where the victims and their vehicle were discovered fon December 26th, 2023, Your Affiant conducted computer research. and was able to locate a vehicle that looked identical to the suspect vehicle seen on camera with the victim vehicle. Your Affiant did research on the owner of the vehicle and found the owner of the vehicle matched the description of the male that exited the vehicle on camera. Homicide Detectives went to vehicle location listed above and found the listed vehicle atthe location, While at the residence on Charlie Chan, a person identified as Ramon Preciado, reported knowing why SAPD was at his residence. Ramon Preciado informed SAPD Detectives to speak with his son, Identified as Christopher Preciado, Ramon Preciado and Christopher Preciado were transported to SAPD Homicide to speak with Your Affiant while additional SAPD Detectives searched the residence on Charlle Chan Drive under the authority of a search warrant, Your Affiant spoke with Ramon Preciado after Ramon Preciado was read the Miranda Warnings. Ramon Preciado admitted to driving his Chevrolet Silverado to 5903 Danny Kaye Drive where he met Christopher Preciado, Ramon Preciado identified himself on surveillance video from 5903 Danny Kaye Drive as the person observed exiting the Chevrolet silverado, Rarnon Preciado reported meeting Christopher Preciado at thi apartment complex, who was driving another vehicle, This vehicle isthe vehicle In which Matthew Guerra and ‘Savanah Soto were found deceased, Ramon Preciado admitted to assisting Christopher Preciado at 5903 Danny Kaye Drive Your Affiant then spoke with Christoher Preciado after Christopher Preclado was read the Miranda Warnings. Christopher Preciado reported Matthew Guerra and Savanah Soto drove to his residence on Charlie Chan Drive to sell Christopher Preciado marijuana, Christopher Preciado went on to provide a version of events that were inconsistent with evidence collected at the scene and from the victim’s recovered vehicle. Christopher claimed the male victim pointed a weapon at him and Christopher was able to manipulate the weapon resulting in the female being shot. Christopher then stated that had the weapon pointed at him again and he manipulated the ‘weapon again resulting in the male victim being shot. (On January 4th, 2024, Your Afflant spoke to Myrta Romanos. Myrta stated on the night ofthe incident, she was at her residence, 5735 Charlle Chan Dr, with Ramon and Christopher. Myrta could not recall the events of the right and stated she thought she was sleeping, Myrta dented knowing about the incident and denied being in Ramon Preciado's vehicle at 5903 Danny Kaye Dr. Further investigation led to surveillance video being recovered from the defendant's residence. n the surveillance video, Myrta could be seen leaving her residence with Ramon Preciado on the night ofthe incident. Ramon and Myrta enter Ramor’s vehicle and depart from thelr residence. Several minutes later, Ramon’: vehicle entered the driveway of their residence. Christopher, Ramon, and Myrta could all be observed ‘exiting the vehicle and entering their residence. The times observed conoborated the timing of events already known, and showed that Myrta was with Ramon when he relocated to 5903 Danny Kaye Dr. to meat with Christopher. ‘+ Your Affiant has reason to believe, and does believe, the said Defendant, Myrta Romanos, on or about the 21st day of December, 2023, in Bexar County, Texas, knowingly concealed a human corpse with the intent to impair is availabilty as evidence in an investigation, inviolation of Section # 37.09 of the Penal Code of the State of Texas. GR.A250-02-8 Page 3 Rev.2011-6 02/10/11State of Texas In the Magistrate Court County of Bexar Number: pe —OM44¢-9 22 ‘Therefore, your Affiant respectfully requests that a warrant be issued for the arrest of the Defendant, Myrta Romanos, charging her with the felony criminal offense of P.C.37.09 Tampering with Evidence -Alter/Destroy/Conceal Human Corpse inviolation of Section # 37.09 of the Penal Code ofthe State of Texas. Respectfully Submitted, yn 2322. Signature of Affiant ‘Sworn to and subscribed before me in person this | 0 oy aan, 202% hour of (Q. DEY aun GR.4250-02-a Page 4 Rev.2011-6 02/10/11,