Pregnant teenager Savanah Nicole Soto and boyfriend are found dead in a car in Texas, two days after she vanished when she was due to be induced into labor
According to her family, the bodies of the missing pregnant teenager who was about to give birth and her boyfriend have been found dead.
Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and her boyfriend Matthew Guerra, 22, disappeared on December 23.
The couple's bodies were found at the Colinas Medical Apartments on the Northwest Side.
According to authorities, the 18-year-old was last seen at her Leon Valley apartment and was described as being in “imminent danger” or involuntarily disappearing.
Soto, 18, did not show up at the hospital where she was to be induced on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
Savanah Soto, 18, and her boyfriend Matthew Guerra were found dead after going missing on December 23
The couple's bodies were found at the Colinas Medical Apartments on the Northwest Side
Mariana Delgado, who claims to be the deceased teen's sister-in-law, posted on Facebook that Soto's body had been found early that evening and that she was in “poor condition.”
Delgado later asked the family to be allowed to grieve.
'Savanah was so happy because she was going to be a mother. It breaks my heart,β Soto's mother Gloria Cordova said through tears KENS5.
'Please come home. No one is going to judge you. No one is going to say anything,β Cordova said. “I just want you home.”
Leon Valley Police had issued a CLEAR warning Monday for Soto, described as a white female, 6 feet tall, weighing 115 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
The heartbroken mother said she last heard from her daughter Friday afternoon but was unable to reach her Saturday when she decided to check on Soto at her apartment outside San Antonio.
βI went over there and knocked and knocked and knocked, but she didn't answer,β Cordova said. 'We've arrived at the hospital. They said she wasn't there.'
'Please come home. No one is going to judge you. No one is going to say anything,β Cordova said. “I just want you home.”
Cordova said Soto was ready to be a mother, had the nursery ready and planned to give birth in the delivery room with her mother.
'We don't even know what happened. They said it could be anything,β Cordova said, adding that her daughter would never disappear like this.
Cordova had also taken to social media to ask for help, posting a photo of pregnant Soto.
“I'm worried about her safety, she is with her boyfriend who is no good,” the desperate mother had written in a Facebook post.
Soto's bizarre disappearance sparked an overwhelming response from social media users, with a Facebook group being created to search for the teen.
Her boyfriend Matthew Guerra is also missing and some accuse him of being involved. Guerra's mother denied the allegations against her son: 'I know my son and he wouldn't do anything to hurt her'
More than 17,000 users joined the 'Find Savannah Soto Discussion' group as social media users fervently searched for clues that could possibly lead to Soto's disappearance.
The discussion below #savannahsoto has been viewed more than seven million times on TikTok as of Tuesday afternoon.
Social media users have accused Soto's friend Guerra of abuse, citing the bruises and marks they observed on Soto in her TikTok videos.
A user who claimed to be a neighbor of Soto and Guerra last year said they witnessed the friend “fighting and hitting her almost every day.”
βI saw him hit her and kick her down while she was unconscious,β the unnamed person said, adding that βhe kicked her body and faceβ and βshe needed stitches.β
The person claimed he testified against Guerra, who is reportedly on probation.
Guerra's mother denied the accusations against her son: “I know my son and he wouldn't do anything to hurt her.”
'I know that my son and his girlfriend were taken against their will because my son does what he does for money. He is not an abusive boyfriend,β the mother said in a Facebook post that has been deleted.