PREGNANT TEENAGER AND BOYFRIEND BELIEVED TO BE FOUND DEAD AFTER DISAPPEARING BEFORE INDUCTION
Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, was last seen on Friday before she was to be induced. The bodies of two people believed to be Soto and her boyfriend were found in a vehicle in San Antonio, according to police.
The bodies of two people believed to be Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and her boyfriend were found in a vehicle in San Antonio, San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus told reporters Tuesday evening, calling the case “very, very perplexing.”
Detectives are looking at this as a possible murder, but it has not been confirmed. The couple’s bodies are believed to have been in the vehicle for three to four days. Their identities will be officially confirmed by the medical examiner, but they are believed to be Soto and her boyfriend, the police chief said.
The chief was unable to confirm if the female victim was pregnant and said that would also be left to the medical examiner to determine.
Soto was last seen Friday afternoon in Leon Valley, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The agency issued a CLEAR Alert — used to help law enforcement locate someone in imminent danger or whose disappearance is involuntary — for Soto on Monday.
The pregnant teen had passed her delivery date which “caused significant concern among her family members after missing an essential medical appointment,” the Leon Valley Police Department said in a press release earlier on Tuesday.
Soto’s mother, Gloria Cordova, told San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT that her daughter was scheduled to be induced at a hospital this past Saturday.
When I called her all morning she wasn’t answering, was going straight to voicemail,” Cordova told the station. “We went to the hospital anyways. She was a no-show, and that’s when I called the cops.”
Cordova said her daughter’s home was clean and had been prepped for the baby’s arrival.
“There’s no reason why she would just get up and go off and do that,” she added.
Cordova said the family is already reeling after her son, Ethan, died last year. The 15-year-old was fatally shot at his home in San Antonio, police said.
“I just want her home,” Cordova said. “I’m worried about the baby, if she’s even had the baby, if she’s in danger.”
The Leon Valley Police Department said Tuesday morning that it was actively investigating Soto’s disappearance and seeking additional witnesses and information.