A Bexar County jury convicted Christopher Preciado, 21, on three counts of capital murder on March 19, 2026, for the 2023 killings of Savanah Soto, Matthew Guerra, and their unborn child [1]. The prosecution charged Preciado with three separate capital murder counts arising from a single episode, a charging structure that permitted the state to seek the maximum penalty under Texas law without pursuing a death-penalty prosecution [1].
Trial proceeded in Bexar County District Court in San Antonio. The jury returned guilty verdicts on all three counts [1]. Because the state did not seek the death penalty, Texas law required the court to impose an automatic sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, and sentencing occurred the same day as the verdict, March 19, 2026 [1].
The case drew sustained community attention in the San Antonio area, centered on the deaths of a pregnant woman and her partner [1]. A separate proceeding involving a co-defendant accused of assisting in the cover-up was still pending as of May 2026, with a scheduled trial canceled according to court records [1].
No post-trial motions or appellate filings are reflected in the available source material. Under Texas law, a defendant convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life without parole retains the right to a direct appeal to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which would be the expected next step in the ordinary course [1].