{"id":164478,"date":"2026-02-14T09:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/164478\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T09:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T09:52:14","slug":"san-antonio-family-unveils-headstone-for-loved-ones-as-they-seek-justice-in-upcoming-homicide-trial-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/164478\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio family unveils headstone for loved ones as they seek justice in upcoming homicide trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">SAN ANTONIO \u2013 One San Antonio family now has a permanent place to memorialize their loved ones, but they say they\u2019re still chasing closure. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A new headstone was unveiled on Friday for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Savanah_Soto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Savanah_Soto\/\">Savanah Soto<\/a> and her unborn baby, Fabian. Savanah, Fabian and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Matthew_Guerra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Matthew_Guerra\/\">Matthew Guerra<\/a> were murdered in December 2023. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Now, more than two years later, the Soto family said their memorial is finished, but they\u2019re still fighting for justice. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Savanah \u201cshould have been here,\u201d Rachel Soto, her grandmother, said. \u201cBaby Fabian should have been running around with all his other little cousins.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Savanah and Fabian lay next to her late brother, Ethan Soto. He was shot and killed in 2022. The headstone features photos of all three of them. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">When asked what he missed most about his sister, Savanah\u2019s brother, Nathaniel Soto, said \u201ceverything.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The delivery of this headstone comes just one month before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Christopher_Preciado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Christopher_Preciado\/\">Christopher Preciado<\/a>, who is accused of murdering Savanah, Matthew and Fabian, is set to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/28\/defense-seeks-delay-in-christopher-preciado-capital-murder-trial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/28\/defense-seeks-delay-in-christopher-preciado-capital-murder-trial\/\">begin trial<\/a>. Preciado\u2019s father, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Ramon_Preciado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/topic\/Ramon_Preciado\/\">Ramon Preciado<\/a>, has also been charged in connection with their deaths. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/05\/christopher-preciados-mother-accused-in-couples-shooting-deaths-has-charges-dismissed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/05\/christopher-preciados-mother-accused-in-couples-shooting-deaths-has-charges-dismissed\/\">Charges were dismissed<\/a> for Myrta Romanos, Christopher Preciado\u2019s mother. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI just pray to God and ask for justice for all of us,\u201d Rachel Soto said. \u201cSo, we can at least have peace and (Savanah) can be at peace with her baby.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Related coverage on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/\">KSAT.com<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 One San Antonio family now has a permanent place to memorialize their loved ones, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12609,815,294,23540,23542,82,84,83,23539,51314],"class_list":{"0":"post-164478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-christopher-preciado","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-matthew-guerra","12":"tag-ramon-preciado","13":"tag-san-antonio","14":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","15":"tag-san-antonio-news","16":"tag-savanah-soto","17":"tag-we-follow-through"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}