The San Antonio couple accused of helping their son hide the dead bodies of pregnant teen Savanah Soto and her boyfriend are asking for their bonds — which total a combined $1.7 million — to be lowered.
In late January, court-appointed attorneys representing Ramon Preciado, 52, and Myrta Romanos, 47, filed motions asking for their bonds to be reduced, according to court summaries from the Bexar County Court Clerk’s office.
In the filings, the attorneys argue that the bond amounts are “oppressive” and violate the Eighth Amendment, which protects against against “excessive bail” and “cruel and unusual punishment,” the
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Ramon Preciado, whose bond totals $600,000, was
Jan. 4 with abuse of a corpse and altering, destroying or concealing a corpse. He’s accused of helping his son, Christopher Preciado, dispose of the bodies of Soto and her boyfriend Mathew Guerra.
Authorities allege that Christopher Preciado shot and killed the pair on Dec. 22 during a drug deal gone bad. The shooting took place hours before Soto was scheduled to be into induced into labor at a Stone Oak hospital, according to media reports.