- Savanah Soto, 18 and her boyfriend Matthew Guerra, 22, have been found dead after they went missing on December 23
- In October 2023, at least four members of the Soto family were seen attacking the teen’s brother, Ethan Soto’s accused killer in court
- Gloria Cordova, mother to Savanah and Ethan, said her daughter would have never run away, especially after what had happened with her brother
The family of pregnant teenager Savanah Nicole Soto who was found dead with her boyfriend were seen brawling in court with a man accused of her brother’s murder.
Ethan Soto, 15, was shot dead in what is believed to have been an act of revenge for a drug robbery in May 2022, according to San Antonio police.
His sister, Savanah, 18, is now also dead after her body was located on Tuesday evening alongside her boyfriend Matthew Guerra, 22, just three days after the pair were reported missing, on the same day she was expected to be induced into labor.
Police are now investigating their deaths as a possible homicide, in a tragic parallel to the death of Ethan who police say was murdered.
Just months ago, the Soto family were seen as the man accused of killing Ethan, Victor Nathaneal Rivas, appeared in court to face charges over his death.
As Rivas took the stand, members of the Soto family were seen launching at him, triggering a huge brawl breaking out.
Footage shows at least four members jumping a partition and throwing punches at Rivas – who allegedly provoked the group by making a gesture at them.
A user who claimed to be a neighbor of Soto and Guerra last year said they witnessed the boyfriend ‘arguing and beating her almost every day’
![The shooter reportedly lured his 'victim' from his home in May 2022 after Ethan stole THC cartridges from Rivas (pictured: Ethan Soto)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/27/05/76839039-12902961-The_shooter_reportedly_lured_his_victim_from_his_home_in_May_202-a-3_1703656461309.jpg)
The shooter reportedly lured his ‘victim’ from his home in May 2022 after Ethan stole THC cartridges from Rivas (pictured: Ethan Soto)
![Victor Nathaneal Rivas, 18, was on trial for the murder of Ethan Soto, 15, on Friday when the Soto family launched an attack, footage shows](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/27/05/76838683-12902961-Victor_Nathaneal_Rivas_18_was_on_trial_for_the_murder_of_Ethan_S-a-4_1703656487013.jpg)
Victor Nathaneal Rivas, 18, was on trial for the murder of Ethan Soto, 15, on Friday when the Soto family launched an attack, footage shows
Four people were arrested after the violent outbreak – including two adult males and two juvenile males – who were expected to be charged with assault and disrupting court proceedings, according to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office.
Rivas, who was 17 at the time of his alleged crime, was arrested in August 2022 and charged with murder after he was accused of shooting Soto in what appeared to be revenge for drug robbery, San Antonio police said.
Judge Ron Rangel said had been forced to hit the courtroom’s panic button after the brawl broke out.
Rivas’s attorney Adam LaHood told KSAT they were in court for a routine preliminary hearing. He said the outburst was ‘certainly unexpected’ and ‘not something you ever want to see happen’.
The shooter reportedly lured his ‘victim’ from his home in May 2022 after Ethan stole THC cartridges from Rivas.
Now in a shocking twist, Ethan’s sister, who regularly posted online about her grief over losing her brother, has also died.
After days of search, Savanah and her boyfriend’s bodies were found inside a vehicle on the northwest side of the Colinas Medical Apartments in San Antonio.
Soto was last seen at her Leon Valley apartment and was described to be in ‘imminent danger’ or involuntarily disappeared, according to authorities.
![Gloria Cordova, mother to Savanah and Ethan, said at the time her daughter went missing that the teen would never run away, especially after the death of her brother](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/27/06/79360279-12902961-_Please_come_home_No_one_s_going_to_judge_you_No_one_is_going_to-m-6_1703660143678.jpg)
Gloria Cordova, mother to Savanah and Ethan, said at the time her daughter went missing that the teen would never run away, especially after the death of her brother
![The sobbing parent said: 'She knows what I went through with Ethan and I know she would not want me to go through this again. It's hard, like one after the other'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/27/06/79360257-12902961-image-a-6_1703657343967.jpg)
The sobbing parent said: ‘She knows what I went through with Ethan and I know she would not want me to go through this again. It’s hard, like one after the other’
![Rivas, who was 17 at the time of his alleged crime, was arrested in August 2022 and charged with murder after he was accused of shooting Soto in what appeared to be revenge for drug robbery, Sant Antonio police said (pictured: Rivas)](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/27/06/76838669-12902961-Rivas_who_was_17_at_the_time_of_his_alleged_crime_was_arrested_i-a-12_1703657494873.jpg)
Rivas, who was 17 at the time of his alleged crime, was arrested in August 2022 and charged with murder after he was accused of shooting Soto in what appeared to be revenge for drug robbery, Sant Antonio police said (pictured: Rivas)
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Savanah Soto, 18 and her boyfriend Matthew Guerra, have been found dead after they went missing on December 23
The nine-months pregnant teenager never showed up at the hospital where she was scheduled to be induced on Saturday at 6.30 pm.
Gloria Cordova, mother to Savanah and Ethan, said at the time her daughter went missing that the teen would never run away, especially after the death of her brother.
The sobbing parent said: ‘She knows what I went through with Ethan and I know she would not want me to go through this again. It’s hard, like one after the other.’
Mariana Delgado, who claims to be the pregnant teenager’s sister-in-law had posted pictures of tributes that had been laid for Ethan last year. She was seen carrying Ethan’s casket in one of the pictures.
Early last evening, she posted on Facebook to confirm that Savanah’s body had been found and that she was in a ‘bad bad condition’.
Delgado later requested the family to be allowed to grieve.
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus said the department will work with the Leon Valley Police Department to investigate her death.
McManus told reporters that the crime scene is ‘very complex and perplexing’.
He said: ‘Detectives right now are looking at this as a possible murder, but we don’t know for sure.’
McManus also said the police did not know who located the vehicle.
![A memorial for Ethan was posted by members of his family](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/27/06/79360937-12902961-image-a-9_1703657466908.jpg)
A memorial for Ethan was posted by members of his family
![In a post on Facebook, Delgado that Savanah body had been found early this evening and that she was in a 'bad bad condition'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/27/06/79355701-12902961-Mariana_Delgado_who_claims_to_be_the_deceased_teenager_s_sister_-a-14_1703657801512.jpg)
In a post on Facebook, Delgado that Savanah body had been found early this evening and that she was in a ‘bad bad condition’
The Leon Valley Police Department had issued a CLEAR alert on Monday for Soto, described as a white female, 5-feet 1-inch tall, weighing 115 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes.
The heartbroken mom said she last heard from her daughter on December 22 but failed to reach her on Saturday when she decided to check on Savanah at her apartment outside San Antonio.
‘I went by there and knocked and knocked and knocked and she wasn’t answering,’ Cordova said. ‘We got to the hospital. They said she wasn’t there.’
Cordova said Savanah was ready to become a mom, had the nursery done and planned on giving birth with her mother in the delivery room.
She had also taken to social media to ask for help by posting a photo of pregnant Savanah.
‘I’m worried about her safety she is with her boyfriend who is no good,’ the desperate mother had written in a Facebook post.
!['Please come home. No one's going to judge you. No one is going to say anything,' Cordova said. 'I just want you to be home'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/27/06/79343839-12902961-_Please_come_home_No_one_s_going_to_judge_you_No_one_is_going_to-a-15_1703657876532.jpg)
‘Please come home. No one’s going to judge you. No one is going to say anything,’ Cordova said. ‘I just want you to be home’
![Her boyfriend Matthew Guerra had also gone missing and some have accused him of being involved. Guerra's mother denied the accusations against her son: 'I know my son and he wouldn't do anything to hurt her'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/27/06/79357079-12902961-Her_boyfriend_Matthew_Guerra_had_also_gone_missing_and_some_have-m-5_1703660061796.jpg)
Her boyfriend Matthew Guerra had also gone missing and some have accused him of being involved. Guerra’s mother denied the accusations against her son: ‘I know my son and he wouldn’t do anything to hurt her’
Social media users have accused Soto’s boyfriend 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 boyfriend ‘arguing and beating her almost every day.’
‘I witnessed him beating her and kicked her downstairs while she was unconscious,’ the unnamed person said, adding that ‘he kicked her body and face’ and ‘she needed stitches.’
The person claimed they testified against Guerra, who is said to be 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 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,’ the mother said in a Facebook post that has been deleted.