Pregnant 18-year-old’s boyfriend also classified as missing person after she disappeared prior to being induced, police say

LEON VALLEY, Texas — The Leon Valley Police Department says the boyfriend of a missing pregnant 18-year-old is now also considered to be a missing person.

The department issued a CLEAR Alert on Monday for Savanah Nicole Soto, whose baby was a week overdue when she was scheduled to go to the hospital to be induced on Saturday night. She never appeared.

Savanah’s mother said she last heard from her daughter Friday. She was last seen around 2 p.m. Friday at the Valencia Lofts apartments off Grissom Road in Leon Valley.

Leon Valley Police said Tuesday afternoon that Matthew Guerra is also classified as a missing person. An officer said Guerra’s family originally contacted San Antonio Police, who then forwarded the case to Leon Valley.

Savanah Soto is a white female, 5-foot-1, 115 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. She was last seen Friday in the 6000 block of Grissom Road in Leon Valley. She may be driving a gray 2013 Kia Optima with a Texas temporary tag 4289D57.

Additional details about Matthew Guerra were not yet made available by police.

Savanah Soto’s family organized a search Christmas night. They gathered at the apartment complex where she was last seen in Leon Valley. From there, family and friends drove around the area.

“We love her. We miss her. Whatever is going on, let her come home so we can have a Merry Christmas with her,” said Rachel Soto, her grandmother.

“Savanah was so, so happy because she was going to be a mommy. It breaks my heart,” said Gloria Cordova, Savanah’s mother.

Cordova said her daughter was ready to be a mom. She had the nursey done and had planned on giving birth with her mother in the delivery room.

However, by Saturday afternoon, Cordova could not reach her daughter. She decided to check on her at her apartment.

“I went by there and knocked and knocked and knocked and she wasn’t answering,” Cordova said.

She said she was not home and her phone appeared dead.

“We got to the hospital. They said she wasn’t there,” Cordova said.

She filed a police report with Leon Valley Police. She said something seemed off and they could not get a hold of her boyfriend, either.

“We don’t even know what happened. They said it could be anything,” Cordova said.

This comes at time when Cordova is still grieving the loss of another child.

“It’s hard, it’s like one after another,” Cordova said.

Last year, she said her 15-year-old son was killed. Now, she has no idea where her 18-year-old daughter is.

“It still hurts because what I tell my kids, I’m not complete, I’m not complete, and now I don’t have my daughter,” she said.

She is urging anyone with any information to come forward.

“Please come home. No one’s going to judge you. No one is going to say nothing,” Cordova said. “I just want you to be home.”

If you have any information, contact Leon Valley Police at (210) 684-8897.

The state of Texas established the CLEAR Alert in 2019 in an attempt “to close the gap between missing children and senior citizens” regarding missing persons alerts, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.

The Coordinated Law Enforcement Adult Rescue (CLEAR) Alert program assists law enforcement in locating and rescuing missing, kidnapped or abducted adults or adults who are in immediate danger of injury or death, as well as aid in locating any potential suspects.

These are the criteria for activating a CLEAR Alert in Texas:

• Is the individual 18 to 64 years of age, whose whereabouts are unknown?
• Has a preliminary investigation verified the adult is in imminent danger of bodily injury or death or is the disappearance involuntary such as an abduction or kidnapping?
• Is the clear alert request within 72 hours of the individual’s disappearance?
• Is sufficient information available to disseminate to the public to help locate the individual, a suspect, or the vehicle used in the incident?