The trial for one of three suspects accused in connection with the 2023 deaths of a young Northwest Side couple and their unborn child has been moved up to this week.

Myrta Romanos, who was charged with tampering with a human corpse, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, will be in court on Wednesday when jury selection in her trial is expected to begin.

Judge Jennifer Pena, who will preside over this case in Bexar County’s 290th Criminal District Court, made the ruling during a hearing on Tuesday.

Prosecutors asked Pena for a continuance, which is a plea for more time, before Romanos’ trial was set to take place. The state cited, in part, a handgun that needed to be sent to the Bexar County Crime Lab for DNA and handprint analysis.

Romanos’ defense attorney Charles B

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