Santa Fe Security Guard kills his pregnant girlfriend, father and unborn baby.

SANTA FE NM  A Santa Fe man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend and her father pleaded not guilty in a Santa Fe courtroom Tuesday amid questions about whether he will be charged with two murders or three.

For now Marino Leyba Jr., 22, is charged with three open counts of murder in the Friday gunshot deaths Benny Lovato, 50, Sarah Lovato, 17, and her unborn child.

Leyba is being held at the Santa Fe County Adult Detention Facility with prosecutors requesting he be put on suicide watch because of the significant time he could face.

According to the criminal complaint the Lovatos each died from at least one gunshot wound inside their apartment Friday night.

Police said he worked as security guard at USA Security and Surveillance in Santa Fe and was wearing his uniform, which included a handgun and mace, the night of the killings.

His bond remains at $5 million cash.

 

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