READING, Pa. – The search for a missing woman and her child ended after authorities in Berks County made a shocking discovery.

On the evening of Friday, September 19, a woman’s body was discovered in a grassy field off of East Huller Lane in Ontelaunee Township.

Members of the Berks County Detectives, the Reading City Police Department, the Berks County Forensic Services Unit and the Northern Berks Regional Police Department responded to the scene to begin a death investigation.

Investigators say the unidentified female appeared to be the victim of foul play, and based upon several descriptors, police suspected she was a person previously reported to Reading Police who had gone missing with her one-year-old son.

On Saturday, September 20, the body of a toddler was found in a marshy area approximately 150 yards west of where the woman’s body was located the previous day.

Police discover bodies of missing Reading woman, one-year-old son

Crime scene tape in an area along East Huller Lane in Ontelaunee Township.

Chad Blimline | WFMZ-TV

Autopsies were performed on both victims at Reading Hospital and postmortem examinations ruled both deaths homicides. Authorities did not say how the two died. 

Investigators confirmed the victims were in fact Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo and her one-year-old son, Jeyden Junior Peguero.

The investigation, which is ongoing, is being conducted by The Berks County Detectives along with Reading Police.

Reading Police discovered the body of Junior Cabrera-Colon in the brush along River Road on the morning of September 13. The victim was later found to have died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators working the case were notified that Cabrera-Colon lived with Peguero-Mancebo and her son and neither had been seen or heard from since Friday, September 12. Both were entered as missing persons endangered in the National Crime Database, police say.

Yesterday, Jose Rodriguez was charged with Cabrera-Colon’s murder. The suspect allegedly told police he acted in self-defense. He’s currently in custody at Berks County Jail without bail.

No arrests have been announced at this time in the deaths of Geraldina and Jeyden. 

Berks County District Attorney John Adams says his office intends to hold a press conference on Monday, September 29 regarding the investigation. Time to be determined.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Berks County Detective’s Office at 610-478-7171, the Reading Police Department at (610) 655-6116, or Crime Alert Berks County at (877) 373-9913.