READING, Pa. – A Reading man charged in a shocking 2025 triple homicide has admitted to committing the brutal crimes.<\/p>\n
Jose Rodriguez pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon in the shooting deaths of Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo and Junior Cabrera-Colon and the drowning death of one-year-old Jeyden Junior Peguero.<\/p>\n
During the early morning hours of September 13, 2025, officers from Reading Police Department discovered a body, later identified as Cabrera-Colon, in the area of Clinton Street and River Road.<\/p>\n
On the evening of Friday, September 19, Peguero-Mancebo’s body was discovered in a grassy field off of East Huller Lane in Ontelaunee Township. Investigators tracked her to the location by her cell phone.<\/p>\n
The next day, the body of Jeyden Junior Peguero was found in a marshy area approximately 150 yards west of where his mother’s body was located the previous day.<\/p>\n
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Jose Rodriguez<\/p>\n
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Through the investigation, detectives determined Rodriguez drove Peguero-Mancebo to Huller Lane with the intention of killing her. He allegedly shot her in the back of the head at the location before disposing of her body.<\/p>\n
Berks County District Attorney John Adams said Rodriguez then took one-year-old Jeyden down the road and threw the boy into a nearby pond. The child was still alive when he was thrown into the water and died as a result of freshwater drowning.<\/p>\n
Peguero-Mancebo and Cabrera-Colon died from gunshot wounds to the head.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez was sentenced to three consecutive life terms upon entering his plea Tuesday.<\/p>\n
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Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo, Junior Cabrera-Colon and Jeyden Junior Peguero.<\/p>\n
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