{"id":970,"date":"2025-10-15T06:14:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/970\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T06:14:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T06:14:16","slug":"mother-father-and-child-found-murdered-in-berks-county-pa-what-were-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/970\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother, father, and child found murdered in Berks County, Pa.: What we&#8217;re learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">READING, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; A family is mourning the loss of three loved ones after a couple and their child were found murdered in Berks County, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities have arrested a suspect, but so far, charges have only been filed in connection with one of the killings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A memorial remains near Baer Park in Reading, where 33-year-old Junior Cabrera-Colon was found shot to death around 6:30 a.m. on Sept. 13. Following the discovery, Pennsylvania State Police launched a missing persons investigation for Cabrera-Colon&#8217;s wife 30-year-old Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo, and their 1-year-old son, Jayden, according to family members.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMAGE: Junior Cabrera-Colon, Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo, and their 1-year-old son, Jayden.\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17877984_092425-wpvi-family-found-dead-img.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>IMAGE: Junior Cabrera-Colon, Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo, and their 1-year-old son, Jayden.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators identified 61-year-old Jose Luis Rodriguez as a suspect in Cabrera-Colon&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Court documents state that Rodriguez confessed last Friday, claiming Cabrera-Colon pulled a gun on him. Rodriguez said he wrestled the weapon away and &#8220;fired one shot at Cabrera, hitting him in the back of the head, as he feared that if he did not that Cabrera would have killed him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">On Friday night, Peguero-Mancebo&#8217;s body was found in a grassy area several miles outside Reading. The next day, Jeyden&#8217;s body was discovered nearby.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA hsDdd DbOXS oklLN GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jose Luis Rodriguez\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR WAUrb hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/17878026_092425-wpvi-Jose-Luis-Rodriguez-img.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;They took the person that was the brightest person of our family,&#8221; said Heinel Medrano Mancebo, a cousin of the victims. &#8220;My family is devastated. My auntie cannot even eat right now. My grandmother, she cannot even eat either.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A GoFundMe page created by the family states the couple leaves behind three children, ages 8 to 13, who live and attend school in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Rodriguez has been charged with first-degree murder, abuse of a corpse, and related offenses &#8211; but only in connection with Cabrera-Colon&#8217;s death. The Berks County District Attorney&#8217;s Office said it will not comment further until next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Relatives are working to raise funds to return the victims&#8217; bodies to the Dominican Republic.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. 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