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A Pennsylvania man who threw a baby into a pond and killed the child’s parents because the child’s mother refused to leave her husband for him finally learned his fate.
Jose Luis Rodriguez Pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for the death. Geraldine Peguero-Manceboher husband, Junior Cabrera-Colonand their 1-year-old son, Jeyden.
The crime spree began in September 2025 when Rodriguez, 61, picked up Peguero-Mancebo and her son in their car. Rodriguez was in a relationship with Peguero-Mancebo at the time and even co-signed her apartment lease before shooting her “because she didn’t want to leave her husband,” police said. law and crime.
Rodriguez disposed of Peguero-Mancebo’s body, then drove Jayden to an area in the town of Ontroni and threw the baby into a pond. Police said an autopsy showed dirt in the boy’s lungs, indicating he was “alive when he was submerged.”
“I don’t think we can put into words the tragedy and the horrific circumstances of that child’s death,” Berks County D.A. John Adams Rodriguez reportedly said during the sentencing. world free trade area. “The child was thrown into a pond that was overgrown with algae and left there to die.”
Adams added, “No punishment can make up for the pain he caused. He will never see the light of day again and hopefully this will bring some relief to the victim’s family and anyone who knew the victim.”
Rodriguez reportedly told investigators that he chose not to take Jayden to a hospital or police station “out of fear of getting caught.”
One day after Rodriguez threw the boy into a pond, he got into an argument with Cabrera-Colon and shot him. Cabrera-Colon’s body was later found in the woods at Bell Park.
Rodriguez was arrested on September 19, 2025 and charged with three counts of murder.
After Rodriguez pleaded guilty, Peguero Mancebo’s cousin, Henel Medranoand world free trade area about this tragedy. “Everyone thought he was helping us until a few days later we found out it was him,” Medrano said of Rodriguez’s initial help solving the murder.
Medrano added, “The kid has been through the worst.”
“We are grateful because this is not a relief but the end of a chapter,” Medrano added of the trial outcome. “It was so difficult to breathe the same air as him.”
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After a death in the family, their relatives set up a to fund me Help raise funds to repatriate the remains of Peguero Mancebo and Cabrera Colón to their native Dominican Republic. The fundraising page explains that they have three other children, ages 8, 10 and 13.
