While investigating the murder of a man whose body was found near a northwest Reading park, city police detectives quickly identified a suspect through a mix of traditional police work and a patchwork of video footage.

But detectives soon feared the crime extended beyond one victim. Their suspicions were confirmed when the wife and 1-year-old son of the slain man also turned up dead.

Jose L. Rodriguez, 61, of Centre Park was charged Monday with first-degree murder and abuse-of-corpse counts in the killings of Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo, 31, and her 1-year-old son, Jeyden Peguero. The filing comes four days after Reading police charged Rodriguez with first degree-murder in the July 12 killing of Junior Cabrera-Colon.

At a press conference Monday afternoon, Berks County District Attorney J

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