A 61-year-old Pennsylvania man, Jose Luis Rodriguez, is accused of murdering a married couple and their 1-year-old son after the wife, Geraldina Peguero-Mancebo, refused to leave her husband to be with him.
According to a criminal complaint obtained by Law & Crime, the incident occurred on September 12. Rodriguez and Peguero-Mancebo, according to the former, were in an “intimate relationship” where the elderly man provided the 30-year-old married woman with money.
At around 8:30 p.m., Peguero-Mancebo entered Rodriguez’s vehicle while carrying her 1-year-old son, Jayden, in her arms, the complaint said. Rodriguez drove them to an East Huller Lane location, where he allegedly planned to kill her.
Rodriguez told police that he grew “infuriated” when Peguero-Mancebo didn’t want to leave her