CORTEZ, Colo.—A Colorado woman is defending her 20-year-old son who was arrested after investigators found body parts encased in two concrete-filled buckets.
Jeremiah Raymond Berry of Cortez is being held in the Montezuma County jail on suspcion of murder. His father, 42-year-old Jack Berry, is missing but authorities haven’t said whether the dismembered body is his.
Rita Berry—the mother of Jeremiah and ex-wife of Jack Berry—says her son isn’t a criminal or a serial killer.
She tells the Cortez Journal her son has been “put on the spot” and that people may have the wrong impression from the investigation.
The Montezuma County sheriff says investigators haven’t found all the parts of the body but are still looking.
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Information from: Cortez Journal,
