Overview

• Jordan Dupree Collins Sr. appeared in Anoka County District Court on July 9 to face a second-degree murder charge in his son’s death.
• A preliminary autopsy disclosed evidence that 16-year-old Manny Collins Jr. had been decapitated, according to a criminal complaint.
• Investigators recovered knives and blood-stained items at Collins Sr.’s Columbia Heights apartment that tests confirmed contained the teen’s DNA.
• Law enforcement officials traced the body’s disposal from a Columbia Heights dumpster through garbage-truck routing data to an Elk River landfill.
• The victim’s mother, Ashley Berry, has led sustained public appeals as prosecutors weigh elevating the charges.