On the morning of August 4, 2023, a domestic dispute near Pottsville Pike and Snyder Road in Ontelaunee Township ended with the death of 44-year-old Librada Reyes De Peralta of Reading, Pennsylvania. Witnesses reported seeing a man in a red and black baseball hat, red shirt, and black shorts in a physical altercation with a woman; one caller told emergency dispatch they saw the man shoot the woman in the head. Officers found Reyes De Peralta unresponsive in the westbound lane of Snyder Road and she was pronounced dead at Reading Hospital at 7:04 a.m. The Berks County Coroner’s Office ruled her cause of death multiple gunshot and stab wounds.

Investigators located a work identification card at the scene belonging to Ignacio Peralta Agramonte. He also called his brother Jose Peralta Agramonte at 6:52 a.m. and confessed to killing his wife, then went to his brother’s home where he was taken into custody. While being interviewed by detectives, he allegedly said, I made a mistake; I took her life.

Are there details about the hours before 6:15 a.m. that anyone in the area can add?