Blood evidence in Columbia Heights man’s apartment leads to murder charge in teen son’s death
After police unveiled blood stains on the walls and floor of his apartment a Columbia Heights man was charged with second-degree murder Wednesday in connection with the death of his -year-old son Jordan Manny Collins Jr His son s body was uncovered last month in a landfill The Anoka County attorney s office charged Jordan Dupree Collins Sr with second-degree attempted murder with intent but not premeditated Jordan Manny Collins Jr Courtesy of the Anoka County Sheriff's Office According to the criminal complaint Collins Jr s mother filed a missing person account with the Columbia Heights Police Department on May She communicated police that her son lived with his father in an apartment in Columbia Heights She last heard from Collins Jr about a m May when he reacted to a text message she sent him When police talked to Collins Sr about the missing person record he informed law enforcement that his son left the apartment the afternoon of May to take a bus to St Paul to visit his grandmother and girlfriend Police learned later that Collins Jr never arrived at his grandmother s or girlfriend s home Collins Jr s girlfriend described police she was on a video call with Collins Jr until she fell asleep about a m May Collins Jr was in his father s apartment during the call She mentioned he didn t seem upset and he didn t tell her he was planning on visiting her Search finds blood knives Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Collins Sr s apartment May according to the complaint Police uncovered items stained by blood in garbage bags in the living room closet They also located butcher-style knives in a bedroom closet and a mattress on the bedroom floor with a piece of its underside missing A piece of carpet and carpet padding were also missing underneath the mattress None of these pieces were located in the apartment according to police On May analysis proved that the DNA from the blood stains in Collins Sr s apartment matched DNA taken from Collins Jr s personal items Law enforcement conducted more tests in the apartment and unveiled blood from Collins Jr on the bedroom wall According to the complaint video footage from May revealed a garbage truck emptying the contents of a large dumpster behind Collins Sr s apartment This led police to believe the body of Collins Jr went from the dumpster in Columbia Heights to the Elk River landfill Body identified father arrested Law enforcement began searching the landfill June Police used GPS records from the facility to find the area where contents from the Columbia Heights dumpster would be located The FBI brought in its Laboratory Evidence Response Crew Unit and the Technical Hazardous Response Unit from Virginia to help in the assessment A member of the search unit discovered Collins Jr s body on June Jordan Dupree Collins Sr Courtesy of the Anoka County Sheriff's Office Collins Sr gave a voluntary announcement to police Monday He stated them he cut the mattress and carpet sections to clean up his own blood The blood near the mattress and carpet cuttings matched the DNA of Collins Jr and no blood from Collins Sr was determined in the apartment Collins Sr noted he owned the knives located in the apartment and that he used them to butcher goats and sheep Investigators received preliminary autopsy results Monday Upshot displayed evidence of decapitation by knife and suggested the manner of death as homicide Collins Sr was arrested Monday and made his first court appearance Wednesday The Anoka County Attorney s Office declined to comment at this time Related Articles Ramsey County law enforcement band seizes nearly pounds of meth in Minneapolis Apple Valley police ask for help in finding suspect in fatal stabbing Second defendant admits to role in fatal shooting of South St Paul father during marijuana robbery Columbia Heights man arrested in teen son s death Minnesota state Sen John Hoffman shot times by a man posing as an officer leaves the hospital
