BERN TOWNSHIP, Pa. - Prosecutors have charged a New Jersey man in the murder of an elderly Berks County man two weeks after a body was found in the woods on a property in Bern Township.Raphael Perez-Rodriguez, 29, was charged with three counts of murder and charges related to the stabbing death of 76-year-old Dennis Fink.
Detectives say Perez-Rodriguez became a person of interest after he was arrested in Reading on July 16 for driving a stolen car with several guns and two knives inside.
During the investigation, officers reportedly found several items belonging to Fink inside the vehicle, including a laptop and wallet.Authorities then went to Fink's house on Tully Road, but nobody was home.