mid-April 2025
Jordan “Manny” Collins Jr. had been living at an apartment building near the 4900 block of University Avenue Northeast in Columbia Heights with his father, according to his mother.
CBS Minnesota
8 May 2025
Jordan “Manny” Collins Jr. was last seen near the 4900 block of University Avenue Northeast in Columbia Heights.
CBS Minnesota
8 May 2025
A criminal complaint cited by CBS Minnesota said Collins Jr.’s girlfriend last spoke with him by video call around 2:30 a.m.
CBS Minnesota, citing criminal complaint
12 May 2025
Collins Jr.’s mother reported him missing to the Columbia Heights Police Department after last hearing from him four days earlier.
CBS Minnesota, citing criminal complaint
13 May 2025
Authorities obtained video showing a garbage truck emptying a dumpster behind the apartment building, according to a criminal complaint cited by CBS Minnesota.
CBS Minnesota, citing criminal complaint
15 May 2025
Police searched Collins Sr.’s apartment and found bloodstained items in garbage bags; DNA from those items and blood on a bedroom wall matched Collins Jr., according to a criminal complaint cited by CBS Minnesota.
CBS Minnesota, citing criminal complaint
29 May 2025
Anoka County Sheriff Brad Wise said officials believed Collins Jr.’s disappearance was against his will and that a person of interest had been established; no one was then in custody and no charges had been filed.
CBS Minnesota
4 June 2025
A search at the Waste Management Landfill in Elk River began after law enforcement received information that led to video suggesting evidence might have entered a dumpster and garbage truck.
CBS Minnesota
6 June 2025
The Columbia Heights Police Department, Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and FBI were among agencies involved in the landfill search.
CBS Minnesota
28 June 2025
Authorities found the remains of Jordan Dupree Collins Jr. at the Waste Management Landfill in Elk River.
CBS Minnesota
7 July 2025
Jordan Dupree Collins Sr., then 38, of Columbia Heights, was taken into custody in connection with his son’s death; the sheriff’s office said he had not yet been formally charged.
CBS Minnesota
9 July 2025
Jordan Dupree Collins Sr. was charged with one count of second-degree murder in Anoka County; the charge is an unproven allegation.
CBS Minnesota
9 July 2025
Collins Sr. appeared in court and bail was set at $3 million without conditions and $2 million with conditions.
CBS Minnesota
25 June 2026
CBS Minnesota reported that Jordan Collins Sr. was expected to represent himself at trial.
CBS Minnesota
10 September 2026
Jordan Dupree Collins Sr. was set to go on trial in Anoka County on the second-degree murder charge; the charge remains an allegation unless and until proven in court.
CBS Minnesota
18 September 2026
Opening statements in the Anoka County trial took place, and Jordan Dupree Collins Sr., who was representing himself, deferred his opening statement until after the state rested its case.
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18 September 2026
Ashley Berry, Jordan “Manny” Collins Jr.’s mother, testified; CBS Minnesota reported that Collins Sr. did not ask her any questions.
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18 September 2026
Court filings cited by CBS Minnesota showed the judge admonished Collins Sr. for missing several deadlines over the summer.
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21 September 2026
Collins Sr. questioned Columbia Heights investigators during trial, and prosecutors played body-camera video from a search of his apartment, according to CBS Minnesota.
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6 October 2026
Prosecutors presented their final witnesses, and CBS Minnesota reported that dozens of witnesses had testified, including Ashley Berry.
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7 October 2026
A jury found Jordan Dupree Collins Sr. guilty of second-degree murder in Anoka County after a three-week trial.
CBS Minnesota · added 23 Oct 2026
7 October 2026
After the verdict, the judge asked the jury to answer 10 additional questions to help with sentencing, including questions about whether Collins concealed the body and whether he caused anguish to the family, according to CBS Minnesota.
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7 October 2026
CBS Minnesota reported that Collins Sr. was being held without bail after the verdict.
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2 December 2026
Sentencing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m.
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