Overview
- Police found Justin Rey in a Kansas City–area storage unit with his newborn, his two-year-old, and the dismembered remains of his wife, Jessica Monteiro.
- Investigators said Rey posed his children for photos with the corpse and was seen on surveillance video moving a red cooler after the motel birth.
- Rey admitted in court that he dismembered the body, claiming he acted to protect his family, and later wrote to the Associated Press denying he was a murderer while acknowledging the dismemberment.
- The deputy coroner reported multiple stab wounds on recovered parts but testified it was unclear whether they occurred before or after death, leaving the cause undetermined.
- Rey received roughly nine years in prison on counts including aggravated child endangerment and contributing to a child's misconduct, must register as a sex offender, and his children were placed in protective custody.