A man in New Jersey is accused of murder after his fiancée’s death. Reports added that her death came after he posted a video of him proposing to her. On Dec. 30, 2024, around 9:12 a.m., Elizabeth Police responded to a stabbing report at a residence on Florida Street, said the Union County Prosecutor’s Office, according to PEOPLE.
On Dec. 30, 2024, at about 9:12 a.m., Elizabeth Police went to a home on Florida Street after receiving a stabbing report.
“Upon their arrival, they located Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado, aged 31 of Elizabeth, who was found dead at the scene,”
said a news release by the Union County Prosecutor’s Office.
52-year-old Jose Melo has since been charged
“with one count of first-degree murder, one count of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and one count of fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon,”
the prosecutor’s office said.
According to Fox 5 New York, Melo and the victim were engaged. A video on Melo’s Facebook, apparently from December 29, showed him proposing in a bar.
The video captioned,
“I love you, baby,”
as he seemingly tagged the victim’s profile.
A GoFundMe page created by the victim’s aunt, Yolanda De, stated that she was taken from them senselessly in an
“act of evil.”
#Clique, let’s keep Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado’s family in our thoughts and prayers.