‘Act of evil’: Man stabs fiancee to death 1 day after he proposed to her in video posted on Facebook with the caption ‘I love you baby,’ police say

Left: Jose Melo and his fiancee Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado (Facebook). Center: Jose Melo (New Jersey Sex Offender’s Registry). Right: Jose Melo proposing to Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado (Facebook).

Left: Jose Melo and his fiancee Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado (Facebook). Center: Jose Melo (New Jersey Sex Offender’s Registry). Right: Jose Melo proposing to Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado (Facebook).

A New Jersey sex offender asked his girlfriend to marry him at a club, gushed about the proposal online — posting a video of it to Facebook with the caption, “I love you baby” — before stabbing his new fiancee to death a day later, cops say.

Jose Melo, 52, allegedly murdered Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado, 31, last Monday, Dec. 30, at a residence in Elizabeth, according to the Union County Prosecutor’s Office. Her death was reported the morning after Melo publicly proposed to Trinidad Maldonado at a local club. Footage of the proposal was posted on his Facebook page last Sunday night, Dec. 29, which shows the couple embracing and kissing after Trinidad Maldonado says yes.

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