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Dominican Man Pleads Guilty to Murdering His Girlfriend One Day After Proposing Marriage

A 53-year-old Dominican man pleaded guilty to stabbing his fiancée to death hours after publicly proposing to her and declaring his love. José Melo was arrested in January of this year after New Jersey police found the body of Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado, 31, of Puerto Rican descent, at a residence in Elizabeth. According to prosecutors, Melo—also known as DJ Melo—pleaded guilty last week to first-degree aggravated homicide. Sentencing is sch…
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A 53-year-old Dominican man pleaded guilty to stabbing his fiancée to death hours after publicly proposing to her and declaring his love. José Melo was arrested in January of this year after New Jersey police found the body of Naket Jadix Trinidad Maldonado, 31, of Puerto Rican descent, at a residence in Elizabeth. According to prosecutors, Melo—also known as DJ Melo—pleaded guilty last week to first-degree aggravated homicide. Sentencing is sch…

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www.diariolibre.com broke the news in on Thursday, December 25, 2025.
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