Jose Melo wrote: ‘I love you baby,’ in the caption of the Facebook video showing the proposal. A registered sex offender who was working as a DJ in New Jersey is accused of stabbing his fiancée to death a day after he publicly proposed to her in a video shared on Facebook.
![[Jose Melo, 52, professionally known as DJ Melo, has been charged with murder in the death of his fiancée a day after proposing to her]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/07/16/Jose-Melo.jpg)
A visibly shocked Maldonado covered her mouth with her hand before taking the ring and hugging and kissing Melo as the crowd around them cheered. The song Casate Conmigo (“Marry Me”) by Silvestre Dangond and Nicky Jam could be heard playing in the background at the Bamboleo Night Club during the proposal, according to Storyful.
![[The public proposal was shared on Facebook a day before Maldonado was killed]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/07/16/Naket-Jadix-Trinidad-Maldonado-split.jpg)
In the caption on the Facebook video of the proposal, he wrote: “I love you baby.”. The next day, Maldonado was dead. It’s unknown how long the couple had been dating. A motive for the killing remains unclear. Aside from first-degree murder, Melo was also charged with one count of third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose, and one count of fourth-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, records show.
![[Maldonado was a mother of two daughters]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/07/16/Naket-Jadix-Trinidad-Maldonado-1.jpg)
“Naky was senselessly taken from us on December 30 in an act of evil,” her aunt wrote. “This horrible act by someone she trusted left her two children without either parent and with very little options for their future.”. The aunt also wrote in an updated post that Maldonado’s daughters are being taken care of and that permanent arrangements are being worked out.
