Reports Show Horrifying New Details In Maplewood Double Homicide

MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Using a key given to him by his former girlfriend, Joseph Porter entered the home where the au pair worked, stabbed her boss to death and then chased her down the street. He then attacked her with a knife, according to reports, because she ended their relationship.

These were some of the horrifying details revealed in published reports on Monday following a double-homicide in Maplewood that shocked the community.

Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez, 26, died later at the hospital and her boss, New York City comedy club owner David Kimowitz, 40, died at the home as details of this shocking double murder were revealed in the affidavit of probable cause.

Read more: 'Complete Shock:' Beloved Club Owner Dies In NJ Double-Murder: PD

Here are some of the new new details culled from the affidavit published by northjersey.com and nj.com:

• Authorities said they have texts obtained from Porter and Bermudez-Rodriguez’s cell phones showing the two had messaged each other from 1:30 to 2 a.m. the morning of the killings that show that Bermudez-Rodriguez wanted to break up with Porter, nj.com reported.
• Porter told investigators from the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office that he used Bermudez-Rodriguez's key to open the door the morning of the murders, according to nj.com. The complaint notes that Porter went to the second-floor bedroom where he proceeded to "pick up a knife and stab David Kimowitz.”
• After stabbing Kimowitz, Porter bound Bermudez-Rodriguez with tape but Bermudez-Rodriguez escaped and ran outside, with Porter chasing behind, running her down and stabbing her in the street, according to northjersey.com. She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
• Porter allegedly attempted to flee the country by taking a flight to Cancun, Mexico from Newark Liberty International Airport after the double murder, according to nj.com, but was stopped by authorities before he could board the flight.

Porter is charged with two counts of murder, possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and criminal restraint. He is being held in the Essex County Jail pending a first appearance hearing.

Comedians took to social media to remember Kimowitz as the guy who gave them a career, or continued it. Many comedians took to Twitter and social media to remember the man they called a "great guy" and a "great friend," over and over, because he gave them a place to work.

As for Bermudez-Rodriguez, a pop-up memorial for her was set up in Maplewood's Ricalton Square.

"This afternoon we stood in solidarity with our strong, beautiful, and loving Au pair community which organized a touching and heartbreaking makeshift memorial at Ricalton Square," said Maplewood Committeeman Dean Dafis. "It was their safe space on their terms, but we sat together in a circle, mostly in silence, we hugged, cried, prayed - afterward messages of love and hope were sent into the beautiful blue sky over Maplewood on white balloons."

A memorial service for Bermudez-Rodriguez will be held at Morrow Church on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Maplewood. The church is located at 600 Ridgewood Road.

A funeral service for David Kimowitz will take place on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Bernheim Apter Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Road in Livingston.

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