Joseph Porter 1Joseph Porter [photo], was booked on two counts of murder and weapons possession in the deaths of David Kimowitz, and au pair, Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez

The boyfriend of an au pair who was found stabbed to death just a few yards away from where her boss was murdered in his home has been charged in the grisly killings.
Joseph Porter, 27, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, was booked on two counts of murder and weapons possession in the deaths of David Kimowitz, 40, and Porter’s girlfriend, Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez, 26, according to the NYDailyNews.
Kimowitz, a New York comedy club owner, was found inside his New Jersey home over the weekend after a jogger discovered his nanny, Bermudez-Rodriguez, dying of stab wounds on a street outside his residence.

Prosecutors in Essex County say police officers were called to a Maplewood address shortly after 6am Saturday on a report of a woman being assaulted.
Upon arrival they found the injured Bermudez-Rodriguez lying in the street.

David Kimowitz , [left], with his wife 1
The au pair’s employer, New York comedy club owner, David Kimowitz seen, [photo], with his wife, was found inside his New Jersey home Saturday. Sally and the couple’s two children reportedly were not at home at the time
Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez [left] and Joseph Porter 1Double homicide suspect Joseph Porter [right]t with his girlfriend, Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez who allegedly slashed to death on Saturday after killing her employer in the man’s NJ home

The chilling account given by one neighbor described hearing blood-curdling screams cut through the Saturday morning air like a gunshot, jolting neighbors from peaceful sleep in their idyllic New Jersey town.

“I heard a woman screaming, ‘Oh my god!’ over and over and over,” said Kathy Cantwell, 63. “It was at 6 a.m. My window was open. I didn’t see anything. Someone was screaming from the top of their lungs.”

Hours later, residents of leafy Maplewood learned the horrific truth, their neighbor, a Manhattan comedy club owner, and his family’s live-in nanny had been brutally murdered, allegedly by the nanny’s boyfriend.

On Monday Essex County prosecutors announced that the nanny’s boyfriend Joseph Porter, 27, of Elizabeth, N.J., was booked on two counts of murder and weapons possession in the deaths of David Kimowitz and nanny Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez at Kimowitz’s home on Walton Road, in Essex.

 

Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez 126-year-old Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez [photo], arrived in the United States more than a year ago from her native Colombia
Karen Bermudez-Rodriguez 2Bermudez-Rodriguez [front harness], arrived in the United States last year. She came to the country to improve her English

 

After she was found on the street outside the Kimowitz home, Bermudez-Rodriguez was rushed to Beth Israel Medical Center where she was pronounced dead shortly before 7.30am on Saturday, prosecutors said.
As officers were canvassing the area, an unresponsive man was found in a home nearby.


He was pronounced dead at the scene, prosecutors said.
At the time authorities did not identify either victim, but the New York Post identified the male victim as New York City comedy club owner, David Kimowitz.
Kimowitz, 40, lived at the home with his wife, Laura, and their two children.

Officers canvas the area, an unresponsive David Kimowitz was found in a home nearby 2.JPGPolice canvas the Maplewood area after David Kimowitz was found unresponsive in a home [photo] nearby. Upon arrival officers had found the injured nanny lying in the street

Prosecutors in Essex County say police officers were called to a Maplewood address shortly after 6am Saturday on a report of a woman being assaulted.
Upon arrival they found the injured nanny lying in the street.

As officers were canvassing the area, an unresponsive man was found in a home nearby. He was pronounced dead at the scene, prosecutors said.
The victim David Kimowitz is one of the owners of The Stand comedy club in New York City located on East 16th Street in Manhattan and has hosted big many names on the comedy circuit like Dave Chappelle and Tracy Morgan.
His family wasn’t at the home, which the couple purchased in 2017, at the time of the killings.

David Kimowitz [right], with Tracy Morgan [center] 1David Kimowitz [right] co-owner of The Stand comedy club in New York City seen here comedian Tracy Morgan [center], was murdered in his home on Saturday allegedly ,by the boyfriend of a nanny employed to babysit his children
Officers canvas the area, an unresponsive David Kimowitz was found in a home nearby..JPGDavid Kimowitz was found unresponsive in his home [photo]. He lived at the home with his wife, Laura, and their children. His family wasn’t at the home, which the couple purchased in 2017, at the time of the killings

According to NBC 4, Bermudez-Rodriguez was first stabbed inside the kimowitz home. She then ran outside from her attacker who caught up to her and continued knife attack.

Colombian student Bermudez-Rodriguez arrived in the United States more than a year ago, a friend told NJ Advance Media. The 26-year-old who came to the U.S. to learn English, began babysitting for Kimowitz shortly after her arrival.
Neighbors claimed to have seen the nanny’s boyfriend parked in the neighborhood for hours. They had also noticed his Toyota Corolla parked near the house in recent weeks.


One of the neighbors, Raffy de la Torre, 18, says he didn’t recognize the driver.
‘I’ve seen his car for the last couple of weeks,’ said.
‘He was just sitting there. My friend saw him every day.
‘I never saw her [Bermudez-Rodriguez] get into the car.’
Prosecutors said they have not recovered the murder weapon, but the incident does not appear to have involved a firearm, sources said
Autopsies are planned in Newark to determine the cause of death for both victims.
Prosecutors said their homicide task force and local police are investigating and asked anyone with information to call investigators. Porter is being held at the Essex County Correctional Facility. His arraignment is scheduled for this week.