A man accused of fatally stabbing 49-year-old Keisha Alexander last year has been indicted in connection with the case.
Jorge Rodriguez
Jorge L. Rodriguez, 21, is accused of breaking into Alexander’s Edgewood Avenue apartment to commit a burglary and then stabbing her in the process.
According to prosecutors in the case, sometime before 8 a.m. on June 21, 2014, Rodriguez reached through a rear window to Alexander’s apartment and unlocked the back door. He then physically and sexually assaulted Alexander, and then stabbed her with a knife.
Police were dispatched to the apartment after a neighbor called emergency 911 and reported hearing a woman scream. Alexander was pronounced dead at the scene.
Rodriguez was arrested the same day as the murder and charged in connection with the case. He was indicted last week on 12 different charges including aggravated murder, burglary, aggravated sexual assault and weapons offenses.
Rodriguez faces life in prison without the possibility of parole if found guilty of the aggravated murder charge. He remains in jail on $500,000 cash bail.
Keisha Alexander
Alexander’s friends who spoke to The Trentonian on the day of her death described her as being a kind and caring person – the kind of person every community needs. She often spent time gardening in her backyard, her friends said, and she loved taking care of plants that hung on her apartment’s window sill.