ALBANY COUNTY — Jacob Klein, who murdered his ex-girlfriend’s husband at the couple’s home in New Scotland last spring, has been found guilty of that crime. 

The verdict came in at 10:21 a.m. on Oct. 5, Albany County District Attorney spokesman Darrell Camp told The Enterprise this week. 

Klein, 40, had been charged with second-degree murder after stabbing Philip Rabadi, 35, at Rabadi’s home in New Scotland.

Rabadi was found dead —  bound and with stab wounds — in his home at 120 Miller Road in New Scotland on April 13, 2022 after he failed to show up for his job as a physician’s assistant at St. Peter’s Hospital, Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said at the time. 

His wife, Ellie Radin, who was also a PA at St. Peter’s and had left for work that morning, called for a welfare check and then arrived at their Miller Road home along with Rabadi’s father, Shaw Rabadi, at about the same time as a sheriff’s deputy arrived, Apple said.

Rabadi was a graduate of Guilderland High School where he excelled academically, and on the soccer team and tennis team. He received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from the University at Albany. He then became an employee at St. Peter’s Hospital to work in the health-care field before attending the Albany Medical College physician assistant program.

“Philip and his wife, Ellie, are true soulmates and partners in life,” his family wrote in his obituary. “They spent nearly all their time together and enjoyed every moment of it. They were married in September of 2021 at the most fun, beautiful, joyful wedding celebration possible. It was the absolute happiest day of Philip and Ellie’s lives. These two were known to tear up a dance floor together for hours with questionable but committed dance moves.

“They recently built their new house and were creating it into their own unique home. His favorite part of the house was his workshop that accommodated all his woodworking tools. Phil’s first project there was building an incredible chicken coop that Ellie had dreamed up. He wanted six chickens, but Ellie bought double that amount, which he of course took in stride.

“The two worked together in the same practice as surgical PAs at St. Peter’s Hospital and sincerely loved working with one another. They missed each other if the other wasn’t at work that day. Anyone who was privileged enough to know the two of them as a pair knows what a special, extraordinarily deep bond and love they have.”

Klein, who came to the area from Virginia, had been stalking Radin for three days prior to the murder. He represented himself at the trial.

The widely-covered trial began last month, and Klein’s sentencing is scheduled for Dec. 8, Camp told The Enterprise.