A Lengthy Island man stabbed his ex-girlfriend 35 occasions the day after her order of safety towards him expired — killing her in entrance of their 2-year-old son, who was left smeared in her blood, officers say.
The fiend then left his little boy alone with the kid’s mortally wounded mom for hours earlier than authorities found the scene — and the tot nonetheless asks the place his mom is, kin and authorities stated.
Jose William Funes-Zabala, 43, of Roosevelt was arraigned Monday on a second-degree homicide cost for allegedly fatally knifing Brenda Guadoloupe Alfaro-Alcantara in her Hempstead condo Oct. 5.
Funes-Zabala dedicated the heinous act as a result of he was “enraged” that the 29-year-old girl started relationship once more, based on Nassau County District Lawyer Anne Donnelly.
“This defendant allegedly viciously stabbed Brenda Guadoloupe Alfaro-Alcantara greater than 30 occasions whereas their 2-year-old youngster disturbingly watched,” the DA stated in a press release.
“The horrifying scene, and the kid smeared along with his mom’s blood, had been found after repeated makes an attempt by household to contact the sufferer had been unsuccessful.”
The girl had had an order of safety towards Funes-Zabala that expired Oct. 4. The subsequent day, simply earlier than 6 p.m., he went to her condo, supposedly to go to their son, based on the DA.
An argument between the previous couple quickly broke out over Alfaro-Alcantara relationship, authorities stated.
After stabbing his sufferer uncontrollably, the jealous man was seen leaving the basement condo with blood smeared throughout his face proper earlier than 7 p.m., officers stated.
He left their son behind and was arrested the following day, a couple of miles east down Hempstead Turnpike at Nassau College Medical Middle, authorities stated.
A GoFundMe web page, which has raised greater than $15,000 for her household, described Alfaro-Alcantara as “a dedicated mom, doing what she might to boost her son with the little she had.” Family members stated she got here to America three years in the past from El Salvador.
“He’s nonetheless asking for her,” they wrote of her little boy.
In that very same put up, the household of Funes-Zabala claimed that her ex had beforehand been violent with others.
“For years we knew one thing was mistaken with him,” they wrote.
Together with homicide within the second diploma, Funes-Zabala faces a third-degree weapons cost and endangering the welfare of a kid within the case.
The defendant, who might face 25 years to life in jail if convicted, pleaded not responsible and is predicted to return to court docket Feb. 27.
“We’re dedicated to making sure justice for Brenda and her family members as we prosecute this case,” Donnelly stated.
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