A Long Island woman was stabbed to death in front of her 2-year-old son by his father one day after an order of protection against him expired, authorities said.
Brenda Guadalupe Alfaro-Alcantara, 29, was found by Nassau County police in the basement of a home in Hempstead “with multiple stab wounds” just before 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Detective Captl. Stephen Fitzpatrick said in a news release.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
On Monday, police arrested 43-year-old Jose W. Funes-Zabala on charges of second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child in connection to the stabbing.
Alfaro-Alcantara and Funes-Zabala had been romantically involved for three years, according to police.
On Sunday the two had an argument that became physical after the victim told Funes-Zabala she was dating somebody else.
He then allegedly stabbed his former girlfriend multiple times in front of their kid, authorities said.
“She was stabbed 34 times about the body,” Fitzpatrick said Monday, according to News 12 Long Island. “Their son was there while the alleged assault took place. The child was not harmed.”
According to police, Funes-Zabala has had a long history of violent behavior.
In October 2023, the victim obtained a protection order against him after telling police their son sustained “fractures of his femur and his skull” at the hands of his father, ABC NY reported.
That order expired on Friday — just a day before the suspect paid his 2-year-old son a visit.
After he allegedly stabbed the kid’s mom to death, he fled and left the child, investigators said.
“I can’t imagine what that baby went through,” Alfaro-Alcantara’s neighbor Larissa Del Gado told ABC NY. “It’s just unbelievable.”