A Long Island man stabbed his ex-girlfriend 35 times the day after her order of protection against him expired — killing her in front of their 2-year-old son, who was left smeared in her blood, officials say.
The fiend then left his little boy alone with the child’s mortally wounded mother for hours before authorities discovered the scene — and the tot still asks where his mother is, kin and authorities said.
Jose William Funes-Zabala, 43, of Roosevelt was arraigned Monday on a second-degree murder charge for allegedly fatally knifing Brenda Guadoloupe Alfaro-Alcantara in her Hempstead apartment Oct. 5.
Funes-Zabala committed the heinous act because he was “enraged” that the 29-year-old woman began dating again, according to Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly.
“This defendant allegedly viciously stabbed Brenda Guadoloupe Alfaro-Alcantara more than 30 times while their 2-year-old child disturbingly watched,” the DA said in a statement.
“The horrifying scene, and the child smeared with his mother’s blood, were discovered after repeated attempts by family to contact the victim were unsuccessful.”
The woman had had an order of protection against Funes-Zabala that expired Oct. 4. The next day, just before 6 p.m., he went to her apartment, supposedly to visit their son, according to the DA.
An argument between the former couple soon broke out over Alfaro-Alcantara dating, authorities said.
After stabbing his victim uncontrollably, the jealous man was seen leaving the basement apartment with blood smeared across his face right before 7 p.m., officials said.
He left their son behind and was arrested the next day, a few miles east down Hempstead Turnpike at Nassau University Medical Center, authorities said.
A GoFundMe page, which has raised more than $15,000 for her family, described Alfaro-Alcantara as “a committed mother, doing what she could to raise her son with the little she had.” Loved ones said she came to America three years ago from El Salvador.
“He’s still asking for her,” they wrote of her little boy.
In that same post, the family of Funes-Zabala claimed that her ex had previously been violent with others.
“For years we knew something was wrong with him,” they wrote.
Along with murder in the second degree, Funes-Zabala faces a third-degree weapons charge and endangering the welfare of a child in the case.
The defendant, who could face 25 years to life in prison if convicted, pleaded not guilty and is expected to return to court Feb. 27.
“We are committed to ensuring justice for Brenda and her loved ones as we prosecute this case,” Donnelly said.
