A Roosevelt man pleaded guilty to fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend more than 30 times in front of their two-year-old son after an order of protection against him expired, authorities said.

Jose William Funes-Zabala, 44, admitted to murdering Brenda Guadoloupe Alfaro Alcantara, 29, of Hempstead, in her basement apartment after he learned, during an argument, that she "had started dating," Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly said in a news release .

Around 5:58 p.m. on Oct. 5, 2024 — one day after an order of protection issued on behalf of Alfaro Alcantara expired — Funes-Zabala arrived at her Botsfort Street home to visit their son, according to the release. As the argument escalated, Funes-Zabala stabbed his former girlfriend about 35 times in her bedroom with their child p

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