A Long Island man pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend more than 30 times as their 2-year-old child watched, officials said.

Jose William Funes-Zabala, 44, of Roosevelt, stabbed 29-year-old Brenda Guadalupe Alfaro-Alcantara to death in the victim’s Hempstead home on the evening of Oct. 5, 2024 — a day after an order of protection against him expired, Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly said.

Funes-Zabala went to his ex-girlfriend’s basement apartment around 6 p.m. to visit their son, but the two got into an argument after he learned that Alfaro-Alcantara was dating someone else , prosecutors said.

The argument quickly turned violent. Funes-Zabala stabbed Alfaro-Alcantara approximately 35 times in her bedroom in front of the child. About an hour

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