Glen Cove man arrested in connection with death of woman in West Hempstead parking lot stabbing, police say

A Glen Cove man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a woman in a West Hempstead parking lot Sunday, Nassau police said.

Erick Efren Corado Gonzalez, 27, of Seacliff Avenue, was arrested in Linden, New Jersey and faces an extradition hearing before he is transported to New York for prosecution, Nassau police said. He will not be charged until he is extradited, police said.

The 52-year-old woman who was stabbed to death was identified by Nassau police as Ana Ruth Espinoza.

Officers responded to a 911 call for a stabbing in the parking lot behind businesses including La Candela II restaurant, at 205 Hempstead Tpke., just after midnight on Sunday, police said. When they arrived, officers found Espinoza with multiple stab wounds and a 50-year-old man with a "laceration to his hand," the department said.

The victims were transported to a nearby hospital, where the female victim was later pronounced dead at 3:58 a.m., cops said. The male victim was treated and later released, they added.

Alex Flores, a worker who answered the phone at the restaurant on Sunday evening, said the incident in the rear parking lot happened as workers were preparing to close for the night on Saturday.