Hempstead Man Charged With Murdering Girlfriend

By Timothy Bolger Posted on June 22, 2015

Alan R. Espinoza

A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his 24-year-old girlfriend in her Hempstead home over the weekend, Nassau County police said.

Alan R. Espinoza, 26, also of Hempstead, was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Homicide Squad detectives alleged that Espinoza slashed the neck of his girlfriend, Neyvin Espinal, who was found dead by her roommate at 1:45 a.m. Sunday.

Espinoza will be arraigned Monday at First District Court in Hempstead.

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Timothy Bolger

Timothy Bolger is the Editor in Chief of the Long Island Press who’s been working to uncover unreported stories since shortly after it launched in 2003. When he’s not editing, getting hassled by The Man or fielding cold calls to the newsroom, he covers crime, general interest and political news in addition to reporting longer, sometimes investigative features. He won’t be happy until everyone is as pissed off as he is about how screwed up Lawn Guyland is.