CT Amber Alert Update: Murder Suspect Was Deported in 2013, Had Prior Felony Convictions

BRIDGEPORT, CT — Law enforcement in multiple states and jurisdictions worked together to safely bring back a 6-year-old girl after she was abducted by her father following a Bridgeport homicide.

Aylin Sofia Hernandez, 6, of Bridgeport was taken by her father Oscar Hernandez, 39, after he fatally stabbed his estranged wife Nidia Gonzalez, 26, of Bridgeport, police said.

"Her life has changed forever," Bridgeport Police Chief AJ Perez said about Aylin. "She lost her mom, she lost her father… hopefully this community will embrace her."

Police were called to a Greenwood Street apartment shortly before 3 a.m. on a report of a disturbance. They found a grisly crime scene. Gonzalez was pronounced dead at the scene and another woman was rushed to the hospital for treatment of numerous stab wounds. The woman, believed to be Gonzalez's friend is in critical, but stable condition, police said.

Preliminary information suggests that Gonzalez and the other woman were at a local club and returned to the Greenwood Street apartment sometime before the assault occurred. A dispute turned violent and ended with the stabbing.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told WFSB that Hernandez has a prior felony conviction for assault and threatening from 2002 and that he was deported in 2013 to his native El Salvador. Ice has placed an immigration detainer with the Bridgeport Police Department.

Police quickly gathered information that Hernandez was likely heading to New York State and an Amber Alert was issued. The alert expanded to Pennsylvania when police received information that he was likely heading to the state.

Around 11:15 a.m. a Pennslyvania State Police trooper spotted Hernandez's vehicle and engaged police in a pursuit. He was taken into custody after his vehicle crashed. A few police officers, Hernandez and his daughter sustained minor injuries.

Police are making arrangements through the state Department of Children and Families to return the girl to her family.

Hernandez will be charged with murder by Bridgeport Police. It's unclear what the extradition process from Pennsylvania will entail at this time. He will face charges in Pennsylvania.

Police aren't sure yet whether Hernandez and Gonzalez were still in a dating relationship or if they were totally estranged. Hernandez was the subject of a protective order for an assault case involving another woman, police said.