Man Sentenced to 75 Years After Fatally Stabbing Girlfriend in Bridgeport

A Connecticut man who was accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend, injuring her best friend and then fleeing the state with his 6-year-old daughter in 2017 has been sentenced to 75 years in prison, according to the office Superior Court Clerk.

Authorities said Oscar Hernandez stabbed 26-year-old Nidia Gonzalez and her friend in the couple's Bridgeport apartment in February 2017, then took off with their daughter, prompting an Amber Alert and setting off a three-state search that ended when he crashed in Pennsylvania.

Gonzalez was stabbed in the neck six times and her windpipe and carotid artery punctured.

Oscar Hernandez was charged with murder, attempted murder, first-degree assault and risk of injury to a child and he was sentenced on Tuesday. 

Hernandez testified in his own defense, saying the women stabbed each other during a drunken argument.

Hernandez, an El Salvador national, is a convicted felon who was deported from the U.S. in 2013, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials previously told NBC Connecticut.