Police are working to return Oscar Hernandez, currently being held at the Centre County Correctional Facility, to Bridgeport, Conn., where he is the suspect in the murder of his child’s mother and the stabbing of another woman.
Hernandez allegedly attacked the two women early Friday morning then fled with his daughter, 6-year-old Aylin Sophia Hernandez. After a multi-state Amber Alert was issued, Pennsylvania State Police spotted Hernandez’s car on I-99 northbound in Centre County.
A high-speed pursuit — which police said reached 125 miles per hour — ended just before noon with Hernandez crashing into a tractor-trailer, causing two state police cruisers to crash in a chain-reaction, near the Shiloh Road exit in Benner Township.
Aylin Hernandez was found to be safe and sustained minor injuries in the crash. She was being returned to family in Connecticut, according to the Hartford Courant.
Oscar Hernandez was treated for injuries and is now being held as a fugitive from justice. He was arraigned before District Judge Thomas Jordan on numerous charges related to the police pursuit, including felony charges of fleeing law enforcement and endangering the welfare of a child, four misdemeanor counts of recklessly endangering another person and four motor vehicle violations.
Bridgeport Police have a warrant for his arrest in the death of Nidia Gonzalez, 26, and the stabbing of another woman who has not been identified and is expected to survive.
The Connecticut Post reported that in November 2013 Oscar Hernandez was deported to his native El Salvador after being convicted of assault, threatening and reckless endangerment stemming from a domestic violence incident involving his girlfriend at the time in Stamford, Conn.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials confirmed Hernandez had been deported. It was not clear how long he had been back in the United States.
