Authorities said an adult woman and a teenage girl were found with stab wounds in two locations hours apart.
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — A reported domestic stabbing in Deerfield Beach late Friday set off an overnight search that ended with a crash, a brief foot chase and a man’s arrest in Pompano Beach early Saturday, the Broward Sheriff’s Office said.
Investigators said the case matters because it quickly expanded from a single reported stabbing at a home into a two-victim investigation stretching across two Broward County cities. Deputies said an injured woman was found first at a Deerfield Beach residence, then a wounded teenage girl was discovered hours later inside the suspect’s vehicle after it crashed in Pompano Beach. The suspect, identified by authorities as Eric Senat, 34, was arrested as sheriff’s detectives and child welfare officials began separate reviews of what happened inside the home and during the attempted stop.
Deputies were first sent to the 4700 block of Northeast First Terrace in Deerfield Beach at about 11:30 p.m. Friday after dispatchers received a report of a stabbing, authorities said. When deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue crews arrived, investigators said, they found an adult woman with stab wounds and took her to a nearby hospital. The man deputies believed was connected to the stabbing was not there when they arrived, according to investigators. Over the next several hours, deputies searched for the suspect and the vehicle they believed he was driving. That search shifted south and west before daybreak, when deputies said they spotted a Jeep near East Copans Road and North Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday.
What followed was short but chaotic, according to the sheriff’s office account. A deputy tried to stop the Jeep, but investigators said the driver did not pull over and instead continued a short distance before crashing into a fence in the parking area of a convenience store. Authorities said the driver got out, ran and was taken into custody not far from the crash scene. Deputies then searched the vehicle and found a teenage girl suffering from stab wounds inside, investigators said. She was taken to a hospital, and the suspect was also treated for injuries after the crash and arrest sequence. Authorities identified the suspect as Senat and said he was arrested in connection with the case. By late Saturday and into Sunday, officials still had not publicly released the conditions of either victim or explained in detail when the teenage girl was injured, whether she had been in the vehicle for the full drive from Deerfield Beach, or what events unfolded between the first emergency call and the attempted stop in Pompano Beach.
The case drew attention because of the distance and time between the two main scenes. Deerfield Beach and Pompano Beach are neighboring communities in northeast Broward County, and the route between the home on Northeast First Terrace and the area near Copans Road and Dixie Highway can be covered in minutes under normal traffic. Yet the public timeline released by deputies leaves a gap of roughly four hours between the first call and the stop attempt. That gap is now central to the investigation. Sheriff’s officials said Special Victims Unit detectives and crime scene investigators were assigned to the case, suggesting that detectives are examining not only the attack itself but also the relationship among the people involved, the movement of the suspect’s vehicle and any evidence left at the home, in the Jeep and at the crash site. The sheriff’s office also said it contacted the Florida Department of Children and Families, a step that often follows cases involving an injured minor or questions about a child’s safety.
By Sunday, the legal picture was still developing. Authorities had publicly named Senat as the suspect, but investigators had released only limited narrative details about the evidence expected to support any formal prosecution. Multiple South Florida news outlets, citing jail or corrections records, reported that he was booked on murder-related and attempted felony murder-related counts. Even so, the sheriff’s office had not publicly issued a detailed charging summary in the initial statements available over the weekend, and officials had not publicly said whether either victim had died. That left a key uncertainty hanging over the case: whether prosecutors were proceeding on the basis of injuries alone, an updated victim condition, or a booking classification that had not yet been fully explained in public. Court dates, a probable cause narrative and any bond decision are likely to provide a clearer picture once records are filed and hearing times are set.
At the two scenes, the picture described by authorities was one of a violent case that kept widening as the night went on. First responders arrived at a neighborhood block in Deerfield Beach and found an injured woman inside or near the home. Hours later, deputies converged on a commercial stretch in Pompano Beach where the Jeep hit a fence and the search shifted from a vehicle stop to a foot pursuit. Officials have not released the names of the woman or the teenage girl, and no family members had spoken publicly in the initial reports. The sheriff’s office said only that both victims were taken for treatment and that detectives were continuing to work the case. Those missing details left neighbors, relatives and the wider community waiting for answers about motive, the victims’ conditions and what exactly happened in the hours between the first 911 call and the arrest.
The investigation remained active Sunday, with detectives still piecing together the timeline, reviewing physical evidence and coordinating with child welfare officials. The next public milestone is expected to come through formal court paperwork, updated jail records or a sheriff’s office briefing that explains the charges and the victims’ conditions in fuller detail.
Author note: Last updated March 29, 2026.