Investigators said a woman and a teenage girl were found with stab wounds in separate locations linked to the same case.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — Broward County deputies arrested a 34-year-old man early Saturday after investigators said a domestic-related stabbing in Deerfield Beach was followed by a vehicle stop in Pompano Beach, a crash into a fence and the discovery of a wounded teenage girl inside the vehicle.
Authorities said the case quickly widened from a single violent scene at a home in Deerfield Beach to a second scene several miles away in Pompano Beach. Investigators said a woman was first found with stab wounds at a residence, and deputies later tracked down the suspect’s vehicle and found a teenage girl inside, also suffering from stab wounds. The Broward Sheriff’s Office said its Special Victims Unit and Crime Scene Unit are investigating, and the Florida Department of Children and Families was notified because a minor was involved.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called late Friday night to the 4700 block of Northeast 1st Terrace in Deerfield Beach after reports of a domestic-related stabbing. When deputies and fire rescue crews arrived, they found an adult woman with stab wounds and took her to Broward Health North for treatment. Investigators said the man who lived with her was not there when first responders reached the home. That set off a search that stretched into the overnight hours, as deputies worked to locate both the suspect and the vehicle they believed was tied to the attack.
The investigation moved south and west before dawn. Authorities said deputies located the suspect’s vehicle near East Copans Road and North Dixie Highway in Pompano Beach at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday. When a deputy tried to stop the vehicle, the driver kept going for a short distance, then crashed into a fence near a convenience store parking lot, according to local reports citing investigators. Deputies said the driver got out and ran, but officers caught him not far from the crash scene and took him into custody. Inside the vehicle, deputies said, they found a teenage girl with stab wounds. She and the suspect were both taken to a hospital for treatment. Investigators have not publicly said how the teen was related to the suspect or the woman found in Deerfield Beach, and officials had not released the conditions of any of the three people by Saturday.
Authorities identified the suspect as Eric Senat, 34. Public reporting from South Florida television stations said he lived with the adult woman found at the Deerfield Beach home. Investigators have not publicly released a motive, described the events that led up to the stabbings or said where the teenage girl was allegedly wounded before she was found in the vehicle. Those unanswered questions remained central to the case Saturday as detectives worked between the two scenes. Crime scene tape remained up in parts of Pompano Beach after sunrise, underscoring that investigators were still documenting the crash site as well as the earlier violence at the home in Deerfield Beach.
The charging picture was still developing Saturday. NBC Miami reported jail records showed Senat was booked on attempted felony murder and premeditated murder charges. CBS Miami, citing Broward County Corrections records, reported the booking listed two counts of premeditated murder and two counts of attempted felony murder. Authorities had not publicly explained the apparent mismatch in those charge descriptions by Saturday afternoon, and news outlets said they were still seeking confirmation from the sheriff’s office on whether either victim had died. That left one of the most important facts in the case unresolved even as the suspect had already been arrested and hospitalized.
The involvement of a teenage victim pushed the case beyond a typical violent-crime investigation. The sheriff’s office said it contacted the Florida Department of Children and Families, a step that often follows allegations involving minors in a household or family setting. Officials also assigned the case to the agency’s Special Victims Unit, signaling that investigators are likely reviewing family relationships, living arrangements and any prior warnings that may have preceded the attack. So far, authorities have not said whether deputies had responded to the home before, whether any protective order existed or whether witnesses saw the stabbings happen.
Neighbors and commuters in the area did not receive a long public accounting of the overnight sequence, but the details released so far point to a fast-moving investigation that crossed city lines before ending in an arrest. A woman was found wounded in Deerfield Beach. Hours later, a damaged vehicle in Pompano Beach held a second stabbing victim. In between, deputies said, the suspect left one scene, traveled with a teenage girl in the vehicle and tried to evade a traffic stop before crashing. Those facts alone made the case one of the more serious and confusing overnight investigations in Broward County on Saturday, with major questions still unresolved as detectives sorted out the timeline.
As of Saturday evening, Eric Senat remained the only person publicly identified in the case, and investigators had not released updated conditions for the wounded woman or teenage girl. The next milestone is expected to be a fuller statement from the Broward Sheriff’s Office or a court appearance laying out the formal charges and probable-cause allegations.
Author note: Last updated March 28, 2026.