Woman is stabbed in the neck by ex-partner; suspect found dead in MA Disclosure/PM-MA A woman was stabbed in the neck on Saturday night (13), in the municipality of Sambaíba. The main suspect in the crime is her ex-partner, identified as Bento Sodré, who was found dead the following day. 📲 Click here and subscribe to the g1 Maranhão channel on WhatsApp According to the police, at around 11:30 p.m., the victim called officers reporting that she had been attacked with a knife. However, due to the seriousness of her health condition, the call was interrupted before she was able to provide the full address. Shortly afterwards, the woman managed to contact the municipal hospital and indicated its location. Police officers and an ambulance went to the address and found the victim lying on a corner, with a puncture wound to the front of his neck. Before being taken to the hospital, the woman managed to tell the police the name of her attacker. Due to the severity of her injuries, she had to be transferred to the Balsas Regional Hospital. Now on g1 The police went to the man's house, where they seized a shotgun and a knife, but he was not there. Searches were carried out in the region, but Bento was not located at that time. On Sunday morning (14), the suspect was found dead in the backyard of his mother's house. According to police, evidence suggests that he took his own life using a rope tied to a tree.