ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — A woman collapsed and died outside a fire station in south St. Louis County from apparent stab wounds Saturday night.
The woman, identified as 28-year-old Rebecca Benthal, was found outside the Fenton Fire Protection District’s Engine House off Smitzer Mill Road just before 7 p.m.
The police investigation led officers to a house in the 1800 block of Gravois Road in Jefferson County, where they found 37-year-old Robert Ward with stab wounds. Police believe he stabbed himself.
St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged Ward with second degree murder and armed criminal action.
Eye witnesses told police they saw Ward stab Benthal repeatedly in a vehicle and then drive away with Benthal still in the car.
Police believe he is the one who dropped her off outside the fire station and said the two know each other.
Another witness reported to police that Ward came into their residence covered in blood stating that he stabbed someone.
Ward was taken to a local hospital and is in critical condition.
The investigation is ongoing and is being led by the St. Louis County Police Department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons.
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