Woman Allegedly Sliced Off Partner’s Penis and Stabbed Him to Death: ‘Seemed Like the Perfect Couple’ By Toria Sheffield 19

A woman allegedly sliced off her partner’s penis and stabbed him to death.

The 55-year-old woman was arrested in connection with the death of her 67-year-old partner on Jan. 30 in Bilbao, a city in northern Spain, per a translated media release from the Ertzaintza, the autonomous police force for the area.

“The Ertzaintza went to a home in Bilbao’s Uribarri neighborhood after receiving a report of a suspected homicide,” the statement continued, adding that once inside, police discovered the body of a man who had “suffered a violent death.”

The police force said that the man’s partner was present at the residence and allegedly confessed to the crime. She was taken into custody under suspicion of murder, per the release.

An investigation has been opened to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident, according to police.

The Ertzaintza did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

The woman’s grown daughter made the call to authorities after her mother told she had committed the crime, per El Diario Vasco. 

The outlet additionally stated that the man’s body showed signs of several stab wounds, including in the neck, and that his penis had been severed.  

According to El Diario Vasco, neighbors stated they had heard shouting coming from the couple’s apartment prior to the incident. While a motive has not been released, the alleged attack may have been motivated by jealousy, according to the outlet.

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“I’m in shock. We never expected this, and certainly not in the way it happened,” a friend of the couple told the outlet. “When I finished work, I would always have a beer or a moscato on the terrace with them. They talked, they laughed. There has to be something behind this.”

She added, “No one knows what happens inside people’s homes. They seemed like a normal couple, not toxic at all.”

“They seemed like the perfect couple,” another neighbor told the outlet.

The couple had been together for five years, and the victim was the owner of a local bar, per El Diario Vasco.