Police: Woman jailed after cutting off husband's penis

By the CNN Wire Staff

July 13, 2011 -- Updated 1356 GMT (2156 HKT)

Catherine Kieu Becker was arrested for allegedly drugging her husband and cutting off his penis.

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• NEW: The couple is going through a divorce
• Catherine Kieu Becker, 48, is arrested for aggravated mayhem
• She is accused of drugging her husband and cutting off his penis, police say
• The couple is going through a divorce, according to police

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(CNN) -- A Southern California woman was in jail Wednesday after allegedly drugging her husband, cutting off his penis, throwing it into the garbage disposal and turning it on, Orange County police said.

Catherine Kieu Becker put a drug or poison in her husband's dinner Monday evening to make him sleepy, according to the initial police investigation.

"The victim went to lie down and he woke up tied to the bed with his wife tugging his clothes off," police said. "The suspect grabbed the victim's penis and cut it off."

Becker told police he "deserved it" when they arrived at the scene after she called 911, the police report said. The couple is going through a divorce.

Becker, 48, was arrested for aggravated mayhem, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, administering a drug with intent to commit a felony, poisoning, and spousal abuse. She was booked into the Orange County Jail.

The 51-year-old victim, who hasn't been identified because he is an alleged victim of spousal abuse, underwent emergency surgery at the UCI Medical Center, police said.

Comment: well i think that the woman is crazy. i mean why would se do something lke that to her husband. And actually said that  he deserved it. i mean the guy probably did something crazy to for him to deserve that sort of thing. well that woman really deserves to be in jail and she should be there a long time.