Mother Jailed For Tearing Son’s Scrotum And Trying To Fix It With Superglue (PICTURED)
A Texas woman who seriously injured her son and then tried to repair
the injury with superglue pleaded guilty and was sentenced Thursday to
two years in prison.
*Jennifer Vargas, 34 tore her son’s genitals
Jennifer Vargas, 34, was arrested last fall by the FBI and charged
with assault after she admitted to yanking her 6-year-old son’s genitals
out of anger.
The sudden pull tore a 1.6-inch laceration in the boy’s scrotum.
Vargas then cleaned the wound with alcohol before trying to seal the
gaping hole with superglue, according to KENS.
“She applied superglue to the [boy's] scrotum until the bleeding
stopped, stuffed his underwear with paper towels, and then told him to
go to bed,” a criminal complaint affidavit said. “Vargas did not seek
any type of medical treatment for the child.”
The boy only received medical attention after his father — an
enlisted man at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, where the
family lived — came home to find his son crying. He underwent surgery at
San Antonio Military Medical Center.
Vargas expressed remorse for her actions when she went before a judge last week.
“I would like to say that I regret my actions, that I do love my
children with all my heart,” Vargas said, calling her kids the “most
important thing to me,” according to the San Antonio Express-News.
WOAI reports that after 11 years of marriage, the couple filed for
divorce. Prosecutors told the station that the boy has recovered and is
doing well.
“He’s recovered,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah Wannarka said. “He’s living with his father and doing very well in school.”
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